Phylogenetic inference module

Responsible
Marta Giovanetti and Eduan Wilkinson

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 6 September

16:00

Registration and Welcome to VEME
Venue: Kapstadt Brauhaus Stellenbosch 98 Dorp St, Stellenbosch Central

Monday 7 AUGUST

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

08:30
to
09:00

Registration

9:00
to
9:30

Welcome and practical instructions

E Wilkinson & M Giovanetti

9:30
to
10:30

Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution

E Wilkinson

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

11:00
to
12:30

Constructing a proper dataset

M Giovanetti

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Alignment algorithms (Theory and Practice)

E Wilkinson

15:30
to
17:00

Tea and Coffee break + poster session

Tuesday 8 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
9:30

Alignment algortihms (Pratical and Editing)

E Wilkinson

9:30
to
10:30

Phylogenetic signal and noise: Theory

H Schmidt

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

10:30
to
12:30

Phylogenetic signal and noise: Practical

H Tegally

12:30
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

Tea and Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

Free computer time

All PI instructors

Wednesday 9 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
9:30

Methods of phylogenetic tree reconstuction: Thoery

E Wilkinson

9:30
to
10:30

Hypothesis Testing and ML Methods: Part1

H Schmidt

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

11:00
to
12:30

Hypothesis Testing and ML Methods: Part2

H Schmidt

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Hypothesis testing and NJ and ML methods: Practical

H Tegally

15:30
to
16:30

Coffee break + poster session

16:30
to
17:00

Travel to the keynote venue

17:00
to
17:45

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

Moritz Kraemer

17:45
to
18:30

Keynote 2: Data science from pathogen emergence to epidemic spread

Houriiyah Tegally

Thursday 10 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
10:30

Reconstructing Ancestral States: Theory & Practical

E Wilkinson

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

10:30
to
12:30

Molecular Clock and Introduction to Phylodynamics: Theory

M Giovanetti

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Molecular Clock and Introduction to Phylodynamics: Practical

H Tegally

15:30
to
16:00

Tea and Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

Free computer time

All PI instructors

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner

Friday 11 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
10:30

Molecular Adaptation: Thoery

D. Martin

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

11:00
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

Tea and Coffee break

16:00
to
17:30

Advanced Recombination detection and Networks: Practical

D Martin & D Tshaibuila