Plots produced for 2026 Virus Bioinformatics + nf-core Hybrid Collaborative Hackathon by @tammy357.

Sequence Length Distribution Plot

This plot I created displays the distribution of 'sequence_length' from the dataset. A histogram is used, with both the X (Sequence Length) and Y (Count) axes set to a logarithmic scale. This dual log-scale helps to visualize a wide range of sequence lengths and their frequencies, especially when there are many short sequences and fewer very long ones, which is common in genomic data. The plot provides insights into the typical range and spread of sequence lengths within the dataset.

Density/distribution visualisation of Guanine-Cytosine (GC) content plot

This plot is a density/distribution visualization of Guanine-Cytosine (GC) content across various viral families, likely generated as part of a benchmarking or exploratory analysis for a viral genomics pipeline.Here is a summary tailored for the Vizavalanche hackathon context:Overview of the VisualizationThe Data: It displays the GC content (%) on the x-axis against the frequency (Count) on a logarithmic scale ($10^0$ to $10^{-275}$) on the y-axis.The Scope: It focuses on the "Top 5 NCBI Families" (Coronaviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Flaviviridae, Picornaviridae, Sedoreoviridae) plus an "Other" category.The Trend: Most viral families represented here show a broad, overlapping distribution of GC content, primarily concentrated between 30% and 60%.