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Projects and events Summer Courses Virus evolution and epidemiology 

Programme

  • 15 July — 19 July 2024

  • University of Hong Kong

  • HK$5,000 (Includes accommodation)

  • Apply by 12 May 2024

  • Fully booked

Past

1st Day
08:00 — 08:30
Registration
08:30 — 09:00
Welcome and practical instructions

(Andrew Rambaut, Philippe Lemey, Tommy Lam)

09:00 — 10:30
Statistical inference in phylogenetics and phylodynamics for studying virus evolution and epidemiology: theory

(Philippe Lemey)

10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 13:00
Sequence alignment and fundamentals of phylogenetic tree inference: theory

(Heiko Schmidt)

13:00 — 14:30
Lunch
14:30 — 16:30
Alignment and phylogenetic tree inference - maximum likelihood approach: practice

(Heiko Schmidt, Tommy Lam)

16:30 — 17:00
Coffee break
18:00 — 19:30
Welcome dinner
2nd Day
08:00 — 09:30
Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory

(Marc Suchard)

09:30 — 10:30
Introduction to BEAST(/BEAGLE) and time-measured trees: theory

(Andrew Rambaut)

10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
BEAST: practice (estimating rates)

(Andrew Rambaut, Nuno Faria)

12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 16:00
Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: theory

(Marc Suchard)

16:00 — 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 — 17:30
Free practice time
17:30 — 18:30
Keynote lecture (To be determined)
3rd Day
08:30 — 10:30
Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: Practice

(Andrew Rambaut, Philippe Lemey, Tommy Lam)

10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Phylogeography: theory

(Nidia Trovao, Philippee Lemey - Nuno Faria)

12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:00
Phylogeography: practice

(Nidia Trovao, Philippe Lemey, Marc Suchard)

15:00 — 16:00
Free practice time
16:00 — 17:00
Coffee break + poster session
17:00 — 18:00
Early off – enjoy Hong Kong
4th Day
08:30 — 10:30
Genomic Epidemiology: theory

(Aine Niamh O'Toole )

10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Genomic Epidemiology: practice

(Andrew Rambaut, Aine Niamh O'Toole)

12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 16:00
Large phylogeny visualisation and analysis: theory & practice

(Nuno Faria, Tommy Lam)

16:00 — 16:30
Coffee break
16:30 — 18:00
Free practice time
18:30 — 20:30
Farewell dinner
5th Day
09:00 — 10:30
Virus recombination detection: theory & practice

(Darren Martin)

10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Virus recombination detection: practice

(Darren Martin, Tommy Lam)

12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Metagenomics for virus discovery: theory

(Tommy Lam)

15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Metagenomics for virus discovery: practice

(Tommy Lam, Heiko Schmidt)

17:30 — 17:45
Closing

(Philippe Lemey, Tommy Lam, Joseph Wu)

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