Maicol Andrés Avellaneda Arciniegas, Master’s student in Basic Biomedical Sciences at the Universidad Industrial de Santander and member of the CODEIM research group, participated in the 21st Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society – METABOLOMICS 2025, held at the congress center in Prague, Czech Republic.
The research was guided by professors William Hidalgo Bucheli and Bladimiro Rincón Orozco, from the schools of Chemistry and Medicine, respectively.
Maicol presented a poster entitled “Metabolomic Profiling in Early Pregnancy: A Novel Approach for Predicting Preterm Birth”. This research was developed within the framework of the project, UIS and Minciencias, “Development of a strategy for early prediction of preterm birth by integrating maternal characteristics with ultrasound measurements of the cervix, the composition of the vaginal microbiome and the metabolic-proteomic profiles and expression of miRNAs in maternal blood”, directed by researcher Bladimiro Rincón Orozco.
This work sought to identify metabolites present in maternal blood samples that can be used as biomarkers for the early detection of preterm birth, with the aim of contributing to the strengthening of the early diagnosis system for the imminent risk of preterm birth in pregnant women in the region.
The event, considered the most important worldwide in the field of metabolomics, addressed key topics such as health, food, environment, technological advances and computational tools applied to this discipline.
The congress was a valuable opportunity to broaden knowledge of metabolomics and explore its applications in various fields. It also allowed the exchange of ideas with researchers from different parts of the world, enriching academic training and favoring the creation of future partnerships with universities of high international prestige.
In addition, the UIS student won first place in the “MetaboART Human-Created” contest, organized by the Early Career Members Network (EMN) of the Metabolomics Society. The objective of the contest was to communicate, through an image, how metabolomics was applied in research in a visual and understandable way for all audiences.
