CanMetCon
Annual Canadian Metabolomics Conference
Canadian Metabolomics Conference (CanMetCon)
CanMetCon is a metabolomics platform for in-depth discussions and networking between researchers, industry experts, and professionals on the most recent trends, research, and innovative developments in metabolomics.
Attendees have the opportunity to engage with and learn from thought leaders, foster collaborations and exchange insights that contribute to advancements in this rapidly evolving scientific discipline.
CanMetCon is actively working on integration with various other omics disciplines to cultivate a more expansive and nuanced perspective for research in the realm of multi-omics. Recognizing the interconnected nature of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and other omics domains, the conference aims to forge synergies that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Annual Conference
CanMetCon 2026
The 7th Canadian Metabolomics Conference (CanMetCon) 2026 will be taking place at York University Cornerstone Centre, Toronto, Ontario on April 30th – May 1st, 2026.
The conference is themed “Metabolomics of Health and Disease” and will feature plenary talks from leading Canadian and international metabolomics experts.
For more details please visit our official conference website: https://app.groupize.com/e/7th-annual-canadian-metabolomics-conference-2026-963f01
Please note that the Groupize site is our official conference management platform for all registration, scheduling, and event-related details
CanMetCon 2025
The 6th Canadian Metabolomics Conference (CanMetCon) 2025 was held at New Residence Hall, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec on April 24th–25th.
The conference was themed “Clinical Metabolomics”. Our proposed program on day 2 featured four broad topics in the applications of metabolomics, focusing on Clinical Metabolomics, Computational Metabolomics and Machine Learning, Metabolomics of Nutrition and Health, and Public Health and Population Metabolomics.
Oral Presentation Winners
- First Place: Zachary Kroezen (McMaster University)
“Validating robust urinary biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure and a healthy diet for global health”
Poster Presentation Winners
- First Place: Ana Stanciu (University of Alberta)
“Burn Injuries and Risk Assessment for Sepsis in Critical Care: Capturing Dynamic Metabolic Responses of the Serum Metabolome” - Second Place: Michael Atser (University of British Columbia)
“Multi-omics identifies a novel role for pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1 (PDK1) in cardiomyocyte metabolism” - Third Place: Nathan Ghafari (University of Quebec in Montreal)
“Metabolomics study of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in a mouse model by LC-MS” - Third Place: Devanshi Pandit (University of Alberta)
“The Artificial Gut” - Third Place: Linda Nartey (University of Victoria)
Proteomic and Lipidomic Profiling of Urinary Tract Infections: Insights into Pathogen Adaptation and Detection
Conference Website: https://app.groupize.com/e/6th-annual-canadian-metabolomics-conference-2025
Please note that the Groupize site is our official conference management platform for all registration, scheduling, and event-related details
CanMetCon 2024
The 5th Canadian Metabolomics Conference (CanMetCon) 2024 will be held at Jack Poole Hall, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver on April 25th–26th.
This year’s conference is themed “Integrating Metabolomics with Other Omics”. Our proposed program on day 2 features four broad topics in the applications of metabolomics integrated with other omics, focusing on Biological and Cellular Systems, Omics in Clinical Studies and Biomarker Discovery, Agricultural and Nutritional Applications, and Public Health and the Epigenome.
Website: canmetcon2024
On day 1, the theme is Metabolomics Technologies and Integration featuring TMIC nodes participating in the 2023-2029 CFI-MSI program and plenary lectures.
