Workshop

Qlife Quantitative Biology Winter School : Quantitative Viral Dynamics Across Scales

Monday 21 March 2022Friday 25 March 2022

De 8.30h à 18.30h

IBENS

IBENS
46 Rue d'Ulm
75005Paris
France

48.8420849, 2.3417847

Viral infections transformthefate of cells, organisms, populations, andecosystems. The global SARS-CoV-2 pandemichasrevealedhowrapidly an emerging viral disease canspreadwithinhostsandbetweenindividuals in a connected population, withdevastatingconsequences. In response, quantitative modellinghasbecome a keycomponent of response efforts : shapingtherationale for non-pharmaceutical interventions, helping to structure andimplementnovel mitigation strategies, andproviding a glimpse of howimmunity, transmission, andevolution converge in shaping a potential transition to post-pandemicdynamics.

This course will bring thought leaders in dialogue with the next generation of early career scientists to advance the integrative study of quantitative viral dynamics across scales. It will intentionally focus on organizing principles of multi-scale dynamics spanning both epidemiology (primarily the dynamics of viral infections in humans) and ecology (primarily the dynamics of viral infections in bacteria). The workshop will provide the conceptual basis for understanding viral impacts across scales, quantitative methods for analysing within and between host spread, and computational toolkits to integrate robust quantitative methods into research practice. For the digital practical (every afternoon), the students will participate in either the ecology or epidemic series.

More information on the website of the school.