I am grateful to CIBERES and CIBERBBN for organizing such an enriching meeting, and to all funding bodies, institutions, and collaborators who made this work possible.

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Our findings highlight a set of proteins involved in immune regulation and tissue remodelling, which may shed light on the mechanisms driving long-term lung sequelae.

In this study, we explored whether plasma protein levels measured six months after ICU discharge could serve as biomarkers of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients who survived a severe COVID-19.

During the event, I presented our work titled:
“Interstitial lung disease protein biomarkers in post-COVID patients.”

I am grateful to the organisers, speakers, and especially to CIBER for making this experience possible. I left Porto with new ideas, tools, and perspectives that will strengthen my research.

Discussions also touched on phenotype-driven variant prioritisation, real-life case workshops, and the growing role of AI in variant interpretation.

We explored essential tools for variant analysis like:
- gnomAD
- UCSC & Ensembl Genome Browsers
- Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
- MobiDetails
- IGV

The course covered the full landscape of genomic diagnostics:
→ HGVS nomenclature
→ ACMG/AMP classification (SNVs & CNVs)
→ Splicing & RNA-level interpretation
→ Data sharing in gene variant databases

I found this conference a very interesting and exciting experience demonstrating how advances in microbial and viral genomics, bioinformatics, data science and sequencing technology are being used to meet the growing needs of public health around the world.

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We developed the resource as part of the continuous respiratory virus surveillance efforts in the Canary Islands (github.com/genomicsITER...) & the code is publicly available at: github.com/genomicsITER...