Plenary Lectures
- Dr. James Heath (Institute of Systems Biology)
“Integrating Metabolomics into Single Cell Immunophenotyping Toolsets” - Dr. Fiona Brinkman (Simon Fraser University)
“Integrating Omics Data to Benefit Communities” - Dr. Leonard Foster (University of British Columbia)
“Integrating across ‘omes to understand the pathology of acute spinal cord injury”
TMIC PIs
- Dr. Christoph Borchers (McGill Node)
“Development and application of a multiple antibiotic assay for therapeutic drug monitoring” - Dr. Philip Britz-McKibbin (McMaster Node)
“Metabolomics for Early Detection of Metabolic Syndrome in Overweight/Obese Children” - Dr. David Goodlett (UVic Node)
“Mass Spectrometry Imaging in Pathogenesis and the Tumor Microenvironment” - Dr. James Harynuk (UofA Node)
“Longitudinal profiling of metabolomics and glycomics of human breast milk” - Dr. Tao Huan (UBC Node)
“Advancing Metabolomics from Innovation to Integration” - Dr. Liang Li (UofA Node)
” Global Quantitative Metabolome Profiling Enables Multi-Omics Integration” - Dr. Dajana Vuckovic (Concordia Node)
“Integrating lipidomics and microbiota analyses to study the atherogenicity of low carbohydrate – high protein diets” - Dr. David Wishart (Uofa A Node)
“Recent Developments in Multi-omics Software and Databases in the Wishart Lab” - Dr. Jianguo (Jeff) Xia (McGill Node)
“Leveraging AI to streamline metabolomics workflow and multi-omics integration”
On day 2, Multiomics and Applications focusing on four broad topics in multiomics:
Biological and Cellular Systems
- Dr. Robert Ernst (University of Maryland Baltimore)
“Bacterial Lipids – Advances in Structural Analysis and Function using Mass Spectrometry” - Dr. Jeniffer Geddes-McAlister (University of Guelph)
“Systems remodeling defines unique signatures of target protein production in molecular pharming” - Dr. Lara Mahal (University of Alberta)
“Adding a little sugar: how incorporating glycomics into multi’omic analysis reveals new biological insights”
Omics in Clinical Studies and Biomarker Discovery
- Dr. Daina Avizonis (McGill University)
“Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells are Metabolically Reprogrammed to Maintain Redox Homeostasis through Multiple Steps of the Metastatic Cascade”
Agricultural and Nutritional Applications
- Dr. Susan Murch (University of British Columbia)
“Agricultural Metabolomics: Getting to the root of the problem”
Public Health and the Epigenome
- Dr. Chris Gill (Vancouver Island University)
“Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry: Strategies and Applications” - Dr. Oliver Fiehn (University of California Davis)
“Correlating microbiome diversity with metabolome variance in the human small intestine”
Scientific Committee:
Dr. Tao Huan (Chair), Dr. Liang Li (co-Chair), Dr. David Wishart (co-Chair), Dr. David Goodlett (co-Chair), and Dr. Jeff Xia (Node Leader)
Local Organizing Committee:
Michael Lowings (Conference Director), Nargiza Chorieva, and Juan Darius
Oral Presentation Winners
- First Place: Alisha Greene (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
“Metabolomic Analysis of Wildfire-Exposed and Award-Winning Wines in the Okanagan Valley” - Second Place: Zachary Kroezen (McMaster University)
“Comprehensive drug surveillance of clinically depressed patients by multisegment injection-capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry” - Third Place: Stephanie Bishop (University of Calgary)
“A toolkit for automating quantitative metabolomics and integrating multi-omics datasets”
Poster Presentation Winners
- First Place: Hayley Jackson (University of Alberta)
“Artificial Gut: A Cost-Effective and Automated Design for Studying Gastrointestinal Fermentation” - Second Place: Dorsa Yahya Rayat (University of Alberta)
“Physiological Responses to Diet – An N-of-1 Study” - Third Place: Botao Liu (University of British Columbia)
“Extraction of phosphate-containing metabolites and metabolic intermediates in LC-MS-based Untargeted Metabolomics” - Third Place: Ana Lucia Rivera Herrera (Université Laval)
The Sex-Specific Impact of Human Glycosyltransferase Knockouts on Systemic Metabolomic Profiles: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study (CLSA)
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CanMetCon 2023
The 4th Annual Canadian Metabolomics Conference (CanMetCon) in 2023, was held at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake on June 15th–16th. Exposomics is a rapidly growing and important field that explores the impact of environmental exposures on human health.
Website: canmetcon2023
On day 1, the theme is Metabolomics Technologies and Exposomics featuring TMIC nodes participating in the 2023-2029 CFI-MSI program and plenary lectures.
