Decoding Diseases: Multi-omics Insights into Population Genomics and Therapeutics



Date: June 21, 2025 (Saturday) 9:00 -12:30

Venue: Shanghai

Hosting Organizations:
Nature Custom Media, Illumina 




The integration of multi-omics approaches with population genomics is improving our understanding of disease etiology and pathogenesis, as well as offering new insights into genetic and environmental factors that influence health and disease. By analyzing large, diverse genomic datasets through multi-omics layers—including genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and metabolomics—researchers are uncovering the intricate molecular mechanisms that drive disease progression across populations.

This event will discuss the latest advancements in multi-omics methodologies and their application to population-scale genomic studies, highlighting their potential to inform the development of novel therapeutic strategies and improve precision medicine.

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Jeffrey Robens
Jeffrey Robens
Dr Jeffrey Robens
Lead Trainer & Head of Community Engagement at Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature

PhD from the University of Pennsylvania
Research positions at A*STAR, National University of Singapore, RIKEN, and Kyoto University

Dr Jeffrey Robens is Head of Community Engagement at Nature Portfolio and is the Lead Trainer for the Expert Trainer-led Nature Masterclasses—training workshops to improve publication output worldwide. He has strong scientific qualifications with 20 years of academic experience and numerous publications and awards. He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and then worked at premier institutes in Singapore and Japan. Since leaving academia in 2012, he has conducted over 600 days of academic training workshops worldwide to help researchers improve their publication quality and impact.

Jeffrey Robens博士
施普林格·自然集团自然大师课堂-专家课堂首席讲师兼 Nature Portfolio社群互动主管

宾夕法尼亚大学博士
曾先后就职于新加坡科技研究局、新加坡国立大学、日本理化学研究所、京都大学

Jeffrey Robens博士现任Nature Portfolio社群互动主管兼自然大师课堂-专家课堂首席讲师,自然大师课堂提供专业的科研培训助力全球研究人员提高科研产出的质量。 Jeffrey Robens博士拥有20多年的学术经验和深厚的科研背景,且获奖无数。他拥有宾 夕法尼亚大学的博士学位,曾任职于新加坡和日本的一流研究机构和大学。自2012年以 来,Robens博士已在世界多地举办了超过600天的科研培训,帮助研究人员提升他们的 发表质量和影响力。
Michael Inouye
Michael Inouye

Michael Inouye

Professor of Systems Genomics and Population Health, University of Cambridge

Prof Inouye is a computational biologist whose research focuses on the construction and clinical translation of polygenic scores, analysis of multi-omics to understand disease aetiologies and the development of software tools and resources for the research community. He is Professor of Systems Genomics and Population Health at the University of Cambridge, Theme Lead of Data Science and Population Health at the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Stream Lead for the Molecules to Health Records at Health Data Research UK. He is Director of the Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative, a strategic partnership with the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (Melbourne, Australia) where is also Munz Chair of Cardiovascular Prediction and Prevention. Further information on his research programme is available at www.inouyelab.org.


英国剑桥大学系统基因组学与人群健康教授

Inouye 教授是一名计算生物学家,其研究重点是多基因评分的构建和临床转化、多组学分析以了解疾病病因,以及为研究界开发软件工具和资源。 他是剑桥大学系统基因组学和人群健康教授、NIHR剑桥生物医学研究中心(NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre)数据科学与人群健康主题负责人,以及英国健康数据研究中心(Health Data Research UK)分子到健康记录研究流负责人。 他是剑桥贝克系统基因组学计划(Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative)的主任,该计划是剑桥大学与澳大利亚墨尔本贝克心脏与糖尿病研究所(Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute)的战略合作项目,他还担任贝克心脏与糖尿病研究所心血管预测与预防Munz讲席教授(Munz Chair of Cardiovascular Prediction and Prevention)。 有关其研究计划的更多信息,请访问 www.inouyelab.org。

Houfeng Zheng
Houfeng Zheng

郑厚峰
苏州大学附属第二医院教授,苏州精准健康大数据实验室首席研究员,国家海外高层次青年人才,浙江省高校创新领军人才。

浙江省数理医学学会生物医学大数据专委会主任委员,中国医疗保健国际交流促进会骨质疏松分会常务委员,中国老年学和老年医学学会骨质疏松和骨内科分会常务委员,中国生物信息学会生物数据资源专委会常务委员,国际华人骨研协会(ICMRS)终身会员。

Houfeng Zheng
Professor of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Principal Investigator of the Suzhou Laboratory of Precision Health and Data Science, China.
National Overseas High-level Young Talents, Innovation Leaders of Zhejiang Universities and Colleges.

Chairman of the Biomedical Big Data Committee of Zhejiang Society of Mathematical Medicine, Standing Member of Osteoporosis Branch of China Association for the Promotion of International Exchange in Health Care, Standing Member of Osteoporosis and Orthopaedics Branch of Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Standing Member of Biodata Resource Committee of Chinese Bioinformatics Society, Lifelong Member of International Chinese Bone Research Society (ICMRS).

Ness Tyrrell
Ness Tyrrell
Associate Professor Ness Tyrrell 

BAppSc MBA FHGSA ARCPA GAICD
Program Director, ZERO Childhood Cancer Program
Head, Clinical Translation Research Division

Ness is Head of the Clinical Translation Research Division, and Program Director of the ZERO Childhood Cancer National Precision Medicine Program at Children’s Cancer Institute, with accountability for directing and sustaining the Program, ensuring efficient, effective, and medically responsible delivery of all aspects of the program, and building it into a sustainable permanent national precision medicine platform supporting research driven clinical care in the long term.

Ness Tyrrell副教授

BAppSc MBA FHGSA ARCPA GAICD

儿童零癌症项目(ZERO Childhood Cancer Program)负责人

临床转化研究部负责人

Ness是儿童癌症研究所临床转化研究部主任,也是儿童零癌症国家精准医学项目主任,负责领导和推进该项目,确保项目在所有环节的高效、有效、以医学为己任实施,并将其发展成为一个可持续的永久性国家精准医学平台,以长期支持研究驱动的临床医疗。

Thuy Nguyen
Thuy Nguyen

Vu-Thuy Nguyen, PhD
Associate Editor, Nature Communications

Thuy joined Nature Communications in August 2024. She obtained a PhD in epidemiology from The University of Iowa College of Public Health. Her research area included infectious disease epidemiology with a focus in estimating the proportion of undiagnosed people living with HIV and the geographical distribution of people who were diagnosed with late stage HIV. Thuy handles manuscripts in the genomic and molecular epidemiology of pathogens and is based in the New York office.

Vu-Thuy Nguyen, PhD
《自然-通讯》Nature Communications 副编辑

Thuy于2024年8月加入 《自然-通讯》Nature Communications她从爱荷华大学公共卫生学院获得流行病学博士学位。 她的研究领域包括传染病流行病学,重点是估计未确诊的艾滋病毒感染者的比例以及确诊为晚期艾滋病毒感染者的地理分布。 Thuy 负责病原体基因组和分子流行病学方面的稿件,常驻纽约办事处。