Bio Epidemiological Genomics Phylodynamics

Estimates time-scaled phylogenies, molecular-clock rates, effective reproduction number R_e, and population dynamics from dated pathogen genomes using TreeTime (maximum-likelihood) and BEAST2 (Bayesian; strict/relaxed clocks; coalescent, Bayesian-Skyline, Skygrid, Birth-Death-Skyline, and sampled-ancestor priors; structured coalescent via MASCOT). Covers root-to-tip clock QC via TempEst, date-randomisation tests, recombination masking via Gubbins/ClonalFrameML before clock inference for recombining bacteria, BDSKY origin-vs-rootHeight pitfalls, sampling-bias correction, multi-chain convergence diagnostics, and reconciling phylodynamic R_e with case-based R_t. Use when dat…