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In the afternoon,A. Cabezas-Cruz continued with a major
practical session involving phylogenetic analysis of bacteria
in ticks, with the support of RP, MP, ACP. Short tutorial
sessions were organized to answer the trainee’s specific
needs with the involved trainers.
In that evening, some trainers and most of the trainees had
a social dinner together in a nearby restaurant with tradi-
tional Portuguese food.
Day 6 (27th January): During the last morning, the train-
ees were organized in different working groups assigned to
different trainers according to the specific training needs
of each trainee: 1) Phylogenetic data analysis, 2) Microsat-
ellite data analysis, 3) Network analysis. All trainers were
available for these tutorial sessions.
At the end of the session, trainees were invited to complete
the evaluation form available on-line. Finally, the Training
School 6 was officially closed by Professor Lenea Campino,
the President of the Scientific Council of the IHMT.
Trainees
From 55 initial applications from 22 countries, we have
selected 28 trainees from 20 countries (Albania, Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova, Palestine, Portugal (8), Romania (2),
Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey) and
23 Academic Institutions (Al-Quds University, Aristotle
Univ.Thessaloniki, Bavarian StateAuthority for Health and
Food Safety, Daugavpils University, Ecole Nationale de
Médecine Vétérinaire de Sidithabet, Tunis, Estonian Uni-
versity of Life Sciences, Fac.Med.Vet Lisboa, Facultad de
Farmacia Universidad de Granada, Faculty
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lis-
bon, Hacettepe University, IHMT-Univ
Nova Lisboa, Institute of Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Research, Institute of Zoology,
Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Insti-
tute of Public HealthTirana, National Vet-
erinary Institute SVA, Swiss Tropical and
Public Health Institute, Univ. Belgrade-In-
stitute for Medical Research, Univ. Evora,
University ofAgricultural Sciences andVet-
erinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, University
of Bari, Dept ofVeterinary Medicine, University of Bristol
– Life Sciences,University ofVeterinary and Pharmaceuti-
cal Sciences Brno,Vytautas Magnus University).
The majority of the trainees were PhD students (13), or
Post-Doc Researchers (12), 11 of which qualified as ESR.
We had two MSc and one MSc students.
Evaluation
The evaluation form of theTraining School and the results
are available at the site [9]:
The training school was very well accepted by all the train-
ees and trainers from both a scientific and a social point of
view.The majority of trainees considered all the courses to
be very relevant, showed high satisfaction overall, and 96%
would recommend it to others.
Therefore, we consider that the main objectives were
completely achieved.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the Team of Trainers for their gen-
erosity and willingness to share their knowledge and ex-
perience, C. Figueiredo for her constant efficiency and
companionship, the Informatics team of IHMT for their
important technical support before and during theTS, the
Communication team that promptly helped to dissemi-
nateTS6 through the IHMT’s Network.
I am grateful for all the support provided by the EurNeg-
Vec’s Team Simona Oros and Andrei Mihalca (COST Ac-
tion Coordinator).
Training School 6, Group photo at IHMT. Lisbon, 23-27 January 2017
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