SpatiaLondon Data Club session

The SpatiaLondon Data Club is a new community-driven initiative bringing together researchers working in spatial transcriptomics and spatial biology to discuss common analytical challenges, share experiences, and develop practical solutions.

The first session, High Dimensionality & Complex Data Structure, will explore key analytical challenges arising from the increasing complexity and dimensionality of spatial biology datasets.

The session will focus on:

• The curse of dimensionality and its impact on clustering and neighbourhood graph construction
• Joint modelling of gene expression and spatial autocorrelation
• Trade-offs between PCA/UMAP and spatially aware approaches, including graph-based smoothing

The session will be facilitated by Dr Gopal Krishna R. Dhondalay, Senior Bioinformatician at the Hub for Applied Bioinformatics (HAB), King’s College London.

The session will take place at G.60, Hub for Applied Bioinformatics, King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, with the option to attend online. The event is free to attend.

Whether you are working directly in spatial transcriptomics and spatial biology or interested in the analytical challenges these approaches present, this is an opportunity to connect with colleagues, share experiences, and contribute to the development of a collaborative spatial biology community across London.

Places are available for this first session. Register now.