Objective The recent exponential development of new algorithms to perform molecular phylogeny is creating a gap between theoretical biologists and virologists interested in molecular epidemiology. The workshop is intended to fill this gap, by giving virologists a theoretical/practical background in the main bioinorganic tools used for phylogenetic analyses of viral sequences. The students will be trained on how to analyse real data sets drawn from the literature. In addition, we will stimulate the participants to discuss with the teachers the application of phylogenetic analysis to the specific epidemiological problems they encounter during their own research. We will introduce an integrated UNIX environment, developed during the last year by bioinformaticians, which provides a powerful user-friendly interface for scientists interested in virus molecular evolution. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiological morphologycomparative morphologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirologymedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutationvirus mutationnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biologymolecular evolution Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-2. - Key action Control of Infectious Diseases Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures Coordinator KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN EU contribution No data Address Minderbroedersstraat 10 3000 LOUVAIN / LEUVEN Belgium See on map Total cost No data