International Influenza Bioinformatics Workshop
May 18–22, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit | Bangkok, Thailand
Day 1 — Monday, May 18, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–08:45 |
Welcoming remarks |
Dr. Pilailuk Akkapaiboon Okada, Director of National Institute of Health, Thailand National Influenza Center |
| 08:45–09:00 |
Course Introductions |
Martha Montgomery, Bill Davis, Ben Rambo-Martin, Alisa Bochnowski, Participants |
| 09:00–09:30 |
Course pre-test |
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| 09:30–10:00 |
Course photo, Break |
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| 10:00–10:30 |
Intro to Version Control and Markdown in VSCode |
Kristine Lacek |
| 10:30–11:30 |
Overview of Training, Vaccine Candidate Cycle Overview |
Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 11:30–12:30 |
Computer Operating Systems |
Kristine Lacek |
| 12:30–13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 13:30–15:00 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics: Linux and BASH |
Kristine Lacek |
| 15:30–16:00 |
Break |
|
| 16:00–17:30 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics Cont. |
Kristine Lacek |
| — |
Adjourn |
|
| 18:00–20:00 |
Opening reception — Spectrum Lounge, 31st floor of the Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit |
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Day 2 — Tuesday, May 19, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–10:30 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics: Scripting |
Kristine Lacek |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:00–12:00 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics: Scripting Cont. |
Kristine Lacek |
| 12:00–13:00 |
Lunch |
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| 13:00–13:30 |
Environments |
Jared Johnson |
| 13:30–14:00 |
Containers and Registries |
Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 14:00–15:00 |
Bioinformatics Tools & Practical |
Logan Fink, Jared Johnson |
| 15:00–15:30 |
Break |
|
| 15:30–17:00 |
Bioinformatics Tools & Practical Cont., Installation |
All facilitators |
| — |
Adjourn |
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Day 3 — Wednesday, May 20, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–10:00 |
NGS File Manipulation, Genome Assembly and Pipelining |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 10:00–10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:30–12:30 |
NGS File Manipulation, Genome Assembly Cont. |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 12:30–13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 13:30–15:30 |
Sequence Alignment Algorithms and BLAST |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 15:30–16:00 |
Break |
|
| 16:00–17:00 |
Sequence Alignment Algorithms Cont. |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| — |
Adjourn |
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Day 4 — Thursday, May 21, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–10:30 |
Phylogenetics |
Norman Hassell |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Break |
|
| 11:00–12:30 |
Phylogenetics Cont. |
Norman Hassell |
| 12:30–13:30 |
Lunch |
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| 13:30–15:00 |
Phylogenetics Cont. |
Norman Hassell |
| 15:00–15:15 |
Genomic Epidemiology and Sampling |
Norman Hassell |
| 15:15–15:30 |
Break |
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| 15:30–16:00 |
Adult Education |
Alisa Bochnowski |
| — |
Adjourn |
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Day 5 — Friday, May 22, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–09:00 |
Quality Management Systems for Bioinformatics & Troubleshooting |
Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 09:00–10:30 |
Reporting |
Jared Johnson |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Break |
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| 11:00–11:30 |
Introduction of Post-Training GitHub and Milestones |
Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 11:30–12:00 |
Course Evaluation and Post-test |
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| 12:00–12:30 |
Closing remarks, certificate ceremony |
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| 12:30–13:30 |
Lunch |
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| — |
Adjourn |
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