This 5 day course provides a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies focusing on data from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combines lectures and tutorial sessions using open source software to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.  For more information including registration, click here.

The 14th European Nutrition Conference will be held in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia. The theme of the conference is “Food, Nutrition and Health: Translating science into practice”. Around this theme the conference will deliver a high-quality programme, featuring international speakers across plenary sessions and symposia. Other features of the programme will be discussions and debates, industry symposia, panel sessions and networking opportunities including several specifically catering to early career researchers.

For more conference details including abstract submission and registration information, click here.

2023 World Pediatrics Conference (2023WPC) focused on the latest advancements and innovations in different fields of Pediatrics research. 2023WPC is a premiere educational Pediatrics Congress in the field of Child Care and Neonatology that rotated between continents and were organized in collaboration with few national and international pediatric societies and associations. This International Pediatrics Congress 2023WPC was held in Singapore during September 08-09, 2023 around the theme ‘Scientific advancement and exploration in Pediatrics and Neonatology’’ which enabled the professionals from worldwide to exchange their views on a wide variety of topics affecting childcare and those suffering from pediatric diseases around the world. Since Genetic variance, developmental issues and Congenital defects are of a greater concern to pediatricians, we explored more into these fields.  For more conference and registration details, click here.

This 5th 2023 WCAC deliberated on the current trends, arising sun-rise technologies, different advancements, Emerging Challenges and Research in the field of critical care and various surgical procedures. It also brought together, on the same platform, the Intensivist Doctors, Professors, Pulmonologist, Anesthesiologists, Nursing officers, Scientists and Researchers.

This conference offered opportunities to update knowledge in various diagnostic test, treatment and management of critically ill. The Scientific programs were designed in such a way that it disseminated the recent trends, updated skills/practices around the world for betterment of our patient community. Lecturers from subject and academic experts from all over the world were arranged to discuss the recent advancements and future challenges in the broad sector of ICU and allied fields. For more conference and registration details, click here.

This 5 day course provided a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies focusing on data from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combined lectures and tutorial sessions using open source software to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. For more event information click here.

The 4th Annual Canadian Metabolomics Conference (CanMetCon) took place in 2023, with the theme of “Exposomics”, advancing the understanding of exposures in Medicine, Agriculture/Food/Cannabis, Environment/Industrial Settings, and Clinical/Epigenomics. This exciting event brought together leading researchers, scientists, and industry experts from across Canada and beyond to share their latest findings and insights on the role of exposomics in these key areas.

Early-bird fee for students was $150 CAD, and $250 CAD for all others. All fees are in $CAD and were subject to applicable taxes and fees. The deadline for early-bird registration was March 15, 2023. The link to the event is available here: canmetcon.com

This week-long course described from both theoretical and practical point of views, how to carry on an NMR based metabolic profiling project. It covered study design, sample preparation, NMR spectrometer set up, quality control, data analysis, and metabolite identification.

Each day focused on one of the aspects of metabolic profiling and it included a case study to help you think of pros and cons of potential projects and aspects to consider when applying for funding.

Please note: This course took place in person on the Hammersmith campus and the number of participants was limited to ensure maximum interaction with lecturers and trainers.

For more information, click here.

The fifth edition of the X-omics festival “the future of multi-omics research is now!”, which was organized as a live event in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, was online via live stream on Monday April 17^th 2023.

The event included:

• Two keynote lectures
• Lectures from X-omics investigators on multi-omics data integration and spatial omics
• Pitches about new omics technologies and applications
• Scientific posters
• Networking opportunities

Please find the final program for this day attached, full titles are displayed on our website: X-omics – Festival 2023.

Registration was due before April 3, and was open and free of charge via X-omics festival 2023 – Individual Registration.

Researchers were highly encouraged to submit a poster abstract and presented it during the X-omics festival. Poster abstract submission deadline was March 27. For more information please visit our website.

This course provided an introduction to metabolomics through lectures and hands-on sessions, using publicly available data, software, and tools. Participants became familiar with the current state of experimental design, data acquisition (LC-MS, MS imaging), processing, and modelling. In addition, they learned about community standards and sharing in metabolomics, particularly through using the EMBL-EBI’s MetaboLights repository and Galaxy infrastructure. Participants learned through hands-on tutorials to use tools available for data analysis and data submission. Additionally, case studies were used to discuss and show how to employ the week’s learning. For the full program information, view the course website.

The 5-day Hands-on Data Analysis for Metabolic Profiling course provided a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies focusing on data from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combined lectures and tutorial sessions using open-source software to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.

Click here for more information.

The focus of the IDMSS 2022 was the relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes and their associated complications and the beneficial results obtainable from metabolic/bariatric surgery. This Summit was therefore vital to increase the international knowledge of these procedures and stimulate the investigation and development of new and more effective treatments. The Summit brought together many of the world experts in the fields of metabolic surgery and medicine. A wide range of related topics was presented, discussed and debated. The range and scope of the program was a must for all clinicians caring for patients suffering from metabolic diseases.

Further information can be found on the summit website at www.idmss.org.

The Virtual Podium Asia Pacific was a 3 day conference focusing on Proteomics, Metabolomics and Lipidomics.  For more information, including Keynote Speakers, click here.

This course provided an overview of key issues that affect metabolomics studies, handling datasets and procedures for the analysis of metabolomics data using bioinformatics tools. It was delivered using a mixture of lectures, computer-based practical sessions and interactive discussions. The course provided a platform for discussion of the key questions and challenges in the field of metabolomics, from study design to metabolite identification. Visit the course website for more information.

The 7th Gateway Symposium was an opportunity to listen virtually to leaders in NMR applications in metabolism and to participate/showcase your own research.
The general topic areas were:

• Applications in metabolomics
• Applications of stable isotope tracers
• New methods/developments

Click here for more information regarding registration and abstract submission.

The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) and the German ScienceCampus Halle – Plant-based Bioeconomy organize the Franco-German Research Workshop “CliMetabolomics” on metabolomics dedicated to deciphering plant responses to climate change.

CliMetabolomics took place from September 20 to 23, 2022 in Germany (Leipzig and Halle / Saale). The free of charge workshop was aimed at doctoral students, post-docs and young researchers working in France or Germany.

It is funded by the Franco-German University, INRAE and ScienceCampus. See https://www2.sciencecampus-halle.de/further-education.html or contact Dr. Anne-Laure Tissier ([email protected]) for more details.

Registration and abstract submission was open for the 4th Annual MANA Conference held in person September 16-18, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Please visit conference website here: MANA 2022 website.

Metabolism in Action – From Genome to Function took place 11-15 September 2022 in Hillerød, Denmark (Just north of Copenhagen).

Abstract submission/Application deadline was: 1 June 2022

Topics:

• Cell type heterogeneity in metabolic health and disease
• Genomics of metabolic disease
• Incretins, hormones and metabolic homeostasis
• Neurobiology of energy metabolism
• Exercise biology and tissue cross-talk
• Circadian biology
• Influence of the microbiome and infection on metabolic health
• Adipose plasticity and communication

Registration fee, accommodation and local costs for all approved applicants were covered by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Only travel expenses to and from the conference venue was at your own expense. 

Read more here: https://cph-bioscience.com/en/events/cbc23-metabolism-in-action

The 2022 World Endocrine & Obesity Conference (2022WEOC) in collaboration with Thyroid Federation International occurred September 09-10, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand and ran as a hybrid conference model allowing Virtual / Digital and Physical platform. Their focus was to bring together leading experts, researchers, clinicians to exchange and share their experiences of various treatment procedures on endocrine care and obesity.  To view more information, visit the website: https://endocrine.episirus.org/.

This course was for a comprehensive, hands-on training in processing and analysing metabolomics data from LC-MS and NMR technologies.  Attendees had the opportunity to:

• Learn directly from internationally recognised leaders in the field;
• Benefit from practical training in computational techniques and statistical methods;
• Enjoy excellent networking opportunities with IIPTC specialists and fellow trainees.

 This 4-day course (held over 5 days) provided a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies focusing on data from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combined lectures and tutorial sessions using open-source software to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.  For more details, click here.

Dried blood spot collection and analysis to study mammalian metabolism: past, present, future

Four plenary speakers:

• Dr. Katja B Prestø Elgstøen, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
• Dr. Albert Koulman, University of Cambridge, UK
• Dr. Lauren Petrick, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
• Dr Konstantinos Petritis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Opportunity for Early Career Researcher presentations – submit your abstract here.

This in-person course provided an introduction to metabolomics using publicly available data, software and tools. Participants became familiar with the current state of experimental design, data acquisition (LC-MS, GC-MS, MS imaging), processing and modelling as well as community standards and sharing in metabolomics, particularly through using the EMBL-EBI’s MetaboLights repository and Galaxy infrastructure. There was a practical component, where participants learned through hands-on tutorials to use tools available for data analysis and data submission. The course completed with an interactive session which built on the week’s learning to discuss how to employ a metabolomics workflow with a case study. To learn more information, click here.

Scientific chairs Heather Christofk (UCLA), Erika Pearce (Johns Hopkins University) and Janelle Ayres (Salk Institute) came together to host the 2nd Metabolism in Health and Disease conference.
Building on the success of the first meeting, this interdisciplinary meeting brought together researchers working on immunity, metabolism, cancer, stem cells, neurobiology, and host-microbe interactions to gain a more integrated understanding of how metabolism impacts health and disease, with the aim of moving research in the field forward. View further information at the conference website: https://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference/122.

The Early-career Members Network (EMN) invited you to the Webinar series featuring:
Prof. Jean-François (Jef) Focant – Full Professor at the Chemistry Department at ULiege in Belgium
Title: GC×GC-TOFMS in medical volatolomics

Dr. Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto – lead scientist and lecturer at Liège University in Belgium
Title: Understanding lung inflammation mechanisms using GC×GC-TOFMS

To learn more about this webinar click here.

The fourth edition of the X-omics festival “the future of multi-omics research is now!”, was organized as a HYBRID event on Monday April 11^th 2022.  The event included:

• A keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Timothy Ebbels!
• Lectures from X-omics investigators on multi-omics approaches
• Meet & greet with speakers and experts
• Scientific posters
• Networking opportunities during breaks, dinner and party
• Entertainment by our host, Bennie Solo!

Registration to attend the X-omics festival was to be done before April 1^st. Registration was open and free of charge via https://x-omics.nl/festival/online-festival-2022.

Metabolomics experiments based on mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) produce large and complex data sets. This course will introduce approaches to process and analyze data and design high-quality experiments. Through hands-on workshops and lectures highlighting the different concepts you will get a thorough basis for tackling the challenges in metabolomics data analysis. The course leader is Dr. Ron Wehrens of Biometris, WUR. For information and registration click here.

