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Notes from Hinxton: EMBL-EBI Metabolomics Course, 2026

 In late April 2026 I traveled from New Orleans to Hinxton, England, for Introduction to Metabolomics Analysis, a five-day course at EMBL-EBI on the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge. The basics: Where: EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK When: April 27 to May 1, 2026 Selection: one of 30 participants chosen from around the world Funding: my AGE VOYAGER award from the American Aging Association, which covered all expenses Support: a letter from my advisor, Dr. Cheng Shi The course covered liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) data, mass spectrometry imaging, the MetaboLights database, and running analysis workflows in Galaxy. My poster was on icl-1 and trehalose in acute stress survival in C. elegans, which is the core of my PhD work in Integrative Biology at LSU New Orleans. What I am bringing back to the lab: untargeted metabolomics gives me a way to see the whole metabolic response of a worm hit with sudden heat or cold, rather than one pathway at a time....
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Who I am and what I study

I'm Sam Desmond Schulman, a PhD student in Integrative Biology at LSU New Orleans, where I work in the Shi Lab. I study how the nematode C. elegans balances metabolism, stress survival and healthspan during sudden heat and cold stress, with a focus on the glyoxylate-shunt gene icl-1 and the sugar trehalose. My training is supported by an AGE VOYAGER award from the American Aging Association. I came to science after years in construction and food service, and I mentor undergraduate and first-generation students. I'll use this blog for short notes on aging and stress biology, lab methods, and the tools I use. Longer pieces go on my Substack at samdesmondschulman.substack.com . More about my work: samdesmondschulman.com ORCID | GitHub | LinkedIn | ResearchGate Thanks for reading, Sam
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