The Research Center on Global Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (RC-GERID), the center of excellence science and technology (PUI-PT) from the Institute of Tropical Diseases, Airlangga University, have successfully held a Bioinformatics workshop “In Pursuit of Pathogen Origins: Integrating Phylogenetics, MCC Trees, and Transmission Insights” on 4 – 5 May 2023.
This workshop presented by experienced spokesperson, Mr. Muhammad Fahmi, Ph.D. from the Research Institute of Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan. This workshop also attended by the chairman of ITD, Prof. Maria Inge Lusida, Ph.D and head of RC-GERID, Laura Navika Yamani, S.Sc., M.Sc., PhD
This program was held to improve LPT UNAIR researchers knowledge, regarding Bioinformatics analysis using phylogenetic methods/techniques. Further enhancement of this analysis is able to trace the origin of pathogens which can assist in understanding and controlling the spread of infectious diseases. In addition, this workshop also aims to integrate genetic technology and transmission analysis to produce a comprehensive understanding of how pathogens originate and spread. This method combines phylogenetic techniques and MCC (Maximum Clade Credibility) tree construction to estimate the evolutionary history of pathogens and able to analyze epidemiological and social data to learn how pathogens spread and transmit among human populations. Hopefully this bioinformatic analysis can be applied in some research at LPT, UNAIR so that we can develop strategies in preventing and controlling the infectious diseases in the future. By knowing how pathogens originate and spread, we can decide the effective steps to protect human health and prevent the spread of potentially devastating outbreaks.