The metabolome refers to the complete collection of small molecules in living organisms, including endogenously known metabolites, and unknown metabolites from microbiota, plants, foods and xenobiotics. Large-scale metabolite annotation is a challenge in liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)-based untargeted metabolomics. In this webinar, Prof. Zheng-Jiang Zhu and Dr. Zhiwei Zhou presented a metabolic reaction network (MRN)-based recursive algorithm (MetDNA) that expands metabolite annotations without the need for a comprehensive standard spectral library. Using different LC-MS platforms and biological samples, Prof. Zheng-Jiang Zhu and Dr. Zhiwei Zhou showcased the utility and versatility of MetDNA and demonstrated that about hundreds of endogenous metabolites can cumulatively be annotated from one experiment.

Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1747837981167991309

The Metabolomics Society’s Metabolomic Epidemiology Task Group presented their second webinar featuring two leaders in their fields — Dr. Clary Clish, Director of Metabolite Profiling at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Dr. Heather Eliassen, Associate Director of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — discussed their experiences of metabolomic epidemiology studies from conception to publication within the Nurses’ Health Studies. The Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II, led by Dr. Eliassen, are two ongoing cohorts of more than 230,000 women initiated in 1976. In collaboration with the Broad Institute, nearly 30 metabolomic epidemiology studies have been published from these cohorts to date.

Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8491968527091866640

The 4-day conference was held in a hybrid format with most sessions being streamed online. Participation in the 6th  HBP Student Conference was open to the entire student community and early career researchers, regardless of whether they are affiliated with the HBP or not. Participants without contributions to the scientific programme were also welcome. We encouraged all young scientists to register and aim for an equal representation of all genders.

Abstract submission deadline was October 27, 2021.

View the Announcement here:
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:42cc644c-055b-4d78-af92-e86bdb9cdde6

For more information, visit the website here:
https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education/HBPSC2022/

The Clinical studies in silico training was held as a webinar on January 11, 2022 (flyer attached). Its main objective was to guide the participant in these technologies still little exploited in the R&D of a drug or a medical device. All information on the training offered by IFEP-White Tillet is available on the website https://white-tillet.com/formations-ifep/toutes-nos-formations/

The Early-career Members Network (EMN) invites you to the upcoming Webinar series featuring:
Dr. Julien Boccard University of Geneva, Switzerland
Title: ‘Data structures as a key to knowledge discovery in metabolomics’

Dr. Miguel de Figueiredo University of Geneva, Switzerland
Title: ‘A strategy to handle high-dimensional metabolomic data from unbalanced multifactorial designs’

To learn more about this webinar click here.

Time:   7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m. US Eastern Standard Time (1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Central European Time)

Speakers:
Dr. Stacey Reinke, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Dr. Craig Wheelock, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Abstract:
There are multiple inherent challenges in performing large-scale non-targeted metabolomics. These include a diverse array of issues ranging from managing multiple clinical collection sites, accounting for unbalanced study design, developing analytical platforms with high precision across large sample numbers, creating the necessary data analysis workflows, and interpreting the eventual results with clinical collaborators. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the pan-European U-BIOPRED project (Unbiased Biomarkers for the Prediction of Respiratory Disease Outcomes), which brought together over 40 academic and industry partners as well as patient organizations to identify molecular sub-phenotypes of severe asthma.

Pricing: Free
Event website: Home | Virtual Podium Asia Pacific 2021 (wixsite.com)

Virtual Podium Asia Pacific (VPAP) 2021 free event was established to promote scientific discussion and engagement in Proteomics, Metabolomics and Lipidomics in the Globe during this COVID-19 pandemic. Due to COVID-19, we are unable to travel and impacted by the cancellation of conferences.

The virtual podium will be the only way to connect with our omics community and let’s get together in the region when we all are in the same time frame. To facilitate this networking opportunity, we have two sessions in four days with 16 keynote speakers and 40 lightening talks.

This is an opportunity for you to present and submit an abstract to present in 5-minute lightening talks. We are giving away 8 cash awards and few more encouragement awards during the virtual event.

The conference program for the 2 days will run as a hybrid conference model allowing Virtual / Digital and Physical platform. 2021WEOC is offering a line-up of local and international speakers with inspiring insights to share on advancing Endocrinology, Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism Quality Improvement through Patient and Family Experiences.
This International Endocrine Care Meet (2021WEOC) anticipates hundreds of participants including Didactic keynote and session lectures, panel discussions, case-based breakouts, and original scientific abstracts, questions and answers, young researchers’ investigations and poster presentations. Leading experts will present new concepts, technologies, management protocols, and clinical experiences in their respective disciplines. This conference perhaps a giant event that creates an ideal platform to share expertise addressing current advancements involved in critical care management. It will be a wonderful opportunity for all the delegates as it provides an international networking opportunity to collaborate with the world-class trauma and critical care and medical associations.
Website: https://endocrine.episirus.org/
Promotion: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:4c8f07c8-54f7-4d48-aec0-b74d9f52714c
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Conference registration will open in mid-August. Attendees are not required to complete the registration when submitting an abstract.  Registration fees are the same as last year’s virtual event ($25 for early career and $50 for established investigators).  For more information, including abstract Submission details, click here.

The 1^st ELIXIR Fluxomics Training School is organized by ELIXIR-GR (FORTH/ICE-HT) in collaboration with ELIXIR-ES (UB) in the context of the ELIXIR Metabolomics Community-lead Implementation Study “Standardizing the fluxomics workflows”. This 5-day course will take place in virtual mode on October 4-8, 2021 from 9:00 to 17:00 Central European Time (CET) and will provide an introduction to the field of fluxomics and the experimental and computational methods used to estimate and predict metabolic fluxes. The course is addressed mainly to graduate students and junior post-docs, of either experimental or computational background. Learning outcomes include familiarity with the basic concepts, experimental techniques, data deposition standards and computational methods and software tools in fluxomics. The course includes hands-on experience in computational methods and software tools and mini team projects that will help the students apply the taught concepts.  Click the link to Apply Now.

The 41st Annual Meeting will feature a two day (one night) format incorporating 2x plenary lectures, 12x keynote lectures, 36x contributed talks, 6x partner presentations, 30x flash presentations and an inclusive social evening. Social distancing requirements, as currently understood, will prevent both conventional poster sessions and an exhibition in the traditional format (sponsoring partner companies will be present at the meeting). Click here to learn more: https://www.bmss.org.uk/41st-bmss-annual-meeting/

This 3.5-day online course provides a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies focusing on data from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combines lectures and tutorial sessions using open-source software to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. Click the link for more details: www.imperial.ac.uk/cpd/hands-data-analysis

The Young Researchers Event: EBRAINS for next-generation brain medicine will take place virtually over two half
days, with a versatile online schedule from 26-27 May 2021.
Registration is now open!
Young scientists are encouraged to register free of charge via the Conference website. Registration is free, but mandatory. Please make sure to register with your institutional email address.
Registration deadline: 12 May 2021
View the Event Brochure here.

Event postponed from June 4-5, 2020 to now April 15-16, 2021

Metabolomics experiments based on mass spectrometry (MS) or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) produce large and complex data sets. This course will introduce approaches to process and analyze data and design high-quality experiments. Through hands-on workshops and lectures highlighting the different concepts you will get a thorough basis for tackling the challenges in metabolomics data analysis.

For information and registration click here.

A regular event in the field of lipid research, iSLS was founded as an exchange forum for investigators with a common interest in lipids.

This year’s event will be held from 1st to 5th March, with the main thematic focus being translation of lipidomic technologies. New formats will be introduced using a state-of-the-art virtual exhibition platform. The symposium will feature both onsite and online elements, sessions scheduled to suit all global time zones, and offer new opportunities for companies, societies and publishers to advertise and engage a growing number of participants from around the world.

Find out more and register at https://sling.sg/news-events/isls/ or contact us at [email protected]

Overview:

This online course explores the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data. You will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data, and provide solutions to overcome these problems. The materials in this course are delivered via the FutureLearn platform over a four week period, with an estimated learning time of four hours per week. Each week you will work through a number of steps to complete the learning material. A step may include a short video, an article, an exercise with step-by-step instructions, a test or a discussion to interact with your peer or the educators. All of the course material is uploaded to the FutureLearn platform so that you can complete the steps at a convenient time for you. Delegates can sign up from now until the end of the course (Feb 26).

Topics Covered

• An introduction to metabolomics
• An overview of the untargeted metabolomics workflow
• The influence of experimental design and data acquisition on data analysis and data quality
• An overview of processing NMR data
• Processing direct infusion mass spectrometry data with a hands-on exercise
• Processing liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data with hands-on exercises
• Reporting standards and data repositories
• Data analysis, detecting outliers and drift, and pre-treatment methods
• Univariate data analysis with a hands-on exercise
• Multivariate data analysis (including unsupervised and supervised approaches) with hands-on exercises
• The importance of statistical validation of results
• Computational approaches for metabolite identification and translation of results into biological knowledge with hands-on exercises
• What are the future challenges for data processing and analysis in metabolomics

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/2021/metabolomics-data-processing-and-data-analysis-february-2021.aspx

Registration will open from September 2020 free of charge.

Call for Submissions:
We invite original high-quality submissions describing innovative research in all disciplines addressed in the HBP. These contributions can emphasize theoretical or empirical works relating to a wide spectrum of fields including but not limited to: neuroscience, computer science, robotics, medicine, psychology, cognitive science or philosophy. We particularly encourage submissions with a potential to inspire collaboration in the research community by introducing new and relevant problems, concepts, and ideas, even if the work is at an early stage of development.

Abstract submission deadline: 6 November 2020.
View announcement here.
Further information on abstract submission and https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education/participatecollaborate/student-conference/5th-student-conference/
For any further questions, please contact [email protected].

Overview:

• Understand the definitions and regulatory framework governing these products. Impact of new European DM regulations and DMDIV.
• How to proceed with the analytical validation.
• How to demonstrate clinical validity and prove clinical utility.
• What development strategy to adopt?.

And much more. Click here for more details.

Overview
This 3-day course introduces you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is led by experts in the field of metabolomics and includes lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide a detailed overview of the metabolomics pipeline applying the Q Exactive mass spectrometer.

