Patient Centric Sampling and Quantitative Multiomics – Overcoming the Challenges for Routine Implementation

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA – December 1-3, 2026

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Pairing multiomics with patient centric home sampling approaches has the potential to add an unparalleled dimension of convenience and accessibility to novel approaches for health monitoring and diagnostics. The PCSIG is convening leaders in this space for a workshop to explore the challenges and solutions to moving this approach from the experimental to the mainstream.

New sample types, new biomarkers, new assays, home sampling….. all will be explored in this collaborative setting!

Sponsors

Thank-you to our Sponsors for helping to make this event happen. If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please scroll down for more details.

Mission

To define and address the barriers to the more widespread understanding of patient centric sampling for quantitative multiomics and its implementation for human healthcare and wellbeing.

Conference Overview

The term multiomics defines an integrated approach to biology that combines data from multiple “omes”, such a proteomics, metabolomics, genomics, lipidomics, to give a comprehensive view of biological systems. By analyzing these layers together, researchers can better understand complex molecular mechanisms, disease, and treatment responses. Measuring a wide range of biomarkers such as proteins, metabolites, lipids, oligonucleotides, etc, unlocks deeper insights to better understand human biology and contribute to our health and wellbeing. This combined multiomics approach has the possibility to move diagnostics beyond the clinic and into everyday life, helping not just those in treatment selection and monitoring, but engaging with the broader “healthy” population as well. Pairing multiomics with patient centric home sampling approaches adds the dimension of convenience and accessibility, opening up healthcare possibilities to existing underserved populations (remote communities, elderly, minorities, children, etc).

While the opportunity for more personalized, inclusive and proactive healthcare is clear, there are several challenges associated with routinely implementing these approaches:

  • What patient populations are best served by this approach?
  • How to actively engage with patients and include their voice in research
  • How do we reliably quantitate these different types of molecule, in order to make considered clinical decisions? An important consideration for this, is how do we make these multiple measurements for different kinds of molecules work with the small sample volumes and alternative formats associated with patient centric samples?
  • How does the sample logistics work to collect a high-quality sample and deliver it intact to the analytical laboratory, where it can be efficiently analysed and the data shared with the patient and their clinician?

Join us for this stand out PCSIG event, where we are bringing together experts to share their insights on the practical implementation of quantitative multiomics, particularly where samples are collected in a patient centric manner. By attending this event, you will learn about patient centric sampling for quantitative multiomics and actively contribute to facilitator-led discussions focussing on defining the challenges to its routine implementation for clinical care. We will then work together to prioritise these challenges and discuss how we can overcome them. Output from this event will include devising a plan for future activities to help bring this approach closer to routine implementation for patients, i.e. publications, webinars, conference presentations, working groups, etc.

Target Audience

The target audience for this event includes all those that are involved in the research and implementation of ‘omics approaches associated with human health and wellbeing. This includes patients, clinicians, clinical chemistry scientists, central laboratories, laboratory diagnostics providers, academics, pharmaceutical companies, contract research organisations, healthcare administrators, regulators, vendors of sampling technologies and analytical platforms, logistics providers and others that are interested in moving these approaches to the point where they can be routinely utilised.

The event is agnostic to the technologies and platforms used for all aspects of sample collection, processing, logistics, analytical approaches, data interpretation and delivery, etc.

Location Overview

Our event is located at the Hilton University of Florida, which is conveniently located on the University of Florida campus. The scientific events, catering, social events and accommodation are all located in this single location, facilitating an inclusive, collaborative atmosphere for this workshop-based event. The venue is also well placed for local attractions, domestic and international airport links.

Registration

Registration for the event is $500, which includes full registration for the event for a single delegate, including food service, but not including accommodation. Places are limited to 120, so please don’t delay in reserving your place.

Early bird registration of $400 is available before 1st August 2026.

Please follow this link to register for the event.

Accommodation

The Hotel partner for this event is University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville, 1714 SW 34th Street, Gainesville, Florida, 32607, USA. Rooms for the event are available at $157 per night (including applicable state, local and occupancy taxes) using this link.

Travel

The event is located at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida, which is on the Southwest Corner of the University of Florida on SW 34th Street. Follow this link for directions, airport information, etc.

Sponsorship

As a PCSIG sponsor, you’re in good company!

Get to know your fellow PCSIG Sponsors

Sponsorship of this event is available for $3,000. This includes

  • Display table in the main meeting room.
  • Full registration at the event for 2 delegates, both including food service, but not including accommodation.
  • Your organisations name and logo featured on the event website and materials as appropriate. This will include a report on the PCSIG website, published after the event. The event website will be temporarily hosted as a webpage on the PCSIG website leading up to the event.

We also offer opportunities to separately sponsor lunches, dinner and the mixer event for $3,000. This sponsorship covers;

  • Full registration for the event for 2 delegates, both including food service, but not including accommodation.
  • Your organisations name and logo featured on the event website and materials as appropriate. This will include a report on the PCSIG website, published after the event. The event website will be temporarily hosted as a webpage on the PCSIG website leading up to the event.
  • Your organisation associated with the sponsored event.

