Half day modules

Responsible
Heiko Schmidt and Nidia Trovao

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

Friday August 9: Morning

Module 1: Large phylogenies - Responsible Heiko Schmidt

8:30
to
9:30

Fast methods for large phylogenies.

H. Schmidt

9:30
to
10:15

Large phylogenies: practice

H. Schmidt, A Zhukova

10:15
to
10:45

Coffee break.

10:45
to
11:45

Ancestral scenario reconstruction on large phylogenetic trees

A Zhukova

11:45
to
12:30

Analysing ancestral phylogeographic scenarios : practice using PastML

A Zhukova, H. Schmidt

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

Module 2: Molecular adaptation - Responsible Sergei Pond

8:30
to
10:30

Molecular adaptation: theory

A. Lucaci

10:30
to
10:45

Coffee break.

10:45
to
12:30

Molecular adaptation: practice (HYPHY)

A. Lucaci, D. Martin

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

Module 3: Biological Fundamentals of Mechanistic and Phylogenetic Modelling - Responsible José Lourenço

8:30
to
9:30

Epidemiological models: back to basics.

F. Pinotti

9:30
to
10:30

Epidemiological models: practice.

F. Pinotti, C. Mavian, T. Paisie

10:30
to
10:45

Coffee break.

10:45
to
12:30

pidemiological models: practice (continued)

F. Pinotti, C. Mavian, T. Paisie

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

Friday August 9: Afternoon

Module 4: Geospatial And Eco-Evolutionary Methods For Climate Change and Infectious Diseases - Responsible Houriiyah Tegally

13:30
to
15:00

Introduction to geospatial data analysis and visualisation

J Poongavanan, H. Tegally

15:00
to
15:30

Index P: a suitability index for mosquito-borne viruses

F. Pinotti

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Testing the influence of environmental covariates on the dispersal of arboviruses using phylodynamics

H. Tegally, J Poongavanan

Module 5: Visualization Of Large Phylogenies With Metadata - Responsible Níidia Trovão

13:30
to
14:30

Visualization of large phylogenies with metadata: an introduction to FigTree and Microreact

N. Trovão, H Schmidt

14:30
to
15:30

Programmable annotation and Visualisation of phylogenies and related data in R

T. Lam

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution using Nextstrain

C. Roemer

Module 6: Recombination and networks - Responsible Darren Martin

13:30
to
14:30

Detecting Recombination: theory.

D. Martin

14:30
to
15:30

Detecting Recombination: practical computer session.

D. Martin

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Advanced recombination detection and networks: practice.

D. Martin