Topics covered

• Introduction to Metabolomics on the Q Exactive, the metabolomics workflow, and case studies using the Q Exactive
• Using the Q Exactive family of instruments in your metabolomics investigations
• Experimental design and the importance of quality control samples
• Sample preparation including polar and non-polar preparation methods on biofluids (urine and plasma) and tissue samples
• Preparation of samples for profiling and targeted analyses on the Q Exactive
• Hands-on data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies, setting up the Vanquish UHPLC coupled to the Q Exactive MS
• Data processing workshop
• Data analysis workshop (univariate and multivariate analysis)
• Introduction to metabolite identification applying Data Dependent Analysis and Data Independent Analysis
• Question and answer session with a panel of experts
  • Tips and tricks
  • Problem solving

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training- centre/courses/2020/Metabolomics-with-the-Q-Exactive-November-2020.aspx

Overview
This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the attendees about the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification in non- targeted metabolomics studies. The course will be led by experts working within the fields of metabolomics and chemical analysis and will include a significant proportion of hands-on experience of using mass spectrometers, software tools and databases. A maximum of four people will be working on each mass spectrometer in a session. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ-Orbitrap family of mass spectrometers.

Topics covered

• Importance of mass spectral interpretation
• Types of data which can be collected on the QE and LTQ-Orbitrap (m/z, retention time, MS/MS, MSn)
• Conversion of raw data to molecular formula and putative metabolite annotations
• MS/MS experiments in metabolic phenotyping for on-line data acquisition using the QE (DDA, DIA, all- ion)
• MS/MS and MSn experiments for sample fractions using the LTQ-Orbitrap
• Mass spectral libraries (using mzCloud)
• Searching mass spectral libraries
• Tools for mass spectral interpretation
• Reporting standards for metabolite identification
• Question and answer session with the experts

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training- centre/courses/2020/Metabolite-identification-with-the-Q-Exactive-and-LTQ-Orbitrap-Elite-November- 2020.aspx

Pricing: Free
Event Website: https://www.virtualpodium-asiapacific.com/

Overview:

Virtual Podium 2020 Asia Pacific was established to promote scientific discussion and engagement in Metabolomics and Lipidomics in the Asia Pacific region during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Keep the omics together while distancing each other! Due to COVID-19, in Asia Pacific region we are unable to travel and impacted by the cancellation of conferences. The virtual podium will be the only way to connect with our omics community and let’s get together in the region, when we all are in the same time frame.

On March 20th, 2020, as the impact of COVID-19, Virtual Podium 2020 has launched to share, present, and challenge the science of mass spectrometry-based biology. In Asia Pacific region, join via Virtual Podium Asia Pacific—a platform and opportunity for creating a sense of community and providing opportunities to present and learn about compelling scientific research in fields centered on chemistry, biology, and informatics. This second event is tailored to connect omics community within the Asia Pacific region.

Join us online every Friday to hear innovative lightning talks and expert keynote speakers discuss the latest research on Omics-related studies, including Metabolomics and Lipidomics.

Every voice is important!

Overview:
This 3.5-day course provides a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies focusing on data from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combines lectures and tutorial sessions using open source software to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.

Click here to view more details and register:Hands On Data Analysis for Metabolic Profiling online course , 17-20 November 2020

Overview:

The objective of this training is to familiarize R&D directors, responsible for galenic or clinical development, the people from regulatory affairs to the concepts of bioequivalence for a generic.

Click here here.for more details.

The 16th Annual Conference for the Metabolomics Society was held virtually 27 – 29th October. View the conference website: https://metabolomics.eventsair.com/metabolomics-2020-online/

Overview
This three-day course introduces how untargeted metabolomics can be applied to study microbial systems in academic and industrial research. The course provides an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, experimental design, sample preparation and data acquisition. The course is led by experts in the field of metabolomics and will include lectures, hands-on laboratory sessions in sample preparation and data acquisition and computer workshops focused on data processing and data analysis.

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

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training- centre/courses/2020/Introduction-to-Metabolomics-for-the-Microbiologist-October-2020.aspx

Registration is now open and free of charge!

Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Oliver Fiehn (UC Davis)
Laura-Isobel McCall (Oklahoma): Insights into host-parasite-microbe interactions through 3D spatial metabolomics (“chemical cartography”)

Time will also be dedicated for Society business and for the working groups to meet.

Language: German for Society business, English for all Scientific Discussions and Presentations.

Meeting website and registration at https://www.mdc-berlin.de/dgmet-2020
To become a member of the DGMet, please see our website at: https://dgmet.de/

Overview
This 3-day course provides a theoretical overview and hands-on training to apply multiple sample preparation and UPLC-MS methods to characterise the metabolomes of complex biological samples using the mass spectrometer (Xevo QToF G2-XS – a maximum of 4 people working on the instrument in a session). The course is led by experts in the field who have experience of the analysis of microbial, plant and mammalian samples, and illustrates the different approaches that are available to analyse a range of biological samples and applying complementary liquid chromatography approaches to maximise the coverage of the metabolome.

Topics covered

• Introduction to dealing with the complexity of biological samples using UPLC-MS
• Overview of different sample collection, sample quenching and sample extraction methods
• The challenges of working with cellular and tissue samples
• Overview of different UPLC methods including HILIC and reversed phase methods
• Hands-on sample preparation of plasma, urine, cell and tissue samples
• Monophasic and biphasic solvent extraction methods to target polar and non-polar metabolites
• SPE and liquid-liquid sample clean-up methods
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed-phase liquid chromatography
• Hands-on UPLC-MS analysis for untargeted studies (maximum of 4 people)
• Overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• Problem solving and tips and tricks session with the experts

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/2020/Multiple- biofluid-and-tissue-types-from-sample-preparation-to-analysis-strategies-for-metabolomics-September- 2020.aspx

Hear and meet researchers who use stable isotope labeling and other approaches to investigate metabolism in many physiological systems – such as immune cells, cancers and brain metabolism. Poster sessions and exhibitors will offer additional learning and networking opportunities.

For more information, contact Alicia Colliver at: [email protected]

View details here

Metabolomics is a fast-growing area in modern biological and medical sciences. To keep up with the technological development and the frontier research, we are organizing a National Metabolomics Workshop and Symposium at University of Florida in early May, 2020. One day and a half will be a hands- on workshop to teach students and postdocs the art and science of metabolomics and mass spectrometry. Immediately following the workshop, we will hold a symposium with talks from world leaders and from students. The topics include single-cell metabolomics, imaging metabolomics, and disease biomarker discovery.

For more information, click on the link https://sites.clas.ufl.edu/proteomics/

The German Society for Metabolomics e.V. (DGMet) regrets to announce that we have had to postpone the upcoming symposium in Berlin due to Coronavirus. Provisional dates for the new Symposium are now 4-5th Nov 2020. We will post more information on https://www.mdc-berlin.de/dgmet-2020 as it becomes available

This week long course aims to cover how to perform a metabolic profiling experiment, from start to finish. It will cover study design, sample preparation, the use of mass spectrometry for global profiling and targeted methodologies and data analysis.

For more information, click on the link Hands On LC-MS for Metabolic Profiling, 27 April – 1 May 2020

Overview
The application of quality assurance and quality control in the metabolomics field is vital to ensure the collection of high quality data. In this course you will explore the importance of quality assurance and quality control in both untargeted and targeted metabolomics studies. We will explain the difference between quality control and quality assurance and how to apply in your studies and laboratories. You will evaluate the types of quality control samples that can be applied in metabolomics, what is the most appropriate quality control sample to use in your research, and how to apply the data in your quality assurance procedure to produce robust and reproducible data.

The materials in this course are delivered via the FutureLearn platform over a three week period, with an estimated learning time of four hours per week. Each week you will work through a number of steps to complete the learning material. A step may include a short video, an article, an exercise with step-by-step instructions, a discussion to interact with your peer and a selection of quizzes, tests and polls to self- assess your own learning. All of the course material is uploaded to the FutureLearn platform so that you can complete the steps at a convenient time for you.

Topics Covered

• What are quality assurance and quality control and how do they differ
• What is the importance of quality assurance in metabolomics
• The types of quality assurance and quality control in untargeted and targeted metabolomics
• The importance of quality control samples
• The types of quality control samples applied in untargeted and targeted metabolomics
• Preparation of quality control samples in untargeted and targeted metabolomics
• Analytical studies including untargeted and targeted metabolomics
• Processing data in untargeted and targeted metabolomics
• Recommended quality assurance procedures in untargeted and targeted metabolomics
• Reporting quality assurance procedures in untargeted and targeted metabolomics

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training- centre/courses/2020/Quality-Control-and-Quality-Assurance-in-Metabolomics.aspx

Overview
This three-day course introduces how untargeted metabolomics can be applied to study microbial systems in academic and industrial research. The course provides an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, experimental design, sample preparation and data acquisition. The course is led by experts in the field of metabolomics and will include lectures, hands-on laboratory sessions in sample preparation and data acquisition and computer workshops focused on data processing and data analysis.

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

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training- centre/courses/2020/Introduction-to-Metabolomics-for-the-Microbiologist-April-2020.aspx

This 4 day course provides a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies with data acquired from NMR spectroscopy and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.

For more information, click on the link Hands On Data Analysis for Metabolic Profiling, 21-24 April 2020

Overview
This online course explores the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data. You will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data, and provide solutions to overcome these problems.

The materials in this course are delivered via the FutureLearn platform over a four week period, with an estimated learning time of four hours per week. Each week you will work through a number of steps to complete the learning material. A step may include a short video, an article, an exercise with step-by-step instructions, a test or a discussion to interact with your peer or the educators. All of the course material is uploaded to the FutureLearn platform so that you can complete the steps at a convenient time for you.

Topics Covered

• An introduction to metabolomics
• An overview of the untargeted metabolomics workflow
• The influence of experimental design and data acquisition on data analysis and data quality
• An overview of processing NMR data
• Processing direct infusion mass spectrometry data with a hands-on exercise
• Processing liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data with hands-on exercises
• Reporting standards and data repositories
• Data analysis, detecting outliers and drift, and pre-treatment methods
• Univariate data analysis with a hands-on exercise
• Multivariate data analysis (including unsupervised and supervised approaches) with hands-on exercises
• The importance of statistical validation of results
• Computational approaches for metabolite identification and translation of results into biological knowledge with hands-on exercises
• What are the future challenges for data processing and analysis in metabolomics

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/2020/Metabolomics-Data-Processing-and-Data-Analysis.aspx

This training is intended for people, managers and technicians, who participate in the quality development (CMC) of chemical drugs.

For more information, view the PDFor click on the link https://white-tillet.com/fr/formations-aux-produits-de-sante-inter

he final workshop of the 3rd HBP Curriculum Workshop Series invites researchers interested in measuring and modelling brain states at multiple scales. At the cellular level, the appearance of different brain states (such as wake, sleep, anesthesia) is reviewed at the scale of neurons, from extracellular recordings in both human and animal models. From a modelling perspective, workshop participants will learn how cellular data can be used to build model networks of spiking neurons and how mean-field techniques are used to derive population models of different brain states from these network models.

