Alzheimer’s Spatial Lipidomics
Interactive R Shiny App

Eunseo Whaong | Research Mentee & R Shiny Developer
Columbia University BrainSTORM
Mentor: Dr. Vilas Menon · April 2026–Present

Research Overview

Under the mentorship of Dr. Vilas Menon, I developed an interactive R Shiny application to explore spatial lipidomics data from eight mice, comparing Alzheimer’s disease and wild-type models.

The app displays lipid distributions on anatomical brain maps, compares lipid abundance between selected brain regions, and visualizes patterns across individual mice. I am now expanding the application to incorporate newly received data from 37 additional mice.

Spatial Lipid Mapping
View a selected lipid’s distribution across the mouse brain.

Brain Region Comparison
Compare lipid abundance between two selected brain regions.

Multi-Mouse Visualization
Explore lipid distribution patterns across eight mice.