Phinch is a web-based, interactive data visualization framework for analyzing environmental sequence data and metadata in standard formats like BIOM and tab-delimited files. It allows users to explore patterns in large datasets and export or share visualizations. Future work will add phylogenetic visualizations, more analysis tools, and an open source developer community to expand the framework's capabilities.

1. !
#Phinch: An interactive, exploratory data
visualization framework for environmental
sequence data
@hollybik
University of California, Davis (now)
University of Birmingham, UK (soon)

2. VERY DIFFICULT
Bik et al. 2012, Trends in Ecology and Evolution

4. “A Research-Driven Data Visualization
Framework for High-Throughput
Environmental Sequence Data”

5. http://pitchinteractive.com @pitchinc

6. “Pitch Interactive dissects large data sets
in search of meaningful and often hidden
patterns that serve to determine the shape
and form that best tells a story.”

7. Goal: A web-based, scalable visualization framework for
standard data formats

8. • BIOM (json) files – OTU tables, metagenome datasets
• Tab-delimited metadata files

11. http://phinch.org

12. http://phinch.org

13. http://phinch.org
“Export” and “Share” features

21. Nitrate Levels (ppm)
Relativeabundance(%)
Tenacibaculum spp.
Sabreen Aulakh, Eisen lab undergrad

22. Future Work
• Explore phylogenetic visualizations (e.g. probability
distributions from tree placement of short reads)
• Expand visualization framework to include statistical
analyses, plugin tools, public API
• Self-sustaining, open source user/developer
community

23. NSF Research
Coordination Network
RCN EukHiTS
http://eukhits.wordpress.com

24. Acknowledgements
:
:
Jonathan Eisen Aaron Darling Guillaume Jospin Dongying Wu
David Coil
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: Further Information
• hbik@ucdavis.edu
• @Dr_Bik – updates posted to Twitter
Wesley Grubbs, Shujian Bu (Pitch Interactive)
Acknowledgements