{"id":4656,"date":"2026-04-29T16:27:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:27:59","slug":"virtual-training-opportunity-ntm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/archive\/4656","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Training Opportunity NTM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Margo Diricks provides virtual training for genome analysis of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM)<\/strong> are an emerging public health concern, particularly for vulnerable populations, and the infections they cause are often difficult to treat. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) provides a powerful tool for accurate NTM species identification, transmission analysis, and resistance profiling, all of which are essential for appropriate treatment and infection control. This webinar will introduce and provide hands-on training in the use of WGS-based bioinformatic tools for NTM data analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Audience<\/strong>: This training is designed primarily for researchers, bioinformaticians, clinicians, public health professionals, PhDs, bachelor\/master students (e.g. molecular biology or infection biology), however it is open for everyone with an interest in NTM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>No prior<\/strong> bioinformatic knowledge required. Both web-based as well as command-line tools will be covered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Learning objective<\/strong>: Participants will get an introduction to NTM and gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience with bioinformatic tools for NTM species and subspecies identification, typing, transmission analysis, plasmid and resistance profiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants can access the training for free, thanks to EU funding, and organisation through ECDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><strong><strong>Date<\/strong>: 5. and 11. May 2026, two half-days 9:00-12:15 CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading translation-block\"><strong>Registration: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.ecdc.europa.eu\/enrol\/index.php?id=1239\" target=\"_self\">https:\/\/learning.ecdc.europa.eu\/enrol\/index.php?id=1239<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">More about <a href=\"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/mitglieder\/mitglied\/?id=164\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/mitglieder\/mitglied?id=164\" target=\"_self\">Margo Diricks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Margo-Diricks_pic-scaled-e1718879529563-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. ir. Margo Diricks, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum\" class=\"wp-image-2174\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3367991088005942;width:354px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Margo-Diricks_pic-scaled-e1718879529563-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Margo-Diricks_pic-scaled-e1718879529563-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Margo-Diricks_pic-scaled-e1718879529563-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Margo-Diricks_pic-scaled-e1718879529563-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Margo-Diricks_pic-scaled-e1718879529563.jpg 2046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. ir. Margo Diricks, Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Margo Diricks bietet virtuelles Training f\u00fcr Genomanalyse von Nicht-tuberkul\u00f6sen Mykobakterien Nicht-tuberkul\u00f6se Mykobakterien (NTM) sind zunehmend ein Problem f\u00fcr das Gesundheitswesen, besonders f\u00fcr anf\u00e4llige Patienten, und die von ihnen verursachten Infektionen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","category-infect-net-informiert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4656"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4659,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4656\/revisions\/4659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}