Lifelines Research Community Event 2025
Date: October 16 2025
Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Location: MeetLAB (Het Paleis), Boterdiep 111, Groningen
This year, we invited you to the third edition of the Lifelines Researcher Community Event – an inspiring afternoon designed to connect, exchange, and explore new ideas together with fellow Lifelines data and biosample users. Whether you’re an experienced Lifelines collaborator or new to the community, this event was your opportunity to deepen ties with researchers across the UMCG institutes and discover what’s on the horizon.
The 2025 program
The 2025 program featured:
| 13:00-13:30 | Start |
| 13:30-14:15 | 'Ask Me Anything' session on data and biosamples from collection to release, with Trynke de Jong, Manager Biosamples and Data access at Lifelines |
| 14:15-14:30 | Break |
| 14:30-15:30 | Interactive sessions with research pitches on Health in Context and Precision Health |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-16:30 | Keynote by prof. Jochen Mierau on The Future of Health |
| 16:30-17:00 | Networking drinks to close the day |
Whether you're a long-time Lifelines user or just getting started, this is the place to connect and grow.
Research pitches
During the interactive sessions, research pitches were held by:
- Maria Lydia Lioliopoulou - Regional disparities in the determinants of population mental health
- Hanneke de Boer - Women's health and menopausal fears
- Marije Kooistra, CMO STAMM - Broad Prosperity Dashboard for policy based on Lifelines data
- Jean-Patrick Brunet, UMCG - Precison health: Multidisciplinary teamwork in biobanking for unravelling ME/CFS and postCOVID in Lifelines
- Marijn Berg - Prevalence and characteristics of undiagnosed celiac disease in the Northern Netherlands
- Silke Miedema, UMCG Internal Medicine (Hematology): Precision Health: Biosample and large dataset study outcomesin the spectrum of clonal hematopoiesis
