Phylogenetic inference module

Responsible
Marta Giovanetti and Eduan Wilkinson

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 6 September

17:00
to
18:00

Welcome to VEME

18:00
to
20:00

Coffee break.

Monday 7 AUGUST

07:00
to
08:30

Registration.

8:30
to
9:00

Welcome and practical instructions

E Wilkinson & M Giovanetti

9:00
to
10:00

Fundamentals of molecular evolution

E Wilkinson

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break.

10:30
to
12:00

Constructing a proper dataset

M Giovanetti

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
16:00

Alignment algorithms (Theory and Practice)

E Wilkinson

16:00
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session.

Tuesday 8 September

8:30
to
9:15

Alignment algortihms (Pratical and Editing)

E Wilkinson

9:15
to
10:00

Phylogenetic signal and noise: Theory

H Schmidt

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break.

10:30
to
12:00

Phylogenetic signal and noise: Practical

H Tegally

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
14:30

Evolutionary Models: Theory

H Schmidt

14:30
to
15:30

Evolutionary Models: Practical

M Giovanetti

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:00

Free computer time.

All PI instructors

Wednesday 9 September

8:30
to
9:30

Methods of phylogenetic tree reconstuction: Thoery

E Wilkinson

9:30
to
10:00

Hypothesis Testing and ML Methods: Part1

H Schmidt

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break.

10:30
to
12:00

Hypothesis Testing and ML Methods: Part2

H Schmidt

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
16:00

Hypothesis testing and NJ and ML methods: Practical

H Tegally

16:00
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session.

17:00
to
17:30

Keynote 1: Smart Surveillance: Digital Tools and AI for Early Warning and Outbreak Preparedness

Moritz Kraemer

17:30
to
18:00

Keynote 2: Data science from pathogen emergence to epidemic spread

Houriiyah Tegally

Thursday 10 September

8:30
to
10:00

Reconstructing Ancestral States: Theory & Practical

E Wilkinson

10:00
to
10:30

Coffee break.

10:30
to
12:00

Molecular Clock and Introduction to Phylodynamics: Theory

M Giovanetti

12:00
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
15:30

Molecular Clock and Introduction to Phylodynamics: Practical

H Tegally

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Free computer time

All PI instructors

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner

Friday 11 September

8:30
to
10:30

Molecular Adaptation: Thoery

D. Martin

10:30
to
10:45

Coffee break.

10:45
to
12:30

Molecular Adaptation: Practical

D Martin & other PI teachers

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
14:30

Detecting Recombination: Thoery

D. Martin

14:30
to
15:30

Detecting Recombination: Practical

D Martin & D Tshaibuila

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Advanced Recombination detection and Networks: Practical

D Martin & D Tshaibuila