The 2^nd International Conference and Exhibition on Metabolomics & Systems Biology was organized by the OMICS Group during April 08-10, 2013 at Hilton Suites Chicago/Northbrook, USA. Generous response and active participation was received from the Researchers, Omics Professionals, Principal Investigators from NIH, NASA, USFDA & US Army.

Organizing Committee Members, Editorial Board Members of OMICS Group and Delegates representing 35 countries made the conference a success. The conference was initiated with a series of invited lectures delivered by both Honorable Guests and members of the Keynote Forum.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. John Ryals, Metabolon Inc., USA

Dr. Chris Beecher, NextGen Metabolomics, USA

Dr. Mukesh Verma, National Institutes of Health, USA

Dr. Paul L. Wood, Lincoln Memorial University, USA

Dr. Christoph H. Borchers, University of Victoria, Canada

Dr. Jeffrey S. Patrick, LECO Corporation, USA

Workshop titled “NASA Omics” moderated by Dr. Viktor Stolc, NASA Ames Research Center, USA added novel approach of Omics application in Space Biology Research.

Our Sincere appreciation to BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, IsoSciences, Waters Corporation, Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific and ABSciex for their tireless efforts towards designing of new tools and techniques in the sea of Metabolomics and Systems Biology. We understood your seriousness towards finding solutions for the problems encountered in the vast field of Metabolomics.

OMICS Group felicitated all the Organizing Committee Members and Editorial Board Members who enthusiastically participated in the conference and made this meeting a huge success. OMICS Group on behalf of Sponsors and Exhibitors congratulate all the Best Poster Awardees for their outstanding contribution in the field of Metabolomics and Systems Biology, simultaneously encourages all the participants who tried to put their efforts in poster presentations and wish them success for their future research.

BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG Best Poster: Samrina Rehman, University of Manchester, UK

Thermo Fisher Scientific Best Poster: Jun Han, University of Victoria, Canada

Waters Corporation Best Poster: Sarah Gentry, Genzyme - A Sanofi Company, USA

IsoSciences Best Poster: Hyung Jun Noh, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, Korea

ABSciex Best Poster: Jeffrey H. Dahl, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, USA

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Best Poster: Mohammad Ghazizadeh, Nippon Medical School, Japan

With the unique feedback from the conference, OMICS Group would like to announce the "3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Metabolomics & Systems Biology” during March 24-26, 2014 in San Antonio, USA.