EUSM-2026

Scientific program

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

Speakers

Brief introductions to the speakers will be provided here as they are confirmed.

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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
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

7:30	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
9:00	Workshop: Introduce your research	Get to know the participants by briefly introducing your research to each other
10:00	Intro to MS Speaker to be confirmed	Learn the basics of mass spectrometry including instrumentation, annotation, and theory.
11:30	Break	Enjoy a coffee break sponsored by the MAC at Leiden University
11:45	Intro to NMR Speaker to be confirmed	Learn the basics of NMR including intrumentation and applications
13:15	Lunch	Lunch will be provided on campus
14:15	Intro to Chromatography Speaker to be confirmed	Learn the basic theory and instrumentation for LC- and GC-MS
15:45	Break
16:15	Intro to study design Speaker to be confirmed	Learn how to properly design your study and avoid common mistakes
17:45	Untargeted metabolomics Speaker to be confirmed	Learn the workflow, challenges, and benefits of untargeted metabolomics
19:00	Dinner	Dinner will be provided at a restaurant in central Leiden

Wednesday, 06 May 2025

7:30	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
9:00	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
10:30	Fluxomics Speaker to be confirmed	Learn the basics of fluxomics including common tracers, benefits, and applications
11:15	Break
11:30	Workshop: Statistics	Get hands on experience with statistics specifically for metabolomics
13:00	Lunch	Lunch will be provided on campus
14:00	Free time!	Enjoy Instagram-worthy Leiden! Activity suggestions will be provided by local committee
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	Get hands on experience with working with your data from the raw vendor file to annotation
10:30	Sponsor talk	Hear about the innovative research ongoing at our sponsors!
11:00	Break
11:15	Workshop: Data processing NMR	Get hands on experience with NMR data. A data set will be provided to work with
12:45	Lunch	Lunch will be provided on campus
14:00	Bioactivity-based metabolomics Speaker to be confirmed	Learn how to investigate the relationship host and microbes metabolically
15:00	Single cell metabolomics Ahmed Ali	Discover the challenges and benefits of single cell metabolomics
15:45	Break
16:15	Sponsor talk	Hear about the innovative research ongoing at our sponsors!
16:30	Workshop: Pathway analysis	Get hands on experience with what to do once the data is annotated and how to relate it to biological processes
19:00	Dinner	Group dinner and social event in central Leiden

Friday, 08 May 2025

8:30	Breakfast	Breakfast is available at accommodation venue
10:00	Sponsor talk	Hear about the innovative research ongoing at our sponsors!
10:15	Workshop: Data handling and resharing	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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