05/14/2026
Snyder Lab Publishes Global Multiomics Study Revealing How Geography and Ethnicity Shape Human Biology
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867426004678
An international team of researchers has completed one of the most comprehensive longitudinal molecular studies of human diversity ever conducted, uncovering how both ethnicity and geography shape human biology at multiple levels — from metabolism and immune function to the gut microbiome and biological aging.
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(26)00467-8
Published in the journal Cell, the study emerged from the Human Personal Omics Profiling (hPOP) project — a global initiative launched through the Human Proteome Organization’s Human Proteome Project (HUPO-HPP). Researchers analyzed molecular data from 322 generally healthy individuals of European, East Asian, and South Asian ancestry living across Asia, Europe, and North America. The work combined a sweeping range of “multiomics” technologies to create a detailed molecular portrait of how genetics and environment interact to influence health and disease risk.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867426004678