For more information, view the PDF.

Like every year the IFSBM at Gustave Roussy organizes its course on monoclonal antibodies (R&D and bioproduction) – and immunotherapy, open to continuing education under the aegis of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris Sud- Paris Saclay.

The next session (brochure attached) will be held in Villejuif from March 30 to April 1, 2020 This training is intended for executives or technicians engaged in the research and development programs of biomedicines: project managers, personnel involved in production, analytical controls, preclinical studies, regulatory affairs.

Those interested can register with Ms. Heurtaut [email protected]

For more information, view the PDF.

Overview
This 3-day course introduces you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is led by experts in the field of metabolomics and includes lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide a detailed overview of the metabolomics pipeline applying the Q Exactive mass spectrometer.

Topics covered

• Introduction to Metabolomics on the Q Exactive, the metabolomics workflow, and case studies using the Q Exactive
• Using the Q Exactive family of instruments in your metabolomics investigations
• Experimental design and the importance of quality control samples
• Sample preparation including polar and non-polar preparation methods on biofluids (urine and plasma) and tissue samples
• Preparation of samples for profiling and targeted analyses on the Q Exactive
• Hands-on data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies, setting up the Vanquish UHPLC coupled to the Q Exactive MS
• Data processing workshop
• Data analysis workshop (univariate and multivariate analysis)
• Introduction to metabolite identification applying Data Dependent Analysis and Data Independent Analysis
• Question and answer session with a panel of experts
  • Tips and tricks
  • Problem solving

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/2020/Metabolomics-with-the-Q-Exactive-April-2020.aspx

Date: Monday 30 March – Thursday 2 April 2020
Venue: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) – Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
Application opens: Monday 23 September 2019
Application deadline: Friday 29 November 2019
Participation: Open application with selection
Contact: Meredith Willmott
Registration fee: £650 – Including meals and accommodation

Learn more at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2020/introduction-metabolomics-analysis-1

Overview
This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the attendees about the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification in non-targeted metabolomics studies. The course will be led by experts working within the fields of metabolomics and chemical analysis and will include a significant proportion of hands-on experience of using mass spectrometers, software tools and databases. A maximum of four people will be working on each mass spectrometer in a session. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ-Orbitrap family of mass spectrometers.

Topics covered

• Importance of mass spectral interpretation
• Types of data which can be collected on the QE and LTQ-Orbitrap (m/z, retention time, MS/MS, MSn)
• Conversion of raw data to molecular formula and putative metabolite annotations
• MS/MS experiments in metabolic phenotyping for on-line data acquisition using the QE (DDA, DIA, all-ion)
• MS/MS and MSn experiments for sample fractions using the LTQ-Orbitrap
• Mass spectral libraries (using mzCloud)
• Searching mass spectral libraries
• Tools for mass spectral interpretation
• Reporting standards for metabolite identification
• Question and answer session with the experts

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/2020/Metabolite-identification-with-the-Q-Exactive-and-LTQ-Orbitrap-Elite-April-2020.aspx

The world’s first integrated ICT infrastructure for brain research and development: What could you do with EBRAINS? View details here.

Overview
This 3-day course provides a theoretical overview and hands-on training to apply multiple sample preparation and UPLC-MS methods to characterise the metabolomes of complex biological samples using the mass spectrometer (Xevo QToF G2-XS – a maximum of 4 people working on the instrument in a session). The course is led by experts in the field who have experience of the analysis of microbial, plant and mammalian samples, and illustrates the different approaches that are available to analyse a range of biological samples and applying complementary liquid chromatography approaches to maximise the coverage of the metabolome.

Topics covered

• Introduction to dealing with the complexity of biological samples using UPLC-MS
• Overview of different sample collection, sample quenching and sample extraction methods
• The challenges of working with cellular and tissue samples
• Overview of different UPLC methods including HILIC and reversed phase methods
• Hands-on sample preparation of plasma, urine, cell and tissue samples
• Monophasic and biphasic solvent extraction methods to target polar and non-polar metabolites
• SPE and liquid-liquid sample clean-up methods
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed-phase liquid chromatography
• Hands-on UPLC-MS analysis for untargeted studies (maximum of 4 people)
• Overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• Problem solving and tips and tricks session with the experts

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/2020/Multiple-biofluid-and-tissue-types-from-sample-preparation-to-analysis-strategies-for-metabolomics-February-2020.aspx

The French Institute of Bioinformatics (IFB, Elixir-FR) and the Infrastructure for Metabolomics and Fluxomics (MetaboHUB) organize in collaboration with the Université libre de Bruxelles the next Workflow4Experimenters International Course (W4E2020).

Venue: Brussels, Belgium

Analyze your own data with Galaxy and the Workflow4metabolomics e-infrastructure! The next Workflow4Experimenters international course (W4E2020) will take place in Brussels (February 3 to February 7, 2020). During this one-week course (entirely in English), you will learn how to use Galaxy and the W4M infrastructure to analyze your own LC-MS, GC-MS, or NMR data set. Morning sessions will be dedicated to methodology and tools. Afternoon sessions will be devoted to tutoring.

Invited speakers: Dr S. Marr (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany), Dr R. Weber (Phenome Centre Birmingham, United Kingdom), Dr N. Poupin (Unité Toxalim, INRA Toulouse, France)

Registrations: https://workflow4metabolomics.org/w4e2020

Contact: [email protected]

The deadline for pre-registration has been postponed to November 03rd.

The French-speaking Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network (RFMF), Metabolomics Profiling Forum (MPF, Metabomeeting) and European regional metabolomics networks are pleased to announce a joint conference taking place from 22nd to 24th January 2020 in Toulouse (France).

The European RFMF Metabomeeting in Toulouse will propose thematic sessions dedicated to:

• Analytical developments in Metabolomics & Fluxomics
• Computational and statistical developments in Metabolomics & Fluxomics
• Cutting edge applications of Metabolomics and Fluxomics in :
  • Human health
  • Agriculture & Food
  • Environmental science
  • Microbiology & biotechnolgies

https://rfmf-mpf-2020.sciencesconf.org

This three-day course introduces how untargeted metabolomics can be applied to study microbial systems in academic and industrial research. The course provides an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, experimental design, sample preparation and data acquisition. The course is led by experts in the field of metabolomics and will include lectures, hands-on laboratory sessions in sample preparation and data acquisition and computer workshops focused on data processing and data analysis.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-microbiologist.aspx

Metabolomics is an emerging field that aims to measure the complement of metabolites (the metabolome) in living organisms. The metabolome represents the downstream effect of an organism’s genome and its interaction with the environment. Metabolomics has a wide application area across the medical and biological sciences. The course provides an introduction to metabolomics, describes the tools and techniques we use to study the metabolome and explains why we want to study it. By the end of the course you will understand how metabolomics can revolutionise our understanding of metabolism.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-MOOC.aspx

This 3-day course provides a theoretical overview and hands-on training to apply multiple sample preparation and UPLC-MS methods to characterise the metabolomes of complex biological samples using the mass spectrometer (Xevo QToF G2-XS – a maximum of 4 people working on the instrument in a session). The course is led by experts in the field who have experience of the analysis of microbial, plant and mammalian samples, and illustrates the different approaches that are available to analyse a range of biological samples and applying complementary liquid chromatography approaches to maximise the coverage of the metabolome.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/sample-analysis.aspx

Application deadline: 15 April 2019

Registration: https://training.iarc.fr/embo-practical-course-metabolomics-bioinformatics-in-human-health

Aim: The EMBO Practical Course “Metabolomics Bioinformatics in Human Health” will be held in the International Agency for Research on Cancer on 16-20 September 2019 and will provide an advanced overview with hands-on practical on key issues and challenges in metabolomics, handling datasets and procedures for the analysis of metabolomics data using bioinformatics tools. Combining lectures from experts, computer-based practical sessions and interactive discussions, the EMBO Practical Course will provide a platform for discussion of the key questions and challenges in this field, from study design to metabolite identification.

This five-day course is aimed at PhD students, post-docs and researchers with at least one to two years of experience in the field of metabolomics who are seeking to improve their skills in metabolomics data analysis. Participants ideally must have working experience using R (including a basic understanding of the syntax and ability to manipulate objects).

During this course you will learn about:

• Metabolomics study design, QC, workflows and sources of experimental error, target and untarget approaches
• Metabolomics data processing tools: hands on open source R based programs, XCMS, MetFrag, MetFusion, …
• NMR and Computer-assisted structure elucidation
• Metabolomics data analysis: Using R Bioconductor, understanding usage of univariate and multivariate data analysis, data fusion concepts, data clustering, machine learning and regression methods
• Metabolomics downstream analyses: KEGG, BioCyc, and MetExplore for metabolic pathway and network analysis with visualisation of differential expression, understanding metabolomics flux analysis
• Metabolomics standards and databases: FAIR Metabolomics, metabolomics resources and reproducibility
• Metabolomics Flux and Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (SIRM)

Speakers program:
https://training.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EMBO-Detailed-Programme_Draft.pdf

This conference will provide a platform for bringing together leading researchers from computational biology, various omics fields and technology development to present their latest work and discuss applications, future ideas and the challenges for integrating large-scale biological data across different biological technologies and disciplines. A specific focus will be on discussing data integration of high-throughput technologies with molecular biology approaches. This conference aims to inspire novel ideas for data integration across the different omics fields and hence may sparkle exciting new future collaborations.

Event link: https://www.embo-embl-symposia.org/symposia/2019/EES19-07

Metabolomics is an emerging field that aims to measure the complement of metabolites (the metabolome) in living organisms. The metabolome represents the downstream effect of an organism’s genome and its interaction with the environment. Metabolomics has a wide application area across the medical and biological sciences. The course provides an introduction to metabolomics, describes the tools and techniques we use to study the metabolome and explains why we want to study it. By the end of the course you will understand how metabolomics can revolutionise our understanding of metabolism.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-MOOC.aspx

This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the attendees about the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification in non-targeted metabolomics studies. The course will be led by experts working within the fields of metabolomics and chemical analysis and will include a significant proportion of hands-on experience of using mass spectrometers, software tools and databases. A maximum of four people will be working on each mass spectrometer in a session. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ-Orbitrap family of mass spectrometers.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx

This online course explores the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data. You will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data, and provide solutions to overcome these problems. The course is delivered using a combination of short videos, articles, discussions, and online workshops with step-by-step instructions and test data sets. We provide quizzes, polls and peer review exercises each week, so that you can review your learning throughout the course.

