Bursaries for this course are now available for PhD students and Early Career Researchers funded by the BBSRC, MRC or NERC.

This three-day course will introduce the attendees in how untargeted metabolomics can be applied to study microbial systems in academic and industrial research. The course will provide an overview of the metabolomics pipeline from experimental design to sample preparation and data acquisition to data analysis/interpretation. Topics covered:

• Introduction to metabolomics, both targeted and untargeted approaches
• Experimental design and the importance of quality control samples in untargeted metabolomics
• Analytical strategies applied in metabolomics with a focus on mass spectrometry
• Hands-on laboratory sessions focused on sample preparation and to include metabolic quenching and extraction procedures, intracellular and exometabolome samples and polar and non-polar extraction methods
• Hands-on laboratory sessions focused on sample analysis for untargeted metabolomics studies using an Acquity UPLC coupled to a Xevo QToF mass spectrometer
• Hands-on workshop focused on data processing and data analysis
• Hands-on workshop focused on an introduction to metabolite identification
• Question and answer session with the experts

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-microbiologist.aspx or contact bmtc@contacts.bham.ac.uk.