Heatmaps Made to Order

A quick note on the most highly customizable heatmap tool we've yet come across: the ComplexHeatmap package in the Bioconductor toolbox for R. The package homepage is overflowing with excellent examples: change colors and labels, stack or split heatmaps, cluster rows and columns, edit graphic properties such as grid lines, use shapes inside your heatmaps to convey added information, and even combine your heatmap with multiple other plot types. Definitely something to have in your toolbox.