The material is delivered over a four week period, with an estimated learning time of four hours per week. We support your learning via social discussions where you will be able post questions and comments to the team of educators and the other learners on the course. In the final week of the course there is a live question and answer session with the entire team of educators. If you do not have time to complete the course during the 4-week period you will retain access to the course material to revisit, as you are able.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-Data-Processing-and-Data-Analysis.aspx

This 1-day course in partnership with the Phenome Centre Birmingham provides clinicians with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline highlighting the benefits of this technique to the medical field and an introduction to the Phenome Centre Birmingham and the MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre.

The course provides a suitable introduction to metabolomics prior to taking additional training courses at either the Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre or the Imperial International Phenome Training Centre.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics.aspx

This 2-day NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course provides environmental scientists with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline. The course is intended for environmental scientist with little or no previous experience of metabolomics and who are interested to discover how this relatively new and powerful approach could be integrated into their research. Experts working in the NERC Metabolomics facility NBAF-B will teach the course.

Course link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-environmental.aspx

This course will provide an introduction to metabolomics data analysis using publicly available software and tools. Participants will become familiar with the current state of experimental design, data standards, analysis and sharing in metabolomics, particularly through using the EMBL-EBI’s MetaboLights repository and PhenoMeNal infrastructure. There will be a practical component, where participants will learn through hands-on tutorials to use some of the tools available for data analysis and data submission. The course will be completed with an interactive session which will build on the weeks learning to discuss how to develop a metabolomics workflow with a clinical case study.

Learn more at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2019/introduction-metabolomics-analysis-0

Understanding Human Diseases Through Metabolomics: Interactions Among the Genome, Proteome, Gut Microbiome and Nutrition

The first GRC on Metabolomics and Human Health will be held from February 3-8, 2019, in Ventura, CA USA, and will be co-chaired by Professors Rima Kaddurah-Daouk (Duke University) and Matej Oresic (University of Turku). Metabolomics is the comprehensive analysis of the metabolome, which comprises the set of biochemicals present in cells, tissues, and body fluids. The study of metabolism at the global or ‘‘-omics’’ level is a rapidly growing field that will profoundly impact the future of medical practice. At the centre of human metabolomics is the concept that a person’s metabolic state provides a close representation of that individual’s current overall health status. This metabolic phenotype reflects not only what biochemical reactions have been encoded by the genome, but also modulations by diet, environmental factors, and the gut microbiome, among other influences. The metabolic profile thus provides a quantifiable readout of the biochemical state, ranging from normal physiology to diverse pathophysiologies in a manner that is often cannot be revealed by from gene expression analyses alone.

In this Gordon Conference series, we highlight state state-of-the-art metabolomics technologies and their applications to the study of human health and disease. We will cover very recent developments and breakthroughs in the application of metabolomics to provide a deeper understanding of disease mechanisms, disease heterogeneity and disease progression; variation in treatment outcomes and enablement of precision/personalized medicine approaches; connections between the metabolome, proteome and genome and atlases under development; and effects of the exposome, diet and the gut microbiome on the human metabolome in the context of health. We will highlight large consortia initiatives which enable such epidemiological and clinical studies, functional genomics, nutrigenomics, pharmaceutical applications including toxicology studies, systems pharmacology, and environmental exposures effects on health (exposome) in an integrative setting.

Established and early career investigators, coming from academia, industry and regulatory agencies, are enthusiastically invited to assemble and contribute to this ground-breaking debut GRC meeting on Metabolomics in Human Health.

Registration is via https://www.grc.org/metabolomics-and-human-health-conference/2019/

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry family. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics.

The course will be led by experts in the field and include significant hands-on experience using both the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap instruments to perform:

• Data dependent acquisition
• Data independent acquisition
• MS/MS and MSn data acquisition.

The course will finish with a session on the tips and tricks from the experts and an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 3-day course will introduce you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is aimed at students and researchers with minimal previous experience of applying LC-MS in metabolomics. The course will be led by experts in the field and include lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide:

• An introduction to metabolomics and using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your studies
• Polar and non-polar sample preparation for profiling and targeted studies
• Data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies
• Data processing and data analysis
• Introduction to metabolite identification

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/q-exactive.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

The Clinical Metabolomics Copenhagen conference 2018 will bring together world leaders in the field of metabolomics to discuss the current state of the art in the clinical metabolomics field as well as to discuss projections and outlooks for the future. Specifically, the event will span topics ranging from high throughput metabolomics sample handling, novel instrumentation and data acquisition methods, automated data processing, and systems level data analysis in the context of applications to human health.

The event will span two days: oral presentations of latest research and future trends on the first day and in depth workshops focused on specific topics that will provide attendees with actionable insight on the second day. Many opportunities will be provided for attendees and speakers to interact and discussion in order to foster new and fruitful collaborations.

Click here to learn more.

We are delighted to invite you to the 3rd Latin American Metabolomics Symposium (3rdLAMPS), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 22 to 24, 2018 at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. After the symposium in Lima, Peru and Rosario, Argentina, we will have the opportunity to meet again in Brazil.

The organizing committee is committed to providing an appropriate atmosphere for the scientific discussion of various aspects of Metabolomics such as Metabolomics in Health and Human Disease, in Plants and Food among other aspects of technology advances and precision medicine. LAMPS will provide excellent opportunities for collaboration and networking for scientists and students.

Click here to learn more.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 1-day course in partnership with the Phenome Centre Birmingham will provide clinicians with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, highlighting the benefits of the technique to the medical field. The course will provide an:

• Introduction to experimental design and sample collection
• An overview of both the analytical and computational methods applied in the field
• Case studies and panel discussions with the experts

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

This online course will explore the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data, we will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data and provide solutions to overcome these problems. The course will be delivered using a combination of short videos, articles, discussions, and online workshops with step-by-step instructions and test data sets. We will provide quizzes, polls and peer review exercises each week, so that you can review your learning throughout the course.

Course Syllabus:

• An introduction to metabolomics
• An overview of the untargeted metabolomics workflow
• The influence of experimental design and data acquisition on data analysis and data quality
• Processing of NMR data
• Processing direct infusion mass spectrometry data
• Processing liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data
• Reporting standards and data repositories
• Data analysis, detecting outliers and drift, and pre-treatment methods
• Univariate data analysis
• Multivariate data analysis (including unsupervised and supervised approaches)
• The importance of statistical validation of results
• Computational approaches for metabolite identification and translation of results into biological knowledge
• What are the future challenges for data processing and analysis in metabolomics

Level: The course would be ideally suited to MSc / PhD students or scientists who are in the early stages of analysing metabolomics data. No previous knowledge of the data processing and statistical analysis approaches is assumed, but a basic understanding of the metabolome, and the analytical techniques applied in the metabolomics field would be beneficial. A pre-course recommended reading list will be provided.

For further information and registration details, please visit https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-Data-Processing-and-Data-Analysis.aspx

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

This one day symposium brings together leading experts in the field of metabolomics with the aim of introducing clinicians and basic researchers to targeted metabolomics. The overall goal of the symposium is to demonstrate the power of metabolomics and describe how it can be applied to medical research.

Any questions please direct to Dr. Stewart Graham at [email protected].

Bursaries for NERC funded scientists: While this course is open to all researchers with an interest in the environmental sciences, it is a NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course and hence priority will be given to NERC funded scientists; this includes NERC PhD students (highest priority), NERC PDRA’s and Fellows (next highest priority) and principal and co-investigators who currently hold NERC funding.

This 2-day NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course will provide environmental scientists with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline. The course is intended for environmental scientist with little or no previous experience of metabolomics and who are interested to discover how this relatively new and powerful approach could be integrated into their research. Experts working in the NERC Metabolomics facility-NBAF-Birmingham will teach the course.

Topics covered:

• Introduction to environmental metabolomics with case studies
• Experimental design and quality control
• Sample collection and preparation
• Overview of analytical laboratory techniques (mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy)
• Overview of data processing and statistics for metabolomics
• Introduction to metabolite identification

For further information and registration details, please visit https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-environmental.aspx

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

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. The course will be led by experts in the field of metabolomics and will include lectures, hands-on laboratory sessions in sample preparation and data acquisition and computer workshops focused on data processing and data analysis.

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

Level: The course is aimed at individuals with minimal experience of applying metabolomics in their research and no or limited experience of using a liquid chromatography – mass spectrometer. The attendees will leave the course understanding and being able to apply the metabolomics pipeline in their research.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-microbiologist.aspx

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Following the success of the first MOVISS “Mountain Village Science Series” Bio&Data, we would like to inviteyou to be a part of making the second even better!

The workshop/meeting will take place on 9th to 12th of September 2018 in Voreau near Vienna, Austria. We want to combine hiking with a nice meeting full of discussions and interaction as well as a goodlocation in mountains.

http://www.moviss.eu

MOVISS is different to the usual conferences. It is designed as a small, problem-driven meeting, full of discussions and questions about how to deal with metabolomics data reasonably. In this way, we hope to constructively engage some of the greatest minds collaboratively on solving some of the challenges of the metabolomics and bioinformatics community.

The scientific topics this year are:

• Shiny design: What is important when designing experiments?
• Misty mountains: How to find peaks hidden in mists? What is a real peak?
• Mountain safety: awareness of strengths and weakness of statistical tools
• Home run: Results Interpretation – Be creative, critical and think next?

Key dates for your diary:

Feb 1, Opening registration and abstracts

Apr 30, Deadline for abstracts

May 15, Acceptance of abstracts

May 30, Early registration fee payment

Jul 31, Standard registration fee payment

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This MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provides an introduction to metabolomics, describes the tools and techniques we use to study the metabolome and explains why we want to study it. By the end of the course you will understand how metabolomics can revolutionise our understanding of metabolism.

Course Syllabus

• Metabolism and the interaction of the metabolome with the genome, proteome and the environment
• The advantages of studying the metabolome
• The application of hypothesis generating studies versus the use of traditional hypothesis directed research
• The use of targeted and non-targeted studies in metabolomics
• An interdisciplinary approach with case-studies from clinical and environmental scientific areasImportant considerations in studying the metabolome
• Experimental design and sample preparation
• The application of mass spectrometry in metabolomics
• An introduction to data processing and analysisMetabolite identification

For further information and registration details, please visit Click here or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Established in 2013, the RC-SIRM is one of six NIH Regional Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Cores supported by the NIH Common Fund. The one-day Symposium is open to the public: Registration is free. The hands-on Workshop is limited to 20 participants with relevant background: Applications for Workshop participation will be accepted until July 16, 2018. Workshop registration is $3750 and includes on-campus lodging.

