Programme 1 - Program Schedule

Program Schedule of Indo-US Workshop

Day 1: Monday 21st March, 2022

8:00-9:00

Registrationoftheparticipants,Breakfast

 

 

 

 

9:00-10:00

 

 

Inauguration, Welcome,Introduction, Overview of theworkshop

Dr.B.Suresh

Dr.SurinderSingh

Dr.Manjunatha

Dr.H.Basavanagowdappa

Dr. Purnima Madhivanan

Dr.LeeRiley

Dr.MatamVijaykumar

 

 

 

10:00-10:50

Principles of MolecularEpidemiology

Part 1: Introduction to MolecularEpidemiology; definitions;distinguishing molecularepidemiologyfromtaxonomy/

phylogeny

Dr. Lee RileyChairpersons

Dr.M.N.Sumana

Dr.N.B.Ramachandra

10:50-11:00

Break

 

 

11:00-12:00

Principles of MolecularEpidemiology

Part 2: Overview of molecularmicrobiologymethodsusedin

epidemiology

Dr. Lee RileyChairpersons

Dr.B.Madhu

Dr.N.B.Ramachandra

12:00-13:00

Lunch

 

 

13:00-14:00

Basic Epidemiological Concepts

Part 1: Study design Overview

Dr.PurnimaMadhivanan

Chairperson

Dr. Praveen KulkarniDr.KiranmayeeMuralidhar

 

14:00-15:10

 

BasicEpidemiologicalConcepts

Part2:Epidemiological methods 1

Dr.PurnimaMadhivanan

Chairperson

Dr. Praveen KulkarniDr.KiranmayeeMuralidhar

15:10-15:30

Break

 

 

 

15:30-17:00

 

Part 1: Scientific manuscript writingandGrant writing

Dr.KarlKrupp

Chairpersons

Dr.PrashantVishwanathDr.T.Rajeshkumar

17:00-17:30

Conclusion of the day and high tea

 

Day 2: Tuesday 22nd March 2022

 

 

8:00-9:00

Practices of MolecularEpidemiology

Part1:Salmonellosisanddrug-resistanturinarytractinfections.

Dr. Lee RileyChairpersons

Dr.M.N.Sumana

Dr.ManjunathShetty

 

9:00-10:00

Practices of MolecularEpidemiology

Part 2: Overview of next-generationsequencing techniques: WGS

platforms,DNAlibrarypreparation

Dr. Kerry CooperChairpersons

Dr.AkilaPrashant

Dr.RamachandraKini

10:00-10:15

Break

 

 

10:15-11:15

 

BasicEpidemiologicalConcepts

Part3:Epidemiological methods 2

Dr. Purnima Madhivanan

Chairpersons

Dr. D. Sunil Kumar Dr. B. Prashantha

 

11:15-12:15

Practices of MolecularEpidemiology

Part3:Overviewofbioinformatics

workflowtoanalyzeWGSdata

Dr. Kerry CooperChairpersons

Dr.AkilaPrashant

Dr.SutturMalini

12:15-13:15

Lunch

 

 

13:15-15:30

 

Basicepidemiologicconcepts

Part4:Surveillance

Dr.PurnimaMadhivanan

Chairpersons

Dr.SudhirNayakDr.AnilBilimale

15:30-15:45

Break

 

 

15:45-17:00

 

Part 2: Scientific manuscript writingandGrant writing

Dr.KarlKrupp

Chairpersons

Dr.DivyaPrasannakumarDr.AshaSrinivasan

Day 3: Wednesday 23rd March 2022

 

8:10-9:00

Basic epidemiologic concepts

Part 5: Outbreak investigations

Dr. Purnima Madhivanan

Chairpersons

Dr. Raghavendra Dr. C. Amrutha Valli

 

09:00-9:50

 

Practices of MolecularEpidemiology

Part4:Real-worldapplicationofwholegenomesequencingfor

molecularepidemiology

Dr. Kerry Cooper Chairpersons Dr. Akila Prashant

Dr. C. Amrutha Valli

10:00-10:15

Break

 