Plenary Lectures
- Dr. Gary W. Miller (Columbia University)
” Exposomics: An Unintended Offspring of Metabolomics” - Dr. Joerg Bohlmann (University of British Columbia)
“Combining Metabolome and Transcriptome Profiling for Discovery and Bioengineering in Plant Metabolism: The Novel Anti-Diabetic Metabolite Montbretin A” - Dr. Susan Sumner (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
“Metabolomics and Exposome in Precision Medicine, Precision Nutrition, and Precision Environmental Health”
TMIC PIs
- Dr. Christoph Borchers (McGill Node)
“Metabolomics Combined with Other Omics and Machine Learning” - Dr. Philip Britz-McKibbin (McMaster Node)
“Multiplexed CE-MS Technology for Assessment of Tobacco Smoke and Dietary Exposures for Global Health” - Dr. David Goodlett (UVic Node)
“Hunting for Novel Microbial Lipid Activities” - Dr. James Harynuk (UofA Node)
“Advances in GCxGC-MS for Exposomics and Environmental Analysis” - Dr. Tao Huan (UBC Node)
“Driving Metabolomics Forward with Artificial Intelligence” - Dr. Liang Li (UofA Node)
” Global Metabolomics and Lipidomics: Technological Advances and Applications in Exposomics” - Dr. Dajana Vuckovic (Concordia Node)
“Mapping Human Metabolism of Mycotoxins using LC-HRMS/MS” - Dr. David Wishart (Uofa A Node)
“New Data and Software Resources for Characterizing the Exposome” - Dr. Jianguo (Jeff) Xia (McGill Node)
“A Big Data Analytics Framework for Exposomics”
On day 2, Exposomics and Applications focusing on four broad topics in exposomics:
Medicine
- Dr. Shawn Whitehead (University of Western Ontario)
“Multi-modal Imaging Approaches to Identify Inflammatory Processes in the Brain”
Agriculture/Food/Cannabis
- Dr. Jacques Corbeil (Université Laval)
“Omics and Machine Learning: A Great Pairing”
Environment/Industrial Settings
- Dr. Karl Jobst (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
“Exposure to (Micro)plastics and Their Decomposition Products Studied by Cyclic Ion Mobility”
Clinical Applications
- Dr. Gerald Batist (McGill University)
“Reshaping Cancer Therapeutics with Multi-omics Profiling”
Scientific Committee:
Dr. Liang Li (Chair), Dr. David Wishart (co-Chair), and Dr. Christoph Borcher (co-Chair)
Local Organizing Committee:
Michael Lowings (Conference Director), Juan Darius, Nargiza Chorieva, and Dr. Philip Britz-McKibbin
Sponsors
- Platinum: Agilent
- Gold: ThermoFisher
- Silver: MRM Proteomics, Molecular You, MetaSci, ScieX
- Other Sponsors: University of Alberta, LECO
- Media Partners: MDPI Metabolites Journal
Oral Presentation Winners
- First Place: Jacqueline Burton “Investigating salivary thiocyanate as a biomarker of cannabis and tobacco use patterns by capillary electrophoresis”
- Second Place: Shuang Zhao “Development of a High-Coverage and Quantitative Metabolomics Assay for Targeted Analysis of Multiple Pathways”
- Third Place: Kieran Tarazona Carrillo “Exposomics of crab gills and algae samples from Caribbean aquatic ecosystems”
Poster Presentation Winners
- First Place: Ryland Giebelhaus “Profiling and Characterizing the Volatile Exposome with Wristband-Based Passive Samplers and GC×GC-MS”
- Second Place: Tingting Zhao “De Novo Cleaning of Chimeric MS/MS Spectra for LC-MS/MS-Based Metabolomics”
- Second Place: Dipanjan Bhattacharyya “Design of a portable, inexpensive, color based, user friendly metabolomics platform and its application in cancer screening and animal pregnancy”
Check out the interview session with the awardees here
Click here for the Full Agenda