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Click here for registration information.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 3-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of dealing with complex biological samples for LC-MS analysis. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics in their research. The course will be led by experts in the field and include:

• An overview of quenching and extraction strategies for different biological samples
• Hands-on sample preparation using different sample types
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed phase LC-MS data acquisition
• Solid phase extraction clean up methods
• An overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• An opportunity to ask questions and seek advice to prepare samples in your own research.

For further information and registration details, please visit Click here or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

The Biochemical Society provides an extensive range of events, including scientific conferences, outreach activities, medal lectures and policy and education events.

Click here to learn more.

Symposium Rationale and Objectives 
The wealth of transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics data generated for a wide range of infectious diseases reveal that small molecule metabolism is an integral part of disease progression. This includes manipulation of host metabolic processes by pathogens; pathogen metabolic adaptation to the hosts’ environments; and interspecies communication and signaling via small molecules; as well as the emergence of immunometabolism as a key aspect of host responses that lead to protection or pathogenesis.

Specific topics that will be addressed:

• The role of immunometabolism in infectious diseases
• Pathogen and host interactions leading to adaptation of metabolic states and processes
• Communication and signaling via small molecule metabolites
• Emerging technologies and translation

Abstracts will be chosen for oral presentations https://metabolism.idrtalks.colostate.edu.

 Click hereto download the symposium flyer.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 2-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of the application of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in metabolic phenotyping. The course is aimed at students and researchers who are actively working in the field. Experts who have developed the application of QA and QC procedures within the field will lead the course. It will include both theoretical and practical components to:

• Introduce QA and QC in metabolic phenotyping
• The application of QA and QC in untargeted and targeted studies
• Preparation of QCs and data acquisition
• Data processing and reporting standards

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/quality-phenotyping.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

This course will provide an introduction to metabolomics data analysis in a cloud computing environment, based on resources developed and provided by the PhenoMeNal project. PhenoMeNal is a comprehensive and standardised e-infrastructure that supports data processing and analysis workflows for data generated by metabolomics studies. Participants will become familiar with a range of relevant open-source tools and workflows developed by PhenoMeNal. There will be a large practical component, where participants will learn through hands-on tutorials to use a workflow-based approach and compute infrastructure for data analysis and data submission, under the guidance of expert trainers and teaching assistants.

Click here to learn more.

The 2nd Annual Ohio Mass Spectrometry and Metabolomics Symposium will be held at the Blackwell Inn at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on May 16-17, 2018. This joint meeting of the 2nd Annual Conference on Food and Nutritional Metabolomics for Health and the 15th Annual Ohio Mass Spectrometry Symposium will build on the success of the inaugural May 2017 joint meeting, which was attended by 234 individuals representing 42 academic and industry organizations. The purpose of this two-day event is to provide an opportunity for academic and industrial researchers to present their findings, share information, discuss research challenges with colleagues, and spark new collaborations.

Registration will open in February. Please visit go.osu.edu/omsms2018 for up-to-date information about the symposium and links to registration.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 3-day course will introduce you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is aimed at students and researchers with minimal previous experience of applying LC-MS in metabolomics. The course will be led by experts in the field and include lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide:

• An introduction to metabolomics and using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your studies
• Polar and non-polar sample preparation for profiling and targeted studies
• Data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies
• Data processing and data analysis
• Introduction to metabolite identification

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/q-exactive.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 1-day course in partnership with the Phenome Centre Birmingham will provide clinicians with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, highlighting the benefits of the technique to the medical field. The course will provide an:

• Introduction to experimental design and sample collection
• An overview of both the analytical and computational methods applied in the field
• Case studies and panel discussions with the experts

For further information and registrations details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry family. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics.

The course will be led by experts in the field and include significant hands-on experience using both the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap instruments to perform:

• Data dependent acquisition
• Data independent acquisition
• MS/MS and MSn data acquisition.

The course will finish with a session on the tips and tricks from the experts and an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information and registration details, please visit
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx or contact [email protected].

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

This online course will explore the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data, we will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data and provide solutions to overcome these problems. The course will be delivered using a combination of short videos, articles, discussions, and online workshops with step-by-step instructions and test data sets. We will provide quizzes, polls and peer review exercises each week, so that you can review your learning throughout the course.

Course Syllabus:

• An introduction to metabolomics
• An overview of the untargeted metabolomics workflow
• The influence of experimental design and data acquisition on data analysis and data quality
• Processing of NMR data
• Processing direct infusion mass spectrometry data
• Processing liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data
• Reporting standards and data repositories
• Data analysis, detecting outliers and drift, and pre-treatment methods
• Univariate data analysis
• Multivariate data analysis (including unsupervised and supervised approaches)
• The importance of statistical validation of results
• Computational approaches for metabolite identification and translation of results into biological knowledge
• What are the future challenges for data processing and analysis in metabolomics

Level: The course would be ideally suited to MSc / PhD students or scientists who are in the early stages of analysing metabolomics data. No previous knowledge of the data processing and statistical analysis approaches is assumed, but a basic understanding of the metabolome, and the analytical techniques applied in the metabolomics field would be beneficial. A pre-course recommended reading list will be provided.

For further information and to register, please visit:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-Data-Processing-and-Data-Analysis.aspx

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Limited bursaries are now available for PhD students funded by NERC, which make the registration for this course FREE to these students.

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. The course will be led by experts in the field of metabolomics and will include lectures, hands-on laboratory sessions in sample preparation and data acquisition and computer workshops focused on data processing and data analysis.

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

Level: The course is aimed at individuals with minimal experience of applying metabolomics in their research and no or limited experience of using a liquid chromatography – mass spectrometer. The attendees will leave the course understanding and being able to apply the metabolomics pipeline in their research.

For more information and to register, please visit:
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-microbiologist.aspx

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

NERC bursaries are available for this course, covering attendees’ registration, travel and accommodations cost:

• Sixteen (16) bursaries are available for the metabolomics track

Course information:
This 5 day course highlights a multi-omics approach (systems biology) approach to research in the environmental scientists, investigating how gene function and metabolism are influenced by environmental conditions while accounting for natural variation within and among natural populations. The course is built on the paradigm that this multidisciplinary research field encompassing ecology, evolution, toxicology, biostatistics and informatics will most effectively grow by training early career scientists to:

1. design large-scale Next Generation Sequencing and Metabolomics experiments and
2. address the challenges of manipulating and analysing population-level omics data

The course will provide a significant introduction, considerable hands-on experience and networking opportunities so that participants can initiate their own environmental omics studies and launch Environmental Scientists careers in academic and industry.

Level: The course is designed to train PhD students and early-career post-doctoral scientists.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/biosciences/conferences/mdibl-course/index.aspx

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Application deadline: Friday November 03 2017

Constat: Reza Salek ([email protected])

Registration: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2018/embo-practical-course-metabolomics-bioinformatics-life-scientists-4

Aim:
This course will provide an overview of key issues that affect metabolomics studies, handling datasets and procedures for the analysis of metabolomics data using bioinformatics tools. It will be delivered using a mixture of lectures, computer-based practical sessions and interactive discussions. The course will provide a platform for discussion of the key questions and challenges in the field of metabolomics, from study design to metabolite identification. We encourage you to bring your data, data problems you might have with a particular data set or study for group discussion and activities. You will be asked to present your work and participate in the discussions from day one.

This course is aimed at PhD students, post-docs and researchers with at least one to two years of experience in the field of metabolomics who are seeking to improve their skills in metabolomics data analysis.

During this course you will learn about:

• Metabolomics study design, workflows and sources of experimental error, difference between target and un-target approaches
• Metabolomics data processing tools: hands on open source R based programs, XCMS, MetFrag, MetFusion, rNMR, BATMAN
• Metabolomics data analysis: Using R Bioconductor, understanding usage of univariate and multivariate data analysis, data fusion concepts, data clustering and regression methods
• Metabolomics downstream analyses: KEGG, BioCyc, and MetExplore for metabolic pathway and network analysis with visualisation of differential expression, understanding metabolomics flux analysis
• Metabolomics standards and databases: data dissemination and deposition in EMBL- EBI MetaboLights repository; PheNoMeNal, workflows4metabolomics
• Metabolomics Flux and Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics (SIRM)

Discover how metabolomics is revolutionising our understanding of metabolism with this free MOOC course, now on its 5th course run!

What topics will you cover?

• Metabolism and the interaction of the metabolome with the genome, proteome and the environment
• The advantages of studying the metabolome
• The application of hypothesis generating studies versus the use of traditional hypothesis directed research
• The use of targeted and non-targeted studies in metabolomics
• An interdisciplinary approach with case-studies from clinical and environmental scientific areas
• Important considerations in studying the metabolome
• Experimental design and sample preparation
• The application of mass spectrometry in metabolomics
• An introduction to data processing and analysis
• Metabolite identification

For further information and to register, please visit: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/metabolomics

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Bursaries for NERC funded scientists: While this course is open to all researchers with an interest in the environmental sciences, it is a NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course and hence priority will be given to NERC funded scientists.

This 2-day NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course will provide environmental scientists with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline. The course is intended for environmental scientist with little or no previous experience of metabolomics and who are interested to discover how this relatively new and powerful approach could be integrated into their research. Experts working in the NERC Metabolomics facility-NBAF-Birmingham will teach the course.

Topics covered:

• Introduction to environmental metabolomics with case studies
• Experimental design and quality control
• Sample collection and preparation
• Overview of analytical laboratory techniques (mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy)
• Overview of data processing and statistics for metabolomics
• Introduction to metabolite identification

For further information and registration details, please visit
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-environmental.aspx

Click here to view additional Birmingham Metabolomics Training Centre courses.

Lung Health 2018 will be taking place in the beautiful city of Berlin on 18-20 January, 2018.
Congress website is: http://www.lung-health.org

Join a free online course in EdX

This course is an introduction to metabolomics principles and their applications in various fields of life sciences.

We will provide a summary of all steps in metabolomics research; from experimental design, sample preparation, analytical procedures, to data analysis. The course also provides case studies of various kinds of research samples to attract students that are not familiar with metabolomics, providing them enough explanation to utilize metabolomics technology for their respective research fields.

Several examples of metabolomics applications will be introduced throughout the lectures. These include examples within food science and technology, metabolic engineering, basic biology, introduction to imaging mass spectrometry, and application in medical science.

No previous knowledge on metabolomics is needed but we recommend that students have an undergraduate-level understanding of Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Biostatistics, and that they learn about basic principles of multivariable analysis prior to taking this course.

To register please access this link https://www.edx.org/course/metabolomics-life-sciences-osakaux-metab101x#!

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

This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry family. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics.