 

10:15-11:15

 

Modularexercise

Multidrug-resistant Klebsiellapneumoniaeinfectioninahospital

 

Coordinators

Dr.RashmiP.MahaleDr.PrakashAlami

 

11:15-12:15

Practices of MolecularEpidemiology

Part5:Hostinnateimmunityandgutmicrobiotainhealthanddisease

Dr.MatamVijay-Kumar

Chairpersons

Dr.PrasannaKumarDr.P.V.Ravindra

12:15-13:15

Lunch

 

 

13:15-14:15

Practices of MolecularEpidemiology

Part6:Hostinnateimmunityand

gutmicrobiotainhealthanddisease

Dr.MatamVijay-Kumar

Chairpersons

Dr.PrasannaKumarDr.P.V.Ravindra

14:15-14:30

Break

 

 

 

14:30-16:30

Student abstract presentationsand discussion and feedback frominstructors

Coordinators

Dr.N.K.SwethaandDr.D.Devanand

05 studentswill beselected for presentationbased on their submittedabstractquality (10minutespresentation&10minutes

discussionperstudent)

Day 04: Thursday 24th March, 2022

8:30-9:00

BasicsofPCRbyDr.SubbaRaoV.Madhunapantula

9:00-11:00

Evaluation of the performance of the candidates anddiscussion–Dr.KerryCooper

11:00-11:15

Break

11::15-1:30

Isolation,QualityassessmentandQuantificationofDNA,PreparationofAgarose Gel andElectrophoresis

13:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00

Settingupthe MLSTPCR reaction

15:00-15:30

Basicsofprimerdesigning–Dr.AkilaPrashant

15:30-15:45

Break

15:45-16:00

AnalysisofthePCRproductsbyagarosegelelectrophoresis

–Samplepreparationandloading

16:00-17:00

Discussiononthedaysactivityandplanfornextdayscheduleand observation of the electrophoressed PCR products inthegeldocumentationunit

Day 05: Friday 25th March, 2022

8:30-9:30

MultiplexPCR:Protocoldevelopmentandapplications–Dr.D.Devanand

9:30-10:30

SetupamultiplexPCRreaction–DemonstrationbyMr.AnshuK.Yadav

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-11:30

BasicsofRT-PCR–Dr.RajeshThirumalappa

11:30-12:30

ApplicationsofRT-PCRindiseasediagnosis–Dr.Prasanna Kumar

12:30-13:00

Agarosegelelectrophoresisofthesamples

13:00-13:30

SetupanRT-PCRreaction

13:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Analysisoftheelectrophoresedsamples

14:30-16:00

VisittothemoleculargeneticslaboratoryintheJSSHospital

16:00-16:30

AnalysisofRT-PCRdata

16:30-17:00

Discussion

17:00-17:30

Valedictoryfunction(AddressbyDr.M.N.SumaandDr.PrashantVishwanath)

Demonstration of advanced microscopy and automated Western Blotting

 

Day 06: Saturday 26th March 2022

9:30-10:45

Lifetime based species separation using ConfocalMicroscope–Dr.ManojManna(ProductandApplicationManager,LeicaMicrosystems)

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-13:30

 

 

Demonstrationandhandsonexperienceofconfocal microscopy (Batch 1)

Sample preparation and demonstration of JESS-Automated Western Blotting (Batch 2)

13:30-14:00

Demonstrationandhandsonexperienceofconfocal microscopy (Batch 2)

Sample preparation and demonstration of JESS-Automated Western Blotting (Batch 1)

 

LoadingproteinsamplesintotheJESS(Batch1&2)

Day 07: Sunday 27th March 2022

9:30-10:45

JESS-AutomatedWesternBlottinganditsapplications–HiteshSharma(FieldApplicationScientist,Bio-Techne)

10:45-11:00

Break

11:00-13:00

DiscussionanddataanalysisofdatageneratedfromJESS

13:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:00

Valedictoryfunction(AddressbyDr.M.N.SumaandDr.PrashanthVishwanath)