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Western Bioinformatics Research Seminar
Time and date: 12:00pm - 1:00pm (Toronto ET), Friday, October 16, 2026, via Zoom
Speaker Name:
Angela McLaughlin
Title/affiliation:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Computer Science
Presentation title:
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5Nx: the genomics of classification and host prediction
Learning objectives:
- Understand the evolution and epidemiology of influenza A virus H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b
- Appreciate the challenges of influenza genomics and classification
- Review key mutations related to host specificity, transmissibility, and resistance
- Explore modelling approaches to quantify and predict zoonotic spillovers