The course will be led by experts in the field and include significant hands-on experience using both the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap instruments to perform:

• Data dependent acquisition
• Data independent acquisition
• MS/MS and MSn data acquisition.

The course will finish with a session on the tips and tricks from the experts and an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx or contact [email protected].

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

This 3-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of dealing with complex biological samples for LC-MS analysis. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics in their research. The course will be led by experts in the field and include:

• An overview of quenching and extraction strategies for different biological samples
• Hands-on sample preparation using different sample types
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed phase LC-MS data acquisition
• Solid phase extraction clean up methods
• An overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• An opportunity to ask questions and seek advice to prepare samples in your own research.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/sample-analysis.aspx or contact [email protected].

This 1-day course in partnership with the Phenome Centre Birmingham will provide clinicians with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, highlighting the benefits of the technique to the medical field. The course will provide an:

• Introduction to experimental design and sample collection
• An overview of both the analytical and computational methods applied in the field
• Case studies and panel discussions with the experts

For further information and registrations details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics.aspx or contact [email protected].

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 [email protected].

This week long course aims to cover how to perform a metabolic profiling experiment, from start to finish. It covers study design, sample preparation, the use of mass spectrometry for global profiling and targeted methodologies and data analysis.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. Topics covered include:

• Targeted and untargeted sample preparation
• Targeted and untargeted data analysis
• Statistics and OPLS

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-lc-ms-for-metabolic-profiling

or contact Dr Liz Want ([email protected]) for further information.

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

This 3-day course will introduce you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is aimed at students and researchers with minimal previous experience of applying LC-MS in metabolomics. The course will be led by experts in the field and include lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide:

• An introduction to metabolomics and using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your studies
• Polar and non-polar sample preparation for profiling and targeted studies
• Data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies
• Data processing and data analysis
• Introduction to metabolite identification

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/q-exactive.aspx or contact [email protected].

This online course will explore the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data, we will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data and provide solutions to overcome these problems. The course will be delivered using a combination of short videos, articles, discussions, and online workshops with step-by-step instructions and test data sets. We will provide quizzes, polls and peer review exercises each week, so that you can review your learning throughout the course.

Course Syllabus:

• An introduction to metabolomics
• An overview of the untargeted metabolomics workflow
• The influence of experimental design and data acquisition on data analysis and data quality
• Processing of NMR data
• Processing direct infusion mass spectrometry data
• Processing liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data
• Reporting standards and data repositories
• Data analysis, detecting outliers and drift, and pre-treatment methods
• Univariate data analysis
• Multivariate data analysis (including unsupervised and supervised approaches)
• The importance of statistical validation of results
• Computational approaches for metabolite identification and translation of results into biological knowledge
• What are the future challenges for data processing and analysis in metabolomics

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-Data-Processing-and-Data-Analysis.aspx or contact [email protected]

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

This 2-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of the application of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in metabolic phenotyping. The course is aimed at students and researchers who are actively working in the field. Experts who have developed the application of QA and QC procedures within the field will lead the course. It will include both theoretical and practical components to,

• Introduce QA and QC in metabolic phenotyping
• The application of QA and QC in untargeted and targeted studies
• Preparation of QCs and data acquisition
• Data processing and reporting standards

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/quality-phenotyping.aspx or contact [email protected].

The French Society of Mass Spectrometry, the French Network of Metabolomics and Fluxomics and the French Society of Electrophoresis and Proteomic Analysis are happy to introduce the first joint conference SMMAP 2017 (Mass Spectrometry, Metabolomics and Proteomic Analysis 2017). The local organising committee will welcome you at the New York Hotel® (Disneyland® Paris, Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy) from Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 October 2017. A satellite metting will be organised on Monday 2 October, for training activities, round tables and a young researchers’s meeting.

This unique event, which will host more than 450 participants, will foster interdisciplinarity, as well as scientific exchanges between communities that traditionally meet separately. It will also be an opportunity to broaden our knowledge, share experiences and create new links, both scientific and personal. The conference will also welcome scientists from the private sector, working on instrumentation, sample preparation and data processing.

SMMAP2017 / mailto:[email protected]

In this course we will provide an introduction to metabolomics, explain why we want to study the metabolome and describe the current challenges in analysing the complement of metabolites in a biological system. We will describe the interdisciplinary approaches adopted in the metabolomics workflow and demonstrate how the combined efforts of scientist’s from different disciplines is advancing this exciting field. By the end of the course the learner will understand how metabolomics can revolutionise our understanding of metabolism.

The course will be targeted towards final year undergraduate students from biology / chemical disciplines and medical students, but will also provide a valuable introduction to the metabolomics field for MSc and PhD students, and scientists at any stage in their careers. Metabolomics is a new tool to the scientific community and has widespread applications across the medical and biological sciences in academia and industry.

This is a FREE online course.

For further information and registration details, please visit
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/metabolomics or contact
[email protected]

Announcing MOVISS: Bio and Data
A problem driven meeting aimed at bioinformaticians, biochemists, statisticians and those who handle and interpret metabolomics data
When: Sept 20th-23th 2017, There is a followup R Summer School is September 25 – 27, 2017 in Vorau.
Where: Vorau, Austria
To register and for more information, go to www.MOVISS.eu, and follow us on Twitter @MOVISSmeet, contact via [email protected]

Not just an ordinary conference, where people present work they have already done, MOVISS is centered on identifying and problem solving current challenges relating to metabolomics data handling by getting everyone in the room discussing it. Want to be at the forefront of solving some of the major bottlenecks in the Metabolomics Revolution – see you at MOVISS!

The PhenoMeNal consortium (through CRS4), along with the Universities of Cagliari, Jena and Cambridge are organizing the “Scientific School on Cloud-based Metabolomics Data Analysis and Collaboration” (http://cloudmet2017.crs4.it/), to be held in CRS4’s research campus in [Pula, Sardinia, Italy](http://s.crs4.it/EL) on September 11th-15th, 2017. The School will offer participants an opportunity to learn about current topics in metabolomics, with a slant on the integration of cloud computing technologies where they can be most beneficial to the effectiveness and efficiency of research and analysis work. The course will include lectures by experts and hands-on sessions aimed at deepening theoretical and practical knowledge, all while learning how to leverage cloud computing resources. For more details and registration please visit the School web site http://cloudmet2017.crs4.it/.

This 1-day course in partnership with the Phenome Centre Birmingham will provide clinicians with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, highlighting the benefits of the technique to the medical field. The course will provide an,

• Introduction to experimental design and sample collection
• An overview of both the analytical and computational methods applied in the field
• Case studies and panel discussions with the experts

For further information and registrations details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics.aspx or contact [email protected].

This 3-day course will introduce you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is aimed at students and researchers with minimal previous experience of applying LC-MS in metabolomics. The course will be led by experts in the field and include lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide,

• An introduction to metabolomics and using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your studies
• Polar and non-polar sample preparation for profiling and targeted studies
• Data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies
• Data processing and data analysis
• Introduction to metabolite identification

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/q-exactive.aspx or contact [email protected].

This 3-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of dealing with complex biological samples for LC-MS analysis. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics in their research. The course will be led by experts in the field and include,

• An overview of quenching and extraction strategies for different biological samples
• Hands-on sample preparation using different sample types
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed phase LC-MS data acquisition
• Solid phase extraction clean up methods
• An overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• An opportunity to ask questions and seek advice to prepare samples in your own research.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/sample-analysis.aspx or contact [email protected].

Overview: Processing, statistical analysis, and annotation of metabolomics data is a complex task for experimenters since it involves many steps and requires a good knowledge of both the methodology and software tools. The Workflow4metabolomics.org (W4M) online infrastructure provides a user-friendly and high-performance environment with advanced computational modules for building, running, and sharing complete workflows for LC-MS, GC-MS, and NMR analysis (Giacomoni et al, 2015).

Objectives: During this one-week course, participants will learn how to use the W4M infrastructure to analyze their own dataset. Morning sessions will be dedicated to methodology and tools. Afternoon sessions will be devoted to tutoring. Each participant will be paired with a tutor who will help him/her prepare the data and assist him/her during each analysis step.

Target audience: LC-MS, GC-MS and NMR experimenters (e.g. biologists, chemists).

Registrations: http://workflow4metabolomics.org

Contact: [email protected]

Venue: The Ohio State University
The Ohio Union
1739 N. High St, Columbus, OH 43210

The purpose of this two-day event is to disseminate state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of food and nutritional metabolomics and foster networking and collaboration among colleagues and industry partners. For more information please visit: https://discovery.osu.edu/focus-areas/foods-for-health/events/conference-2017.html

This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry family. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics.

The course will be led by experts in the field and include significant hands-on experience using both the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap instruments to perform,

• Data dependent and data independent acquisition using the Q Exactive
• MS/MS and MSn data acquisition for sample fractions using the LTQ-Orbitrap
• Spectral mass spectral libraries and tools for mass spectral interpretation

The course will finish with a session on the tips and tricks from the experts and an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx or contact [email protected].

Details are as follows:
http://symposium.psu.edu

The 2017 Penn State Summer Symposium in Molecular Biology is titled Metabolism and Metabolomics: Disease Models and Model Organisms. The symposium will assemble prominent researchers interested in metabolism and leading investigators using and developing technology for analysis of metabolomes. Esteemed investigators will communicate the latest findings in diverse areas of metabolic biology including energetics, obesity, aging, effects of metabolic perturbations in cancer and other disease, as well as neural control of metabolism. Investigators renowned for their contributions to technology development for analysis of metabolomes and metabolic flux will also present. The 2017 Symposium will bring together top names in the field, and will thereby provide access to some outstanding lectures. The Symposium is open to members of the academic, biomedical, and pharmaceutical communities.

This week long course aims to cover how to perform a metabolic profiling experiment, from start to finish. It covers study design, sample preparation, the use of mass spectrometry for global profiling and targeted methodologies and data analysis.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. Topics covered include:

• Targeted and untargeted sample preparation
• Targeted and untargeted data analysis
• Statistics and OPLS

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-lc-ms-for-metabolic-profiling

or contact Dr Liz Want ([email protected]) for further information.

This four-week online course will explore the tools and approaches that are used to process and analyse metabolomics data, we will investigate the challenges that are typically encountered in the analysis of metabolomics data and provide solutions to overcome these problems. The course will be delivered using a combination of short videos, articles, discussions, and online workshops with step-by-step instructions and test data sets. We will provide quizzes, polls and peer review exercises each week, so that you can review your learning throughout the course. The material will be delivered over a four week period, with an estimated learning time of four hours per week. If you do not have time to complete the course during the 4-week period you will retain access to the course material to revisit, as you are able.

