VISUALIZING BIOLOGICAL DATA VIZBI

A preview of some of the stunning work that will be presented at the upcoming EMBO workshop on Visualizing Biological Data (VIZBI 2023).

VIZBI 2023 participants have the opportunity to publish work presented or discussed during the workshop as part of a collection of peer-reviewed articles in the ‘Data Visualization’ section of Frontiers in Bioinformatics. This opportunity could be used for a full paper based on work presented as a poster, for a commentary or mini-review summarising outcomes from a VIZBI breakout discussion, or for a design study reporting on an improved visualization based on feedback received at the workshop. Manuscripts can be submitted up to six months after the meeting. For details, read the call for papers.

Over the past few days, several people had problems completing the registration form due to technical issues. These issues have all been addressed, and we have extended the registration deadline for the on-site VIZBI workshop by a few more days, until Friday, Feb 24. If you still experience problems with the registration form, please contact us.

In case you missed it: this showreel video highlights some of the stunning work presented at last year’s VIZBI meeting. A showreel video for 2023 is coming soon.

A few quick updates on VIZBI 2023: (1) If you’re thinking of joining the onsite meeting in Heidelberg, the extended deadline for registration is next Tuesday, Feb 21; (2) There’s still time to have your work featured at VIZBI 2023: submissions for posters, artwork, and the VR Exhibit remain open until Mar 6; (3) You can read a quick summary of the workshop highlights in EMBL’s recent blog post: ‘VIZBI 2023: where science and art meet’.

VIZBI 2023 will feature a VR exhibit of life science-themed apps and games using emerging display technologies (e.g., virtual or augmented reality devices). If you have content you would like to include in the exhibit, please send us details using this Google Form. You can also participate by using Schol-AR to augment your poster or artwork. In addition to the exhibit, VIZBI speakers Emmanuel Reynaud and Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann will showcase the use of new display devices in life science research.

Just prior to the VIZBI workshop there will be an online-only Data Visualization Masterclass. This event is focused on practical techniques for creating insightful visual representations of complex data, and for creating compelling visualizations for communication. This is an opportunity to learn from four leading DataVis practitioners: Seán O’Donoghue, Christian Stolte, Ivan Viola, and Barbora Kozlíková. The Masterclass runs over two half-days (Monday and Tuesday, March 27-28), from 14:00-18:00 CET. Register now to be part of the VIZBI Masterclass.

The VIZBI 2023 keynote on human-computer interaction will be given by Arzu Çöltekin, who is a professor of Human-Computer Interaction, Visualization, and Extended Reality at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). She is also a research affiliate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, USA.
Arzu’s research interests span many fields, including information science, visual analytics, cartography, extended reality, and HCI. Register now to hear Arzu’s talk.

Need help augmenting your VIZBI poster or artwork with interactive content (videos, image stacks, 3D models, or volumetric data)? Join the Zoom meeting on Feb. 7, 2023, 6:00pm (CET) with Tyler Ard, creator of Schol-AR. He will demonstrate the process and answer questions. To get details on how to join the meeting, sign-up on Eventbrite.

The Art & Biology keynote for VIZBI 2023 will be given by Martin Dohrn, an Emmy award-winning producer of natural history films. Martin has pioneered methods that reveal aspects of the natural world never seen before, such as stunning bioluminescence displays. His ground-breaking films include Mara Nights, Killer Ants, Night of the Lion, and David Attenborough’s Light on Earth. His latest film (My Garden of a Thousand Bees) has won many international awards. Register now to hear Martin’s talk.

We are excited to have professor Stefan Bruckner as one of the VIZBI 2023 keynote speakers! Stefan’s research focuses on interactive exploratory visual analysis of large, heterogeneous datasets. His many significant contributions include novel methods for illustrative visualization, volume rendering, smart visual interfaces, biomedical data visualization, and visual parameter space exploration. Register now to be part of VIZBI 2023 and to hear Stefan’s talk.

We’re delighted to share the poster for the EMBO Workshop on ‘Visualizing Biological Data’ (VIZBI 2023), which takes place March 2023 at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany. The poster summarises the speaker line-up and program, and is available in low-res and hi-res versions. Feel free to share with colleagues, or put up on your departmental noticeboard. We hope very much you can join us in March – in-person or online – for VIZBI 2023!