COG-Train es una plataforma educativa internacional que brinda acceso abierto a cursos de Genómica avanzada sobre el SARS-CoV-2. El objetivo es promover la secuenciación masiva de alta calidad e incrementar la capacidad analítica mundial, reduciendo la variabilidad experimental y mejorando la vigilancia epidemiológica de patógenos.
A continuación se mencionan algunos de los cursos:
1. The Power of Genomics to Understand the COVID-19 Pandemic – An introduction to SARS-CoV-2 genomics, epidemiology, and pandemic decision-making (Course is reopened)
2. From Swab to Server: Testing, Sequencing, and Sharing During a Pandemic – Sampling, data acquisition (including metadata) and the legal, ethical and social implications
3. Making sense of genomic data: COVID-19 web-based bioinformatics – Bioinformatics, data analysis and interpretation
4. A practical guide for SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing – sequencing, quality control, and variant-calling
5. Genomics in clinical practice and public health policy
COG-Train es auspiciado por Wellcome Trust y la Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of UK