EUSM-2026

Scientific program

The school features 5 introductory lectures, 4 advanced lectures, 5 workshops and and opportunity to share your own research.

Speakers

You can find our speakers here.

Registration

The application process is closed.

Social programme

There will be ample networking opportunities with fellow participants, speakers, and sponsors. There are coffee breaks, group dinners, and planned social events.

*** NOTE: The schedule is tentative and will be updated as information becomes available! ***

Monday, 04 May 2025

13:00	Transport from Schiphol Airport	Bus transportation between airport and accomodations
14:00	Registration	Registration, room assignments at Oud Poelgeest
16:30	Welcome speech	Local committee welcomes participants
17:00	Introduction	Scientific committee introduces the school and details for the week
18:00	Dinner	Enjoy dinner as a group at a local restaurant

Tuesday, 05 May 2025

7:00-8:00	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
9:00	School opening Thomas Hankemeier	Introduction to Leiden University and the MAC
9:30	Workshop: Introduce your research	Get to know the participants by briefly introducing your research to each other
10:30	Break
10:45	Intro to MS Nathalie Legrave	Learn the basics of mass spectrometry including instrumentation, annotation, and theory.
12:15	Lunch	Lunch is provided on site
13:15	Intro to NMR Sofia Moco	Learn the basics of NMR including intrumentation and applications
14:45	Break
15:00	Intro to study design Carl Brunius	Learn how to properly design your study and avoid common mistakes
16:30	Workshop: Data processing NMR Timothy Ebbels	Get hands on experience with NMR data. A data set will be provided to work with
18:00	Dinner	Dinner will be provided at a restaurant in central Leiden

Wednesday, 06 May 2025

7:00	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
9:00	Intro to Chromatography Nathalie Legrave	Learn the basic theory and instrumentation for LC- and GC-MS
10:30	Break
10:45	Untargeted metabolomics Nicola Zamboni	Learn the workflow, challenges, and benefits of untargeted metabolomics
12:15	Lunch	Lunch will be provided on campus
13:15	Fluxomics Bart Ghesquiere	Learn the basics of fluxomics including common tracers, benefits, and applications
14:00	Workshop: Pathway analysis Denise Slenter	Get hands on experience with what to do once the data is annotated and how to relate it to biological processes
15:30	Free time!	Enjoy Instagram-worthy Leiden! Activity suggestions will be provided by local committee and everyone is encourage to participate in a group activity organized by EUSM
18:00	Dinner	Reconvene with all participants in central Leiden for dinner

Thursday, 07 May 2025

7:30	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
9:00	Workshop: Data processing MS Yann Guitton	Get hands on experience with working with your data from the raw vendor file to annotation
11:00	Break
11:15	Bioactivity-based metabolomics Martin Giera	Learn how to investigate the relationship host and microbes metabolically
12:00	Lunch	Lunch will be provided on campus
13:00	Fermo Demonstration
13:30	Sponsor talk	Hear about the innovative research ongoing at our sponsors!
13:45	Intro to machine learning Justin van der Hooft	Get acquainted with available software for data mining and machine learning and see how to apply it to your research
14:30	Break
14:45	Single cell metabolomics Ahmed Ali	Discover the challenges and benefits of single cell metabolomics
16:15	Sponsor talk	Hear about the innovative research ongoing at our sponsors!
16:45	Free time
18:00	Dinner	Group dinner and social event in central Leiden

Friday, 08 May 2025

7:00	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
9:00	Statistics Guro F. Giskeødegård	Learn how to interpret the significance of your data
10:30	Sponsor talk	Hear about the innovative research ongoing at our sponsors!
10:45	Break
10:15	Workshop: Data handling and resharing Yasin El Abiead	Bring your questions about what to do about data storage and sharing
11:45	Closing	Final discussions and closing ceremony
12:30	Lunch	Final lunch with all participants
14:00	Departure	Transportation to airport, arrival by 15:00

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