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  • 15 July — 19 July 2024

  • University of Hong Kong

  • HK$7,000 (Includes accommodation)

  • Apply by 31 March 2024

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

(T. Lam - P. Lemey - J. Wu)

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

(P. Lemey)

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

(H. Schmidt)

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

(H. Schmidt - T. Lam)

16:30 — 17:00
Coffee break
18:00 — 19:30
Welcome dinner
2nd Day
08:30 — 10:00
Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory

(M.Suchard)

10:00 — 11:00
Introduction to BEAST(/BEAGLE) and time-measured trees: theory

(A. Rambaut)

11:00 — 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 — 13:00
BEAST: practice (estimating rates)

(A. Rambaut - N. Faria)

13:00 — 14:30
Lunch
14:30 — 16:30
Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: theory

(M.Suchard)

16:30 — 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 — 18:00
Free practice time
18:00 — 19:00
Keynote lecture
3rd Day
08:30 — 10:30
Coalescent theory and phylodynamic inference: Practice

(A. Rambaut - P. Lemey - T. Lam)

10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Bayesian model testing: theory

(P. Lemey)

12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:00
Bayesian model testing: practice

(P. Lemey - M. 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
Phylogeography: theory

(S. Dellicour - P. Lemey - N. Faria)

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

(S. Dellicour - P. Lemey - N. Faria)

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

(N. Faria - T.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

(D. Martin)

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

(D. Martin - T. Lam)

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

(T. Lam)

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

(T. Lam - H. Schmidt)

17:30 — 17:45
Closing

(T. Lam - P. Lemey - J. Wu)

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