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Helena Klara Jambor
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Data Visualization & Biomedical Science. PhD in biology, trained in art, Associate Prof
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⏰ tomorrow, Nov 18, 5pm Berlin/4pm London
“Data Vis for Cancer Patient Education“ - a #DataVis #BioVis talk

Link & Abstract: alt-text and also:
biovis.net/2025/meetup/ (right under picture)
Location: Join Zoom Meeting https://tu-dresden.zoom-x.de/j/67863904836?pwd=mVqoyB6DlxAbFAtN7kx0Ka62KHFmUJ.1 Meeting ID: 678 6390 4836 Passcode: BioV!s2025 Cancer care is increasingly guided by precision data, such as patients metabolomic, genetic, transcriptomic, or immune status. This poses a challenge for clinicians to communicate treatment decisions. To bridge this gap we therefore developed, evaluated, and adopted visual treatment timelines for cancer patient education. Data visualizations help humans to understand data and are especially effective to communicate risks, uncertainties, or large data and have proven to be a suitable help in cancer communication. Recordings of previous talks are available: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5kIQRQ6TU8Ifu_5h2iipUmIKCqhs50zx&si=Smchvhyu6_cX6kjZ
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Tatata-tarte tatin! My annual tradition of making the most fancy apple pie there is: fluffy pastry and sour, caramelized apples. I had 3 (!) slices 😍

Love my #staub pan with removable handles...
And, off to the oven... A pan filled with apples covered with pastry, next to it 2 apples and quince. Here we go, boiling hot... 3,2,1... Pan after baking, the pastry is now puffed and browmed ... And flipped!! It worked!! The apples tarte was removed from the pan and flipped upside down. Pastry is now the bottom , the apple halves in Carmel sit atop.
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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see you in #Cologne: Sunday, 27th I present our study
on #VisualAids in oncology patient communication – and how we continue!

(and I will sneak away to learn about #RomanHistory, #Agrippina and see the #Dionysus mosaic!)

#DGHO #dhgo2025 #oncology #hematology
Announcement of my talk on the official programme website of the DGHO Jahrestagung in Cologne.
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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New to me, biking up mountains. Did lots of hikes, today 1000m up up up riding!! 💪🚲 Best company @jamessaenz.bsky.social #grisons
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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🚨 tomorrow, 15th of October* at 5pm Berlin/4pm
London
“Collaborating with Biomedical AI through Visual Explanations and Interactive Guidance“ - a #DataVis #BioVis talk by
Qianwen Wang, Univ Minnesota

Link: biovis.net/2025/meetup/ (right under picture)
Abstract: see alt-text
Announcement for talk: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced at a rapid pace and is expected to revolutionize many biomedical applications. However, current AI methods are usually developed via a data-centric approach regardless of the usage context and the end users, posing challenges for domain users in interpreting AI, obtaining actionable insights, and collaborating with AI in decision-making and knowledge discovery. In this talk, I discussed how this challenge can be addressed by combining interactive visualizations with interpretable AI. Specifically, I present two methodologies: 1) visualizations that explain AI models and predictions and 2) interaction mechanisms that integrate user feedback into AI models. Despite some challenges, I will conclude on an optimistic note: interactive visual explanations should be indispensable for human-AI collaboration. The methodology discussed can be applied generally to other applications where human-AI collaborations are involved, assisting domain experts in data exploration and insight generation with the help of AI.
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Continuing my irregular contributions to "very unfortunate #GraphicalAbtract ": an oligomer with lots of fans in 1933 Germany... 🤨
A visual summary of a paper, called Graphical Abstract, that presents two routes how oligomers assemble, and which produce an structure that in the figure resembles the sign of the Nazi Germany 1933-45, most likely by accident.
October 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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September 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#BioVis meetups 2025/26 start tomorrow, Sept 24th!

Zeynep H. Gümüş, Mount Sinai, NY:
“From Samples to Populations: Interactive Visualizations of Multi-Omics Data at Scale“

link biovis.net/2025/meetup/

All seminars Wed 5pm berlin/11am est, for updates: dm me for mailing list

#DataVis
September 23, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Nobel price for Dresden and my favorite pasta dish 😀

Original post: flipboard.com/@popularscie...
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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What a week: invited talk at @embl.org course and workshop for #SwissInstituteBioinformatics, to poster presentation once again myself, waiting (a little anxiously) for someone to come take a look.

In science we constantly circle between being an expert and learner, keeps us humble!
Group picture of FISHing course @EMBL Poster presentation at BC2
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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@nigelblue.bsky.social is on blsky!

Everyone, follow & expect some light and fun data viz, badly needed these days... 😀

#MonstrousCosts is an all time favorite in teaching!
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Ahhh... what a great #GraphicalAbstract - supposedly about aging. But possibly about more... 😂

#SciComm #ScienceVisualization
August 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Absolutely :=)
August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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SneakPeak - BioVis meetups 2025/26!

Wednesdays, monthly, 4pm berlin, 10am est

Stay updated/get links: send a mail with subject: subscribe to: biovis-meetup-request@groups.tu-dresden.de (or me)
August 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Don't get your hopes up ladies, data shows your changes are low and not increasing either.. (as per dfg own numbers published in June 25) 🥳 🥳
July 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#Schwyz #Bündnerdeutsch
July 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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#DataViz im #Dialekt: hier auf Räteroromanisch/Rumansch:
July 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Du willst #DatenVisualisieren? Checklisten helfen.

🇨🇭 Als Dank an meine Studierenden jetzt auf #Bünderdeutsch und #Rumansch - im Dialekt macht Statistik viel mehr Spass!

#Grisons #Schweiz #DataViz

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English V: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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OUTTAKES of my figure checklist (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) - many important and good references that explain why we do things the way we do in charts - e.g. why #rainbowcolors were replaced with #viridis.

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PS outtakes or directors cut?
July 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Here we go!

@jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social (not sure, do we need the tagging or not!?)
June 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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for non-normal distributions with many measurements, you could use violin or histogram

and, because we are attached to tradition, many people use bar overlaid with dots as a compromise, like these examples:
June 20, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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If you *know* you got a normal distribution (example B from above) and many measurements, you could then use boxplots, or boxplot overlaid with data points:
June 20, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Then, as soon as you make *several measurements* per category, you got a distribution. We then want to also know the actual values for *each* measured point, hence dot plots.
A bar actually hides the distribution, see example. And an example of a summary dot plot from @simonereber.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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The naming is a problem, by tradition biologists called summary stat plots "bar plot".

An simple bar chart shows one discrete value per category (A, B, C... )
My friend @simonereber.bsky.social just published a wonderful paper in @natcellbio.nature.com - hers is used for %
June 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM