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FINDINGS International Workshop 2026: Metagenomics from the Bench to Clinical Interpretation
Inscrições
23/02/2026 a 08/05/2026
Oferta

08/06/2026 a 18/06/2026

Modalidade

Híbrido/Semipresencial

Programação

Workshop Agenda | 08–18 June 2026

Monday, 08 June 2026 – Arthur Neiva Auditorium, IOC, Fiocruz

For all participants and invited guests – Open Lecture

Online participants:

https://lti.mconf.rnp.br/rooms/91f9d5a0b1805ae40d7ba69f2e4322ab4c12aba7/scheduled_meetings/uejJhjvSsQCM/external

Time

Activity

Speakers / Coordinators

08:00 – 8:30

Credentials

 

08:30–10:00

Welcome

 

Dra. Alda Cruz

(Deputy Director Fiocruz – online)

Dra. Tania Fonseca (CVSLR)

Dra. Luciana Garzoni (Deputy Director – IOC)

Dr. Eduardo Volotão (Deputy Director – IOC)

Dra. Marilda Siqueira

(LVRE, IOC, Fiocruz)

Dra. Paola Resende

(LVRE, IOC, Fiocruz)

10:00–10:15

Agenda Presentation and Groups division

Dra. Paola Resende (LVRE, IOC, Fiocruz)

10:15–10:45

Diagnosis of Pediatric Respiratory Infections and Case Selection for mNGS

Dr. Kazuhiro Horiba (NIID, Japão)

10:45–11:15

Applications of Genomics and Metagenomics in Pathogen Detection and Identification

Dr. Shota Nakamura (Universidade de Osaka, Japão)

11:15–12:00

Questions and Discussion

All participants

12:00–14:00

Lunch

 

14:00–14:15

Metagenomics Experiences – FGSN

Dr. Felipe Naveca (Fiocruz Amazonas and IOC)

14:15–14:30

Metagenomics Experiences – FGSN

Dr. Fabio Miyajima (Fiocruz Ceará)

14:300 14:45

Metagenomics Experiences – FGSN

Dr. Gabriel Fernandes (Fiocruz Minas Gerais - online)

14:45–15:00

Questions and Discussion

All participants

15:00–15:30

Coffee Break

 

15:30–15:45

Metagenomics Experiences – FGSN

Dr. Paola Resende (LVRE, IOC, Fiocruz)

15:45–16:00

Metagenomics Experiences – FGSN

Dr. Ricardo Khouri (Fiocruz, Bahia)

15:30–16:30

Questions and Discussion

All participants

16:30

End of Day

 

 

Only for members of the groups participating in the laboratory activities.
The laboratorial activities (09/06 to 12/06) will be conducted by Dr. Kazuhiro Horiba, Dr. Paola Resende, and Dr. Luciana Appolinário.

 

Tuesday, 09 June 2026 – UNADIG, Fiocruz

Time

Activity

09:00–10:00

Laboratorial instructions

10:00–11:00

UNADIG Instructions

11:00-12:00

Laboratory Activities: DNAse (optional)

12:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–15:00

Laboratory Activities: Quality Control RNA

15:00-16:30

Instructions for worksheet

 

Wednesday, 10 June 2026 – UNADIG, Fiocruz

Time

Activity

09:00–10:00

Laboratorial instructions

10:00–11:00

Laboratory Activities: Ribosomal RNA Depletion

11:00-12:00

Laboratory Activities: Fragmentation and Denaturation; and 1st Strand cDNA Synthesis

12:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–16:30

Laboratory Activities: 2nd Strand cDNA Synthesis

 

Thursday, 11 June 2026 – UNADIG, Fiocruz

Time

Activity

09:00–10:00

Laboratorial instructions

10:00-12:00

Laboratory Activities: 3' End Adenylation and Anchor Ligation

12:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–15:00

Laboratory Activities: Library Amplification

15:00-16:30

Laboratory Activities: Final Library Clean-up

 

Friday, 12 June 2026 – UNADIG, Fiocruz

Time

Activity

09:00–12:00

Laboratory Activities: Library quality check (QC)

Library normalization and pooling

Flow cell loading and sequencing run

12:00–14:00

Lunch

14:00–16:30

Laboratory Activities

 

Only for members of the groups participating in the bioinformatic activities (15/06 to 17/06). This part of the agenda will be conducted by Dr. Kazuhiro Horiba, Dr Shota Nakamura and Dr. Gabriel Wallau.


Monday, 15 June 2026 – Hotel Windsor Florida – Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

Time

Activity

Speakers / Coordinators

08:30-09:00

Credentials

 

09:00–09:30

Clinical Needs and Bioinformatics Support in Infectious Disease Genomics: Experiences from Japan

Dr. Kazuhiro Horiba

09:30–10:30

Basic steps - sequencing QC

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

 

11:00-12:00

Basic steps - sequencing QC

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

12:00–14:00

Lunch

 

14:00–16:30

Read based and assembly-based strategies

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026 – Hotel Windsor Florida – Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

Time

Activity

Speakers / Coordinators

09:00–10:30

Pipeline steps presentation and review of cases

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

 

11:00-12:00

Bioinformatic practices - reviewing Colab and alternative pipeline executions

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

12:00–14:00

Lunch

 

14:00–16:30

Bioinformatic practices - Varmetagem

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

 

Wednesday, 17 June 2026 – Hotel Windsor Florida – Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

Time

Activity

Speakers / Coordinators

09:00–10:30

Bioinformatic practices - problem solving and clarifying any doubts

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

 

11:00-12:00

Bioinformatic practices - problem solving and clarifying any doubts

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

12:00–14:00

Lunch

 

14:00–16:30

Bioinformatic practices - problem solving and clarifying any doubts

Dr. Gabriel Wallau (IAM, Fiocruz, Pernambuco)

 

For all participants laboratory, bioinformaticians, clinicians and invited guests.

 

Thursday, 18 June 2026 – Hotel Windsor Florida – Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro

On-line participants: https://lti.mconf.rnp.br/rooms/91f9d5a0b1805ae40d7ba69f2e4322ab4c12aba7/schedule_meetings/PfTaUoumGneq/external

Time

Activity

Speakers / Coordinators

08:30-09:00

Credentials

 

09:00–10:00

Previous Experiences in Japan

Dr. Kazuhiro Horiba and Dr. Shota Nakamura

10:00–10:15

Cases Experiences: Case 1

Participants

10:15-10:30

Cases Experiences: Case 2

Participants

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

 

11:00-11:15

Cases Experiences: Case 3

Participants

11:15-11:30

Cases Experiences: Case 4

Participants

11:45-12:00

Cases Experiences: Case 5

Participants

12:00-14:00

Lunch

 

14:00-14:15

Cases Experiences: Case 6

Participants

14:15-14:30

Cases Experiences: Case 7

Participants

14:45-15:00

Cases Experiences: Case 8

Participants

15:00-16:00

Discussion

All participants

16:00-16:30

Closing Remarks

Dr. Kazuhiro Horiba, Dr. Shota Nakamura

Dra. Paola Resende, Dr. Gabriel Wallau e Dra. Marilda Siqueira