The 2026 edition of the Exposome Day at the University of Antwerp has a special setting!
Prof. Gary Wright Miller (Colombia University, New York, USA) was awarded an International Collen-Francqui Professor-Chair in 2025, because of his international prominent position in the field of exposomics. The chair is hosted by Ghent University and four Belgian partner universities, including the University of Antwerp (Exposome Centre). In the frame of the award, seven "Classes of Excellence” and two workshops are organized around the broad Exposome theme.
The full program is available here
The CoE at the University of Antwerp will take place on:
- April 14th 2026, Campus Drie Eiken, Q.002 + Foyer (9.00-14.00h), focusing on “Exposomics in Practice: Devices, Detectors and Data from Mass Spectrometry”.
PROGRAM - 9.30-10.30: Prof. Gary Miller: Exposomics in Practice: Devices, Detectors and Data from Mass Spectrometry
- 10.30-10.45: Coffee break in Foyer Q
- 10.45-11.00: Dr. Lidia Belova: Ion mobility high-resolution mass spectrometry (IM-HRMS) – an emerging technique facilitating suspect and non-target screening in exposomics studies
- 11.00-11.15: Madina Bekbergenova: Model-Driven Acquisition Optimization by Predicting MS2 Identifiability Before Fragmentation Using Positive-Unlabeled Learning
- 11.15-11.30: Dr. María del Mar Delgado Povedano: Applying Exposomics in Practice: Metabolic Insights from a PFAS-Exposed Flemish Cohort
- 11.30-11.45: Dr. Tim Boogaerts: Wastewater is the mirror of our society
- 11.45-12.30h: Discussion session
- 12.30-14.00: Networking lunch in Foyer Q
The workshop at the University of Antwerp will take place on:
- June 23rd 2026, Campus Drie Eiken (9.00-14.00h, location tbd) focusing on “Exposomics and Climate Change: how a changing environment reshapes exposure and health risk” A more detailed program will follow
Registration will open soon