Please follow this link to register as a sponsor. If you have any questions, please contact neil@pcsig.orgOrganizing Team

Organizers

This event is brought to you by the following team, representing PCSIG

  • Don Chace – Principal Scientist Mass Spectrometry Applications, Capitainer, USA
  • Tim Garrett – Associate Professor, University of Florida, USA
  • Emily Harari – Board Member, PCSIG, USA
  • Agnes Lenagh – Board Member, PCSIG, USA; Director of Strategic Partnerships, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
  • Jenny Royle – Strategic Lead and Director, MediPaCe, UK
  • Neil Spooner – Chair, PCSIG, UK
  • Jeremiah Tipton – Director and Applications Manager, Applied Omics & Life Sciences

Scientific Program

December 1 2026

7:00 pm – Informal Reception in Conference Hotel Bar

December 2 2026

8:00 am – Registration & Breakfast

8:30 am – Welcome and introductory remarks

Tim Garrett – Associate Professor, University of Florida, USA

8:40 am – Opening Keynote – Multiomics and Patient-Centric Sampling: Improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities

Rachel Carling – Consultant Scientist and Director of Biochemical Sciences, Synnovis, UK

9:20 am – How to incorporate the voice of the patient into your research

Robyn Rourick – Senior Director, Outsourcing Portfolio Management, Genentech, USA

10:10 am – Voice of the Patient Case Study

Catina Morrison – President, Inflamed Sisters Thriving, USA

10:40 am – Break

Opportunity to visit vendor stands, mingle, reply to your e-mails, etc

11:10 am – Workshop 1; Following the Patient Journey for Patient Centric Sampling and Quantitative Multiomics – What are the Challenges to Routine Implementation?

11:15  – Background to Roundtable Discussion Topic 1 – Adoption: The patient experience – Robyn Rourick (Genentech) and Catina Morrison (Inflamed Sisters Thriving)

11:25 – Background to Roundtable Discussion Topic 2 – Sample collection / transport – Speaker: Agnes Lenagh (PCSIG)

11:35 – Background to Roundtable Discussion Topic 3 – Patient populations / indications – Speaker: Emily Harari (PCSIG)

11:45 – Background to Roundtable Discussion Topic 4 – Assay and laboratory issues – Speaker: Rachel Carling (Synnovis)

12:00 noon – Lunch

Opportunity to visit vendor stands, mingle, reply to your e-mails, etc

1:00 pm – Workshop 1: Rotation 1

1:45 pm – Workshop 1: Rotation 2

2:15 pm – Break

Opportunity to visit vendor stands, mingle, reply to your e-mails, etc

2:45 pm – Workshop 1: Rotation 3

3:15 pm – Workshop 1: Rotation 4

3:45 pm – Feedback to Room from Workshop 1

Facilitators / notetakers feedback from each Workshop 1 topic discussion

5:30 pm – Mixer & Dinner

Opportunity to visit vendor stands, mingle, reply to your e-mails, etc

7:00 pm – Panel Session

Prioritization of challenges to address with solutions at Workshop 2

9:00 pm – Close Day 1

December 3 2026

8:00 am – Breakfast

8:30 am – Summary of Day 1

8:40 am – Workshop 2 – Solutions

Separate breakout table discussion for each “challenge to solution” defined in day 1

10:10 am – Feedback to Room from Workshop 2

10:30 am – Break

Opportunity to visit vendor stands, mingle, reply to your e-mails, etc

11:00 am – Agree Action Plan

11:30 am – Closing Keynote – Title TBC

David Wishart, Distinguished Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

11:55 am – Closing Remarks

Agreement on next steps / future activities and who will take responsibility.

12:00 noon – Meeting Ends

 

Optional Off-Site Activities

Conference attendees are welcome to participate in any of the optional activities listed below. These activities are intended as informal opportunities to connect with colleagues before and after the conference, and participants are welcome to join for all or part of an activity as their schedules allow.
Please note: These activities are not part of the official conference program and are organized independently by attendees. Participation is entirely voluntary. Attendees are responsible for their own transportation, admission fees, meals, equipment rentals, and any other associated expenses.

December 1 (Before the Conference)

10:00 am – Florida Museum of Natural History
Meet at the Florida Museum of Natural History to explore exhibits and connect with colleagues before the conference begins.
Lunch
Enjoy lunch on your own or with other attendees at a nearby restaurant.
5:00 pm (Dusk) – Florida Bat Houses
Gather near the University of Florida Bat Houses to watch the evening emergence of thousands of bats at sunset.
7:00 pm – Informal Reception in Conference Hotel Bar
Reconvene for dinner with the PCSIG group.
 

December 3 (After the Conference)

2:00 pm – La Chua Trail Hike
Join an informal afternoon hike along the La Chua Trail, known for its wildlife viewing opportunities and scenic prairie overlooks.
Dinner
Location and time to be determined.

Participants may join any activity for all or part of the scheduled time. Activities are weather-dependent and subject to change.