(2024) Infectious Disease Genomic Epidemiology: Virtual
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Date: 13 - 17 May 2024
With increasing adoption of high-throughput sequencing technologies to infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigations, genomic epidemiology (combining pathogen genomics data with epidemiological investigations to track the spread of infectious diseases) is poised to change the practices of public health and infection controls and provides unprecedented amount of data for pathogen evolution studies. This 5-day course from CBW provides an introduction to genomic epidemiology analysis followed by hands-on practical tutorials demonstrating the use of selected analysis tools. The tutorials are designed as self-contained units that include example data and detailed instructions for installation of all required bioinformatics tools or access to publicly available web applications.
Country: Virtual
Prerequisites:
You will require your own laptop computer. Minimum requirements: 1024×768 screen resolution, 1.5GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB free disk space, recent versions of Windows, Mac OS X or Linux (Most computers purchased in the past 3-4 years likely meet these requirements). This workshop requires participants to complete pre-workshop tasks and readings.
Learning objectives:
Participants will gain practical experience and skills to be able to: Understand high-throughput sequencing (HTS) platforms as applied to pathogen genomics and metagenomics sequencing Understand the value of data sharing and data curation in pathogen surveillance Analyze HTS data for pathogen surveillance and outbreak investigations Analyze antimicrobial resistance genes Detect emerging pathogens in metagenomics data Perform phylodynamic analysis Use different visualization tools for genomic epidemiology analysis
Capacity: 30
Event types:
- Workshops and courses
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