VEME2023 – Evolutionary Hypothesis Testing Module – VEME – International Bioinformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology

Responsible
Philippe Lemey and Guy Baele

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 20 AUGUST

16:00
to
16:40

Welcome to VEME - Stellenbosch Museum, 37 Ryneveld St.

Tulio de Oliveira

17:00
to
19:00

VEME Cocktail Event

Monday 21 AUGUST

8:00
to
8:30

Registration.

8:30
to
9:00

Welcome and practical instructions.

Tulio de Oliveira

9:00
to
10:30

Statistical inference in phylogenetics and phylodynamics.

P. Lemey

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: theory.

H. Schmidt

12:30
to
14:00

Lunch.

14:00
to
16:00

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: practice.

H. Schmidt - N. Trovao

16:00
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session.

Tuesday 22 AUGUST

8:30
to
9:30

Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory.

M. Suchard

9:30
to
10:30

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

V. Hill

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

BEAST: practice (estimating rates).

V. Hill - P. Lemey

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
15:30

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: theory.

M. Suchard

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
16:50

Free computer time

V. Hill - P. Lemey - M. Suchard

Wednesday 23 AUGUST

8:30
to
10:30

Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: Practice.

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - V. Hill

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

Bayesian model testing: theory.

G. Cybis

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
14:30

Bayesian model testing: practice.

G. Cybis - M. Suchard - P. Lemey

14:30
to
16:00

Free computer time.

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - G. Cybis - V. Hill

16:00
to
17:00

Coffee break + poster session.

Keynotes: Jan Mouton Learning Centre, Stellenbosch University, De Beer Rd.

17:30
to
18:45

Keynote 1:

Edward Holmes

18:45
to
20:00

Keynote 2:

Marion Koopmans

Thursday 24 August

8:30
to
10:30

Phylogeography: theory

P. Lemey

10:30
to
11:00

Coffee break.

11:00
to
12:30

Phylogeography: practice.

P. Lemey

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch.

13:30
to
15:30

Free computer time.

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - G. Cybis - V. Hill

15:30
to
16:00

Coffee break.

16:00
to
17:30

Free computer time.

M. Suchard - P. Lemey - G. Cybis - V. Hill

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner