International Influenza Bioinformatics Workshop
April 13–17, 2026 | Intercontinental Hotel Santiago | Santiago, Chile
Day 1 — Monday, April 13, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:00–08:30 |
Registration |
|
| 08:30–09:00 |
Welcome remarks and participant introductions |
Allison Brown, Ben Rambo-Martin, Alisa Bochnowski |
| 09:00–09:30 |
Course pre-test |
|
| 09:30–10:00 |
Course photo, Break |
|
| 10:00–11:00 |
Overview of Training, Vaccine Candidate Cycle Overview |
Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 11:00–12:00 |
Computer Operating Systems |
Kristine Lacek |
| 12:00–13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30–15:00 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics: Linux and BASH |
Kristine Lacek |
| 15:00–15:30 |
Break |
|
| 15:30–17:00 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics Cont. |
Kristine Lacek |
| — |
Adjourn |
|
| 18:00–20:00 |
Opening reception (Intercontinental Hotel) |
|
Day 2 — Tuesday, April 14, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–10:30 |
Bioinformatics Programming Basics: Scripting |
Kristine Lacek, Logan Fink |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Break |
|
| 11:00–12:00 |
Environments & Practical |
Jared Johnson |
| 12:00–13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30–14:30 |
Containers and Registries |
Logan Fink |
| 14:30–15:30 |
Bioinformatics Tools & Practical |
Logan Fink, Jared Johnson |
| 15:30–16:00 |
Break |
|
| 16:00–17:30 |
Bioinformatics Tools & Practical Cont., Installation |
All facilitators |
| — |
Adjourn |
|
Day 3 — Wednesday, April 15, 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 |
|
| 10:30–12:30 |
NGS File Manipulation, Genome Assembly Cont. |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 12:30–14:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 14:00–16:00 |
Sequence Alignment Algorithms and BLAST |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 16:00–16:30 |
Break |
|
| 16:30–17:30 |
Sequence Alignment Algorithms Cont. |
Kristine Lacek, Ben Rambo-Martin |
| — |
Adjourn |
|
Day 4 — Thursday, April 16, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–10:30 |
Phylogenetics |
Norman Hassel |
| 10:30–11:00 |
Break |
|
| 11:00–12:30 |
Phylogenetics Cont. |
Norman Hassel |
| 12:30–14:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 14:00–14:45 |
Phylogenetics Cont. |
Norman Hassel |
| 14:45–15:45 |
Genomic Epidemiology and Sampling |
Norman Hassel |
| 15:45–16:00 |
Break |
|
| 16:00–16:30 |
Adult Education |
Maureen Sullivan |
| — |
Adjourn |
|
Day 5 — Friday, April 17, 2026
| Time |
Agenda Item |
Discussion Leader |
| 08:30–09:30 |
Quality Management Systems for Bioinformatics & Troubleshooting |
Ben Rambo-Martin |
| 09:30–10:00 |
Reporting |
Jared Johnson |
| 10:00–10:30 |
Break |
|
| 10:30–12:00 |
Workflow Pipeline and Reporting Practical |
All facilitators |
| 12:00–13:30 |
Lunch |
|
| 13:30–13:45 |
Overview of Post-training goals, action plans |
|
| 13:45–15:00 |
Practice set; country meetings to develop action plans (break available from 14:30) |
All facilitators |
| 15:00–15:30 |
Course evaluation and post-test |
|
| 15:30–16:00 |
Closing remarks, certificate ceremony |
|
| — |
Adjourn |
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