Histogram Distribution
Protein Expression Histogram
Distribution of single-cell protein expression (log10 a.u.; n = 612 cells) with a fitted Gaussian (cyan).
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Histogram Distribution
Bimodal DNA Content (Cell Cycle)
DNA content per cell (n = 1,500) showing G1 (2N) and G2/M (4N) populations; Gaussian mixture components and their sum are overlaid.
Raincloud Plot Distribution
Raincloud Plot: Gene Expression
Relative expression of a target gene under three treatments (n = 40 per group): density (cloud), box plot and individual values (rain).
Violin Plot Distribution
Violin Plot: Cell Viability
Cell viability (%) across five drug concentrations (n = 30 wells each); violins show the density with an inner IQR box and median.
Swarm Plot Distribution
Swarm Plot: Calcium Transient Amplitude
Peak calcium transient amplitude (ΔF/F0) in individual WT and KO cells (n = 120 per genotype).
Strip Plot Distribution
Strip Plot: qPCR ΔCt per Animal
ΔCt (target − GAPDH) for each animal in four treatment groups (n = 8 per group); lower ΔCt means higher target expression.
Ridgeline Plot Distribution
Ridgeline Plot: Cell Size over Time
Distribution of cell area (µm²) at eight time points after stimulation (n = 300 cells per time point).
2D Histogram Distribution
2D Histogram: Flow Cytometry FSC vs SSC
Forward (FSC-A) vs side scatter (SSC-A) density for 20,000 events, showing two cell populations and low-scatter debris.
Q–Q Plot Distribution
Q–Q Plot: Model Residuals
Normal Q–Q plot of 200 model residuals; points departing from the reference line at both ends indicate heavier tails than a normal distribution.
Box Plot Comparison
Box Plot: Western Blot Quantification
Normalised band intensity for four conditions (boxes: all 12 lanes per condition). Brackets show BH-adjusted Welch t-tests on biological-replicate means (n = 3).
Bar Chart Comparison
Bar Chart: ELISA Results
Cytokine concentrations (pg/mL) in control and LPS-stimulated cultures; bars show mean ± SEM with individual wells (n = 6).
Stacked Bar Composition
Stacked Bar: Treatment Outcomes
Best overall response (CR, PR, SD, PD) as a percentage of patients in each arm (n = 50 per arm).
Paired Dot Plot Comparison
Paired Dot Plot: Pre/Post Treatment
Systolic blood pressure for each of 20 patients before and after treatment; lines join measurements from the same patient.
Waterfall Plot Clinical
Waterfall Plot: Tumour Response
Best percentage change in tumour size from baseline for each of 30 patients, ordered from largest increase to largest decrease; dashed lines mark the RECIST +20% and −30% thresholds.
Range Bar Clinical
Range Bar: Dosing Windows
Dosing window (start to end study day) for each of 12 subjects, coloured by regimen.
Forest Plot Clinical
Forest Plot: Meta-Analysis
Odds ratios with 95% CIs from eight studies; diamonds show the fixed- and random-effect pooled estimates.
Scatter Plot Relationships
Scatter Plot: qPCR Standard Curve
Threshold cycle (Ct) against log10 template copy number for a 7-point, 10-fold dilution series in triplicate, with the least-squares line.
Bubble Chart Relationships
Bubble Chart: Biomarker Discovery
Forty candidate biomarkers plotted by log2 fold change and −log10 p; dashed lines mark p = 0.05 and ±1 log2 fold change.
Correlation Heatmap Relationships
Correlation Heatmap: Metabolomics
Pairwise Pearson correlation between 20 metabolites across 60 samples (purple positive, orange negative).
Heatmap Omics
Heatmap: Gene Expression
Row-standardised (z-score) log2 expression of 30 genes across 6 control and 6 treated samples.
Bland–Altman Relationships
Bland–Altman Agreement Plot
Difference between point-of-care meter and reference analyser against their mean for 80 samples; solid line is the mean bias, dashed lines the 95% limits of agreement.
Line Chart Time & Dose
Line Chart: Bacterial Growth Curve
OD600 of bacterial cultures in three media over 24 h (mean ± SD of 3 replicate cultures).
Dose–Response Curve Time & Dose
Dose–Response Curve: IC50
Cell viability against concentration for two compounds (triplicate wells) with four-parameter logistic fits.
Enzyme Kinetics Time & Dose
Enzyme Kinetics: Michaelis–Menten
Initial reaction velocity against substrate concentration (triplicates) with the fitted Michaelis–Menten curve.
Pie Chart Composition
Pie Chart: Cell Population
Immune cell populations as a percentage of CD45+ leukocytes measured by flow cytometry.
Sunburst Composition
Sunburst: Immune Cell Hierarchy
Hierarchical breakdown of 15,740 immune cells: lineage (inner ring) and subset (outer ring).
Marimekko Composition
Marimekko: Cell Type by Tissue
Cell-type composition of five tissues; column width is proportional to cells sampled and segment height to the share of each cell type.
Survival Curve Clinical
Kaplan–Meier Survival Curve
Kaplan–Meier overall survival for standard care and the new therapy (n = 100 per arm) with 95% confidence bands and censoring; dashed lines mark median survival.
ROC Curve Clinical
ROC Curve: Diagnostic Biomarker
Receiver operating characteristic curve for a biomarker score distinguishing 123 cases from 177 controls; dashed line is chance.
Volcano Plot Omics
Volcano Plot: RNA-seq
Differential expression of 8,000 genes: log2 fold change against −log10 adjusted p; red up-regulated, blue down-regulated.
Manhattan Plot Omics
Manhattan Plot: GWAS
Manhattan plot of 49,992 SNPs across 22 autosomes; the dashed line marks genome-wide significance (p = 5 × 10⁻⁸).
PCA Omics
PCA: Sample Clustering
Principal component analysis of 30 samples (6 conditions × 5 replicates) on 50 features; points coloured by condition.
Clustering Omics
Clustering: Single-Cell Embedding
k-means clustering (k = 4) of 2,000 cells on a two-dimensional UMAP embedding.
Multi-Panel Figure Figure Assembly
Multi-Panel Figure (a–d)
A four-panel figure assembled in LabTools: (a) western blot quantification, (b) qPCR standard curve, (c) dose–response, (d) Kaplan–Meier survival.
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