Welcome To The Metabolomics Society

The Metabolomics Society is dedicated to promoting the growth, use and understanding of metabolomics in the life sciences. Metabolomics is a newly emerged field of “omics” research concerned with the comprehensive characterization of the small molecule metabolites in biological systems. It can provide an overview of the metabolic status and global biochemical events associated with a cellular or biological system. As such, it can accurately and comprehensively depict both the steady-state physiological state of a cell or organism and of their dynamic responses to genetic, abiotic and biotic environmental modulation.

The Metabolomics Society is an independent, non-profit organization, governed by a Board of Directors composed of dedicated members of the metabolomics community but ultimately responsive to its members. The Metabolomics Society’s vision is to become the premier organization devoted to the development of metabolism-based research. Constituted in 2004, the Metabolomics Society now has more than 1,000 members in more than 40 countries.

Join us in Prague!

We hope to see you in Prague, Czech Republic from June 22 – 26, 2025. Mark your calendar and keep an eye out for updates on the conference website: www.metabolomics2025.org for details.

Important for Members – Bylaws Change

Introduction
The Board of Directors of the Metabolomics Society is composed of thirteen Directors who are nominated and voted for by the Society’s membership. Article 5 of the Society’s bylaws (available at https://metabolomicssociety.org/about-us/bylaws/) defines the process for nominations and elections. The process of voting on new Directors currently awards a Director’s position to the nominees with the highest number of votes for the number of positions available.

The Metabolomics Society has a goal to support and represent metabolomics across all geographical regions. However, the geographical distribution of the Board of Directors currently and previously has not represented this global representation of the society. The Board of Directors recommend a change of the bylaws to provide greater geographical distribution of Directors in the future. The recommended changes are detailed below:

Recommendation 1:The Board of Directors should include a minimum of one Director from each of the following six geographic regions – USA, North America (Canada, USA, Mexico), South America, Europe, Africa, Asia (including Middle East) and Australia/New Zealand/Oceania. This means that two Directors as a minimum could be located in the USA. Priority will be given to ensure this geographical distribution of Directors by:

1. Where the Board of Directors is not represented by a specific geographical region or will not be represented because a Director has reached the end of their term, the voting on of a Director from this geographical region will take priority over any other nominee even if the nominee for this geographical location received fewer votes than other nominees (while ensuring the nominee receives five votes as detailed in recommendation 2).
2. Where there is more than one nominee from a non-represented geographical region, the nominee with the highest number of votes will become a Director (while ensuring the nominee receives five votes as detailed in recommendation 2). The second nominee will pass to the highest votes category and could also be voted on to the Board of Directors.
3. Where there are no nominees from specific geographical regions then the nominees receiving the highest votes independent of geographical region will become Directors.

Recommendation 2: Any nominee should receive a minimum of five votes to be elected as a Director of the Metabolomics Society.

As defined in the Society’s bylaws, the membership should be provided with a minimum of thirty days to provide feedback after being notified. The Board of Directors openly welcomes feedback from the membership and this can be provided in this form: https://forms.gle/CyEmj5VMCeokTVzP7.

The deadline for providing feedback is June 30th at 12noon (EST time).

Once all feedback has been received, the Board of Directors will reflect on the feedback and vote on the proposed changes to the bylaws.

Many thanks and we look forward to receiving your feedback,

Warwick Dunn, President, Metabolomics Society
Maria Eugenia Monge, Secretary, Metabolomics Society
Candice Ulmer Holland, Treasurer, Metabolomics Society

Our Mission

To promote the growth and development of the field of metabolomics internationally
To provide the opportunity for collaboration and association among the workers in that science and in related sciences and connections between academia, government and industry in the field of metabolomics
To provide opportunities for presentation of research achievements and creation of workshops, and
To promote the publication of meritorious research in the field.

Our Board, Committees And Task Groups

The Society is led and operated through the voluntary efforts of the member-elected Board of Directors. Directors serve for two years when elected, and may stand for a second 2-year term if they desire.

The Society has different Committees to execute specialized tasks: Conference, Training, Early Career Member Network, Membership, Nominations and Elections, Website and Communication, and Publications.
The Society has several Task Groups with a focused goal including: Data Quality, Data Standards, Metabolite Identification, Computational Mass Spectrometry, Model Organism Metabolomes, Precision Medicine and Pharmacometabolomics, International Affiliations, Industry Engagement and Society Strategy.