Learning objectives

• Overview of recombination and reassortment in RNA viruses
• Brief description of methods used to detect recombination and reassortment
• Case study: Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus

Speaker biography

Hugo Castelán Sánchez, Mexican research, graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) with a degree in Pharmaceutical-Biological Chemistry. He earned a Master’s in Genomic Sciences from the Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM) and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the Autonomous University of Morelos (UAEM), where he focused on metagenomes and viromes in extreme environments. His expertise includes molecular evolution, viral diversity, and bioinformatics. He is a member of the Mexican Society of Virology and the Mexican Genomic Surveillance Consortium. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Associate in Poon’s Lab at Western University, Canada.