NGS module ResponsibleCarla Mavian and Matia Prosperi TIME CONTENT SPEAKERS SUNDAY X AUGUST 17:00 to 18:00 Welcome to VEME TBA 18:00 to 20:00 Coffee break. Monday X AUGUST 07:00 to 08:00 Registration. 8:00 to 8:30 Welcome and practical instructions TBA 8:30 to 9:00 Introduction to next generation sequencing R. Scheuermann 9:00 to 10:00 Reference alignment: theory C. Mavian 10:00 to 10:30 Coffee break. 10:30 to 12:00 Introduction and logging in to Terra Reference alignment and SNP calling practice (Terra) C. Tomkins-Tinch, G. Mboowa 12:00 to 13:00 Lunch. 13:00 to 14:30 Reference alignment and SNP calling practice (CMD) T. Paisie, C. Mavian 14:30 to 15:30 Reference alignment: examining results T. Paisie, C. Mavian, C. Tomkins-Tinch, G. Mboowa 15:30 to 17:00 Coffee break + poster session. Tuesday X AUGUST 8:00 to 9:00 De novo assembly: theory H. Schmidt 9:00 to 10:00 De novo assembly practice (Terra & miniWDL) C. Tomkins-Tinch, G. Mboowa 10:00 to 10:30 Coffee break. 10:30 to 12:00 De novo assembly practice (CMD) T. Paisie, C. Mavian 12:00 to 13:00 Lunch. 13:00 to 14:30 De novo assembly: examining results T. Paisie, C. Mavian, C. Tomkins-Tinch, G. Mboowa 14:30 to 15:30 Introduction to computing C. Tomkins-Tinch 15:30 to 16:00 Coffee break. 16:00 to 17:00 Metagenomics: taxonomic classification with kraken (Terra) C. Tomkins-Tinch, G. Mboowa Wednesday X AUGUST 8:00 to 9:00 Metagenomics: theory C. Mavian 9:00 to 10:00 Metagenomics: taxonomy classification with kraken (CMD) C.Mavian, T. Paisie, Ortiz S 10:00 to 10:30 Coffee break. 10:30 to 12:00 Metagenomics: de novo assembly and blast Ortiz S, C. Mavian 12:00 to 13:00 Lunch. 13:00 to 14:00 Metagenomics: examining results C. Tomkins-Tinch, G. Mboowa, C. Mavian, Ortiz S 14:00 to 14:30 Illumina Innovations for Viral Genomics Leandro Ucela Alves 14:30 to 15:00 Genome detective K Deforche, V. Fonseca, J. Xavier 15:00 to 16:00 Dashboard J. Xavier, C.Mavian, T. Paisie 16:00 to 17:00 Coffee break + poster session. 17:00 to 17:30 Keynote 1: TBA 17:30 to 18:00 Keynote 2: TBA Thursday X August 8:00 to 9:00 Bulk transcriptomics: Theory R. Scheuermann 9:00 to 10:00 Bulk transcriptomics: Practice 1 R. Scheuermann, D.Pintard 10:00 to 10:30 Coffee break. 10:30 to 12:00 Bulk transcriptomics: Practice 2 R. Scheuermann, D.Pintard 12:00 to 13:00 Lunch. 13:00 to 14:30 Single cell transcriptomics: Theory R. Scheuermann 14:30 to 15:30 Single cell transcriptomics: Practice 1 D.Pintard, R. Scheuermann, J. Xavier 15:30 to 16:00 Coffee break. 16:00 to 17:30 Single cell transcriptomics: Practice 2 D.Pintard, R. Scheuermann, J. Xavier 18:30 to 20:30 Course teachers dinner