The program is still under development. Changes may occur
| Monday 10 June 2024 | |
| 9.00 – 9.10 | Welcome by ESCV Executive |
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Session 1 General aspects |
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| 9.10-9.30 | Introduction to the subject and the program |
| Tobias Allander and Oskar Karlsson Lindsjö, Karolinska University Hospital and Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 9.30-10.00 | Multicenter benchmarking of short and long read wet lab protocols for clinical viral metagenomics |
| Jutte de Vries, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands | |
| 10.00-10.30 | COFFEE BREAK |
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Session 2 Rapid metagenomics |
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| 10.30-10.55 | Unified metagenomic method for rapid detection of bacteria, fungi and viruses in clinical samples |
| Adela Medina, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom | |
| 10.55-11.20 | Evaluating metagenomics and targeted approaches for diagnosis and surveillance of viruses |
| Oscar Torres, University College London, United Kingdom | |
| 11.20-11.45 | Rapid and sensitive single-sample viral metagenomics using Nanopore Flongle sequencing |
| Ian Pichler, University of Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 11.45-12.10 | Submitted abstract presentation |
| Selective host depletion of cerebrospinal fluid samples improve microbial DNA detection by metagenomic sequencing Siqing Liu, Oslo University Hospital, Norway |
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| Exploring the Impact of Nucleic Acid Extraction Methods and Other Laboratory Procedures on Metagenomic Sequencing Jan Slunecko, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| 12.10-13.15 | LUNCH |
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Session 3 Application of Next Generation Sequencing in Virology |
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| 13.15-13.40 | Using metagenomic approaches in Wastewater Surveillance |
| Willemijn Lodder, National Instutute for Public Helath and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands | |
| 13.40-14.05 | Genomic studies of adeno-associated virus hepatitis |
| Sarah Buddle, University College London, United Kingdom | |
| 14.05-14.30 | Enterovirus sequencing: why, when, and how |
| Kim Benschop, National Instutute for Public Helath and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands | |
| 14.30-14.55 | Submitted abstract presentation |
| Shotgun metagenomics on air: Longitudinal surveillance of viral pathogens in a daycare center Mustafa Karatas, University of Leuven, Belgium |
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| Metagenomic investigation of false positive HIV results after CAR T-cell treatment Alexandros Petropoulos, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 14.55-15.30 | COFFEE BREAK |
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Session 4 Parallel workshops and technology presentation |
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| Option A: | |
| 15.30 -18.00 | Bioinformatics hands-on workshop |
| Option B: | |
| 15.30-16.30 | Parallel group discussions |
| 1. Medical aspects of diagnostic viral metagenomics | |
| 2. Wetlab tricks, host depletion, pathogen enrichment | |
| 3. NGS and IVDR | |
| 16.30-17.00 | Technical developments within NGS |
| Valtteri Wirta, Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratories, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 19.00 | DINNER |
| Tuesday 11 June 2024 | |
| 8.30-8.35 | Opening |
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Session 5 One health and emerging viruses |
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| 8.35-9.15 | A Metagenomics Perspective Approach to One Health |
| Edward Holmes, University of Sydney, Australia | |
| 9.15-9.40 | Virus taxonomy - coping with the explosion in virus discovery? |
| Peter Simmonds, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | |
| 9.40-10.05 | Unveiling the Spillover: NGS and One Health Surveillance for Emerging Viruses |
| Klara Sondén, Publich Health Agency of Sweden | |
| 10.05-10.20 | Submitted abstract presentation |
| Tracing the origin, spread and molecular evolution of Dengue type 1 cases occurred in Northern Italy in 2023 Greta Romano, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy |
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| Complete genome sequencing of tick-borne encephalitis virus reveals potential mutations in viral genome associated with disease course Samo Zakotnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
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| 10.20-10.50 | COFFEE BREAK |
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Session 6 Clinical decision-making based on host responses |
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| 11.50-11.05 | Immune transcriptomics for diagnostic use, an introduction |
| Niklas Björkström, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 11.05-11.30 | Diagnostic value of human trancriptome analysis |
| Christophe Rodriguez, University of Paris-Est-Creteil, Paris, France | |
| 11.30-11.55 | Genetic susceptibility to viral infections: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges |
| Peter Bergman, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 11.55-12.30 | Submitted abstract presentations |
| ENNGS Survey on the use and need for the implementation of targeted NGS for virus typing and detection of resistance in diagnostic settings Matthew Byott, University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom |
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| Unravelling the diversity - metagenomic next-generation sequencing for diagnosing central nervous system infections: a systematic review of case reports Kira Waagner Birkeland, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Brumunddal, Norway |
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| 12:30-13.30 | LUNCH |
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Session 7 Summary |
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| 13.30-14.30 | Summary of workshop discussions |
| 14.30-14.45 | End of Meeting and farewell |