13.00 – 13.10 Welcome and opening
Session-1: Population Research Through Multi-Omics: Diversity and Discovery 13.10 – 13.35 Prof. Lynn Vanhaecke (Ghent University, Belgium): From gastrointestinal integrative omics to pediatric precision medicine through source-based metabotyping
13:35 – 14:00 Dr. Jihee Han (LUMC, NL): Multi-omics characterization of biological pathways linking healthy dietary patterns to cardiometabolic disease risk across diverse populations
14:00 – 14:25 Dr. Marie Loh (NTU, Singapore): Translating Research from a Multi-Ethnic Asian Population Cohort - The Health for Life in Singapore (HELIOS) Study
14:25 – 14:50 Prof. Max Nieuwdorp (Amsterdam UMC, NL): Specific gut microbes are associated with the incidence of cardiometabolic disease in the HELIUS cohort
14:50 – 15:10 break
Session-2: Emerging Technologies for Population Studies 15:10 – 15:35 Prof. Robert Rissmann (CHDR, NL): Multiomics in chronic inflammatory skin diseases
15:35 – 16:05 Dr. Lieke Lamont (LACDR, NL): Large-scale metabolomics and exposomics analysis to facilitate biomarker discovery and clinical decision support
16:05 – 16:30 Dr. Ahmed Ali (LACDR, NL): Beyond Bulk: Single-Cell Metabolomics as a Population Research Tool
16:30 – 16:55 Panel Discussion
**16:55 – 17:00 **Closing
This in-person symposium brings together researchers interested in advancing population-based research through multi-omics approaches, with a particular focus on population diversity and emerging technologies to accelerate scientific discovery and generate new insights into human health.