Evolutionary Hypothesis Testing Module

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TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 6 September

17:00
to
18:00

Welcome to VEME

TBA

18:00
to
20:00

Coffee break

Monday 7 September

7:00
to
8:00

Registration.

8:00
to
8:30

Welcome and practical instructions

TBA

8:30
to
10:00

Statistical inference in phylogenetics and phylodynamics

TBA

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: theory

TBA

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

14:30
to
15:30

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: practice

TBA

15:30
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session

Tuesday 8 September

8:00
to
9:00

Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory

TBA

9:00
to
10:00

Introduction to BEAST(/BEAGLE) and time-measured trees: theory

TBA

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

BEAST: practice (estimating rates)

TBA

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: theory

TBA

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

Free computer time

TBA

Wednesday 9 September

8:00
to
10:00

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: Practice

TBA

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Bayesian model testing: theory

TBA

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
14:30

Bayesian model testing: practice

TBA

14:30
to
16:00

Free computer time

TBA

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 10 September

8:00
to
10:00

Phylogeography: theory

TBA

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break

10:30
to
12:00

Phylogeography: practice

TBA

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Free computer time

TBA

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break

16:00
to
17:30

Free computer time

TBA

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner

Friday 11 September

8:30
to
9:30

Epidemiological models: back to basics.

TBA

9:30
to
10:30

Epidemiological models: practice.

TBA

10:30
to
10:45

Coffee break.

10:45
to
12:30

pidemiological models: practice (continued)

TBA

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
15:00

Introduction to geospatial data analysis and visualisation

TBA

15:00
to
15:30

Index P: a suitability index for mosquito-borne viruses

TBA

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

TBA