Fundamentals of Bioinformatics in Viral Pathogen Research

This course is an advanced training program designed for professionals in virology, genetics, epidemiology, and infectious diseases who wish to master bioinformatic methods for processing sequencing data, including high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS).

The main focus of the course includes: processing raw sequencing data into nucleotide sequences, quality control and analysis of raw sequencing reads, read alignment to reference genomes and consensus sequence generation, sequence classification methods, de novo sequence assembly, comparative genomic analysis. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of genomic epidemiology, enhanced skills in genetic analysis and diagnostics, hands-on experience with cutting-edge bioinformatics pipelines. Key Features of the training course include focus on practical NGS data analysis and end-to-end workflows from raw data to biological interpretation. This completion of the course aims to build competency in pathogen genomics.