EVA

The Public Health Laboratories of Hellenic Pasteur Institute (HPI) invite laboratory professionals to an intensive 4-day hands-on training course offering cutting-edge Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) training for Influenza Virus, using Oxford Nanopore Technology. This program integrates high-quality sequencing analysis with hands-on training, providing skills to generate, analyze, and interpret Influenza genomic data for research, surveillance, and diagnostics. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in real-life Influenza surveillance practises at the National Influenza Reference Laboratory of Southern Greece. Participants will gain both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience in key NGS workflows, including: 1. Viral RNA extraction for NGS applications, 2. Library preparation, 3. Operation of Oxford Nanopore platforms, 4. Data Processing Workflow: Basecalling, Alignment, and Assembly, 5. NGS data quality control and validation, 6. Basic bioinformatics pipelines for Influenza virus genomics, 7. Bioinformatics tools for variant analysis and mutation detection. A special rate will be offered for accommodation in a 4-star hotel located near the Hellenic Pasteur Institute.