Program

Day 1: 06/12/2024
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome & Opening Session Dr. Tran Thanh Son,
Vice Director of ICISE
Dr. Nguyen Cuong,
Chief Scientist Officer, LOBI Vietnam
9:30 - 10:15 Keynote 1: Beyond the Basics: Innovative Applications of RNA Sequencing in Research Dr. Deeksha Bhartiya
Founder/CEO
Genomiki Solutions, India
10:15 - 10:30 Tea Break
10:30 - 11:15 Fundamental concepts of RNA sequencing experiments Dr. Nguyen Thuy Vy
University of Science, HCMC, Vietnam
11:15 - 12:00 A Guide for Designing and Analyzing RNA-Seq Data Dr. Nguyen Thuy Vy
University of Science, HCMC, Vietnam
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 17:30
(tea break included)
RNA-seq: Upstream Analysis
● Quality control - FastQC
● Trimming
● Mapping
● Mapped post-processing
● Alignment QC
Dr. Tran Thi Thanh Tam
USTH, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dr. Do Hoang Dang Khoa
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam
Day 2: 07/12/2024
9:00 - 9:45 Keynote 2: Functional-oriented analysis of multi-omics data in The Vietnam Genome Program: A Perspective Dr. Vo Sy Nam
Chief Scientist/CTO, Co-Founder, GeneStory
Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Vingroup Big Data Institute
9:45 - 10:30 Keynote 3: Mapping the Future with Spatial Genomics Dr. Cong Luan Nguyen
Business Manager,
APAC, Vizgen
10:30-10:40 Tea break
10:40 - 12:00 RNA-seq: Downstream Analysis
● Gene Counts
● Differential Gene Expression
Dr. Luu Phuc Loi
Tam Anh Research Institute (TamRI), HCMC, Vietnam

Dr. Vu Minh Thiet
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam

Dr. Do Hoang Dang Khoa
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 17:30
(tea break included)
RNA-seq: Downstream Analysis (cont.)
● Pathway-based Analysis
● Gene ontology analysis
● Bulk RNA-seq databases
Dr. Luu Phuc Loi
Tam Anh Research Institute (TamRI), HCMC, Vietnam

Dr. Vu Minh Thiet
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam

Dr. Do Hoang Dang Khoa
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam
Day 3: 08/12/2024
9:00 - 9:45 Keynote 4: Recent Advances and Applications of Single cell RNA-Seq in Infectious Diseases Research Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien Hanh
Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (IMPE) Quy Nhon
9:45 - 10:30
(tea break included)
RNA-seq: Downstream Analysis (cont.)
● Data visualization/illustration
● Validation
Dr. Luu Phuc Loi
Tam Anh Research Institute (TamRI), HCMC, Vietnam Dr. Vu Minh Thiet
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam
Dr. Do Hoang Dang Khoa
Nguyen Tat Thanh University, HCMC, Vietnam
10:30 - 11:30 ● Group Exam
● Q&A
Program committee
11:30 - 12:00 Closing training course & Certificate ceremony Organizing committee