From Respiratory Clinical Sample to Whole Genome Sequence - AURORAE Summer School 2025This course offers theoretical and practical training on acquiring and analysing whole genome sequences (WGS) of respiratory viruses from clinical samples, with a focus on influenza.
Duration: This five-day course begins on Thursday 26/06/2025 and ends on Wednesday 02/07/2025
Location: Athens, Greece
Audience: Microbiologists with interest in laboratory methods and analytical techniques used for the genetic characterization of respiratory viruses.
Objectives - After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- List Advantages a Disadvantages of various WGS tools commonly used for Influenza
- Explain and apply the WGS workflow from sample to sequence using Nanopore technology
- Perform basic bioinformatic analysis of respiratory virus WGS data.
- Report sequence data to ECDC and GISAID.
- Describe Big Data analysis in clinical microbiology.
- Discuss AI applications in the field of WGS data analysis and reporting.
Participation: This course is not open for public enrolment. Participation is through invitation by National Focal Points for Microbiology.