Workshop 4
📅 28th October to 01st November 2026
📍 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur
Integrated Mycopathology & Nanopore Sequencing :
Workshop Coordinator: Dr T Karuna
28th October 2026, Venue - to be announced
Number of participants : 15
| Programme | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Topic | Resource Faculty/ Trainers | Modality |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Inauguration | Welcome & Workshop Overview, Pretest | Workshop team, host institute and participants | Opening |
| 09:15 – 10:00 | Session 1 | Integrated Myco-pathology in Invasive Fungal Infections |
Dr Rahul Garg, AIIMS Bibinagar rahulg.micro@aiimsbibinagar.edu.in |
Lecture |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Slide Demonstration & Case-Based Discussion |
Dr T Karuna AIIMS Bhopal karuna.microbiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in |
Interactive Demo | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Tea Break | |||
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Session 2 | Basics of Nanopore Sequencing Technology | Dr T Karuna, AIIMS Bhopal | Lecture |
| 11:30 – 12:15 | MinION MkID (IKD) System Setup & Flow Cell QC |
Dr. Gajendra Singh, Scientist AIIMS Bhopal, gajendrayadav4825@gmail.com |
Hands-on Demo | |
| 12:15 – 01:00 | Fungal DNA Extraction (Clinical Samples, Isolates, FFPE) |
Dr Rahul Garg, AIIMS Bibinagar and
Ms. Madhu Panthi Technical support madhu.panthi1995@gmail.com |
Lecture + Practical Demo | |
| 01:00 – 01:45 | Lunch Break | |||
| 01:45 – 02:30 | Session 3 | Library Preparation for Fungal Sequencing | Dr. Gajendra Singh Scientist AIIMS Bhopal, Ms Madhu Panthi, Technician AIIMS Bhopal | Hands-on Practical |
| 02:30 – 03:15 | Flow Cell Priming, Library Loading & Run Initiation | Dr. Gajendra Singh Scientist AIIMS Bhopal, Ms Madhu Panthi Technician AIIMS Bhopal | Hands-on | |
| 03:15 – 03:30 | Tea Break | |||
| 03:30 – 04:15 | Session 4 | Nanopore Bioinformatics Pipeline (Base-calling to fungal species confirmation) |
Dr T Karuna, AIIMS Bhopal karuna.microbiology@aiimsbhopal.edu.in |
Lecture + Live Demo |
| 04:15 – 04:45 | Case-Based Interpretation & Reporting Format | Discussion with the participants | Interactive Discussion | |
| 04:45 – 05:00 | Valedictory | Post test, Feedback, Certificate distribution | Organizing Institute | Closing |