Registration fee: Early-bird £200, Standard £220

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Metabolomics-Data-Processing-and-Data-Analysis.aspx or contact [email protected].

This course will provide an overview of key issues that affect metabolomics studies, handling data and procedures for the analysis of metabolomics data using bioinformatics tools. It will be delivered using a mixture of lectures, computer-based practical sessions and interactive discussions. The course will provide a platform for discussion of the key questions and challenges in the field of metabolomics, from study design to metabolite identification.

We will have lively and interactive discussion throughout the course in addition to the hands-on data analysis and processing. We encourage you to bring your data, problems you might have with a particular data set or study for group discussion and activities. You will be asked to present your work and participate in the discussions from day one.

Who is this course aimed at: This course is aimed at PhD students, post-docs and researchers with at least two year’s of experience in the field of metabolomics who are seeking to improve their skills in metabolomics data analysis (This is not an introductory course).

Topics covered:

• Metabolomics study design, workflows and sources of experimental error, difference between target and un-target approaches. Advantage and disadvantages of various analytical technologies used in metabolomics.
• Metabolomics data processing tools: hands on open source R based programs, XCMS, MetFrag, MetFusion, rNMR, BATMAN
• Metabolomics data analysis: Using R Bioconductor, understanding usage of univariate and multivariate data analysis, hanging missing value , data imputation to advance concepts such as fusion and data clustering
• Metabolomics downstream analyses: KEGG, BioCyc, MetExplore and Cytoscape for metabolic pathway and network analysis with visualisation of differential expression, understanding metabolomics flux analysis.
• Metabolomics standards, databases and resource for metabolomics: data dissemination and deposition in EMBL-EBI MetaboLights repository, collection and ever growing metabolomics online resource, data standards, knowing PSI and MSI initiatives

For further information and registration details, please visit: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2017/embo-practical-course-metabolomics-bioinformatics-life-scientists-3 or contact Dr Reza Salek ([email protected])

Please make sure you have submitted a full application, as an incomplete application would not be eligible,deadline is 11 November 2016

. We have only 30 places available, given based on application criteria and very competitive.

The Phenome 2017 conference is an important step in the development of a path toward training and collaboration among disciplines that are poised to address critical social issues and to generate greater understanding about plants and climate change. This first conference will bring together a multidisciplinary community comprising plant biologists, ecologists, engineers, agronomists, and computer scientists.

Please share this flyer with your members of your department and encourage your students to register to attend the meeting. Highly relevant abstracts submitted by November 1 may be considered to give a talk during one of the sessions.

Please visit www.phenome2017.org to register and learn more about the meeting.

This 2-day NERC funded Advanced Training Short Course will provide a theoretical overview and hands-on training in the processing and analysis of metabolomics data. You will study specific case studies from the environmental sciences, learning the step-by-step processes that are applied in the data analysis pipeline. The course will be delivered using a combination of lectures and computer workshops, and time will be dedicated to answering questions and discussing your projects.
Topics include:

• An overview of the data processing pipeline
• Principal component analysis, discriminant analysis and model validation
• Univariate statistical analysis
• Common misunderstandings in chemometrics and model interpretation
• Computational metabolite annotation and identification

Registration fee: £570 for non-NERC funded scientists, bursaries available for NERC-funded scientists, visit our website for further information and registration details http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/Computational-Environmental-Metabolomics.aspx or contact [email protected]

This week long course aims to cover how to perform a metabolic profiling experiment, from start to finish. It will cover study design, sample preparation, NMR spectrometer set up for global profiling, 2-dimensional NMR experiments and spectral data analysis.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. Topics covered include:

• NMR-based metabonomics and NMR theory
• Experimental design, Topspin software and plotting, and pulse sequences
• Statistics and data pre-processing
• Metabolite ID and 2D NMR

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-nmr-spectroscopy-for-metabolic-profiling

or contact Rebecca Smith ([email protected]) for further information.

This 2-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of the application of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in metabolic phenotyping. The course is aimed at students and researchers who are actively working in the field. Experts who have developed the application of QA and QC procedures within the field will lead the course. It will include both theoretical and practical components to,

• Introduce QA and QC in metabolic phenotyping
• The application of QA and QC in untargeted and targeted studies
• Preparation of QCs and data acquisition
• Data processing and reporting standards

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/quality-phenotyping.aspx or contact [email protected].

This 3-day course will introduce you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is aimed at students and researchers with minimal previous experience of applying LC-MS in metabolomics. The course will be led by experts in the field and include lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide,

• An introduction to metabolomics and using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your studies
• Polar and non-polar sample preparation for profiling and targeted studies
• Data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies
• Data processing and data analysis
• Introduction to metabolite identification

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/q-exactive.aspx or contact [email protected].

This 3.5-day course aims to provide an overview of data analysis for metabolic phenotyping studies, using data acquired from both liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. Topics covered include:

• Pre-processing of data acquired via LC-MS and NMR.
• Basic chemometrics and unsupervised analysis including PCA.
• Supervised analysis and advanced chemometrics – OPLS and O2PLS
• Pathway analysis and statistical spectroscopy.

The course does not assume any experience of coding or statistical analysis. Please visit our website at http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-data-analysis-for-metabolic-profiling or contact Dr Tim Ebbels ([email protected]) for further information.

This 2-day course will provide a hands-on approach to teach the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification. We will apply these tools on the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap mass spectrometry family. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics.

The course will be led by experts in the field and include significant hands-on experience using both the Q Exactive and LTQ Orbitrap instruments to perform,

• Data dependent acquisition
• Data independent acquisition
• MS/MS and MSn data acquisition.

The course will finish with a session on the tips and tricks from the experts and an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx or contact [email protected].

This week long course aims to cover how to perform a metabolic profiling experiment, from start to finish. It covers study design, sample preparation, the use of mass spectrometry for global profiling and targeted methodologies and data analysis.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications. Topics covered include:

Targeted and untargeted sample preparationTargeted and untargeted data analysisStatistics and OPLS

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-lc-ms-for-metabolic-profiling or contact Dr Liz Want ([email protected]) for further information.

This 3-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of dealing with complex biological samples for LC-MS analysis. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics in their research. The course will be led by experts in the field and include,

• An overview of quenching and extraction strategies for different biological samples
• Hands-on sample preparation using different sample types
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed phase LC-MS data acquisition
• Solid phase extraction clean up methods
• An overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• An opportunity to ask questions and seek advice to prepare samples in your own research.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/sample-analysis.aspx or contact [email protected].

In this symposium the focus will be on the interaction of the Metabolome and Microbiome and its connection to different disease states and how these approaches could be applied to kidney diseases.
Metabolomics, the comprehensive study of small molecules, provides remarkable insights into the underlying biochemistry of disease pathways for basic science and clinical applications.

San Diego has been a bed of much of this fundamental knowledge and houses several institutions, which have led the way to many breakthroughs in our understanding of metabolites. We are very pleased to be able to host the meeting in San Diego and welcome many of the leading scientists and investigators throughout the world for this exciting meeting. The Late-Breaking Abstract Submission Deadline is July 10, 2016. See more here: www.isnforefronts.org/sandiego

About ISN Forefronts Symposia:
They focus on emerging and groundbreaking research. They gather nephrologists and active investigators from surrounding medical areas to explore new scientific domains and review the latest developments in kidney disease.

This 1-day course in partnership with the Phenome Centre Birmingham will provide clinicians with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline, highlighting the benefits of the technique to the medical field. The course will provide an,

• Introduction to experimental design and sample collection
• An overview of both the analytical and computational methods applied in the field
• Case studies and panel discussions with the experts

For further information and registrations details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics.aspx or contact [email protected].

This 3.5-day course aims to provide an overview of data analysis for metabolic phenotyping studies, using data acquired from both liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.

• Pre-processing of data acquired via LC-MS and NMR.
• Basic chemometrics and unsupervised analysis including PCA.
• Supervised analysis and advanced chemometrics – OPLS and O2PLS
• Pathway analysis and statistical spectroscopy.

The course does not assume any experience of coding or statistical analysis. Please visit our website at

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-data-analysis-for-metabolic-profiling

or contact Dr Tim Ebbels ([email protected]) for further information.

This 3.5-day course aims to provide an overview of metabolic phenotyping including the use of NMR spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry, with insights from the experts at Imperial College and collaborators from all over the world.

Lectures will cover data acquisition and analysis with some advanced statistical workshops for more hands-on participation for attendees. There will also be examples of real life applications from the research at Imperial College and their collaborators.

Objectives include:

• To understand collaborators from metabolic profiling field
• To have an overview of metabolic profiling methods and applications
• To enrich training experience and prepare for further career development
• To network with researchers from different fields
• To meet experts from metabolic profiling field

The course is suitable for newcomers to the field of metabolic phenotyping. Please visit our website at

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/metabolic-phenotyping-in-disease-diagnosis-and-personalised-health-care

or contact Dr Liz Want ([email protected]) for further information.

Universitat de Barcelona, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS and PhenoMeNal consortium announcing the 1st Workshop on Metabolic Phenotyping in Clinical Practice on Friday 27th May 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. The purpose of this workshop is to define the state-of-the-art of Metabolic Phenotyping in the clinics. We plan to discuss with experts in the fields of biomedicine, government, ethics, and information technology how we can move forward with technically sound ethical and law-abiding approaches to distribution and analysis of patient data. A full day workshop with lightning talks and discussions led by experts in the field: Heidi Howard, Hutan Ashrafian, Per-Johan Jakobsson, Matej Oresic, Ulrich Guenther, Thomas Hengst, Dipak Kalra, and Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, we explore the clinical metabolomics application scenarios, privacy and ethics in research data and the future prospects of metabolomics in clinical practice.

This workshop is part of the H2020 PhenoMeNal project, whose goal is building e-infrastructures for metabolomics at a European and world-wide level for more information visit: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/press-releases/phenomenal-clinical-metabolomics and http://phenomenal-h2020.eu/home/.

Attendance is free but it is necessary to register at: www.clinicalworkshopbcn2016.wordpress.com

– CSC-2016 is FREE of charge for students at any level.

– PhD students can obtain a maximum of 12 ECTS.

– We will count with highly recognized chemometricians as lecturers/teachers: Frans van den Berg, Riccardo Leardi, Thomas Skov, Tormod Næs, Rasmus Bro, Age Smilde, Åsmund Rinnan, Evrim Acar, Federico Marini and Jose M. Amigo.

– Bonus track: There is the possibility to attend the “Introduction to Matlab for Multivariate Data Analysis” PhD course (flyersee for more information).

The maximum number of participants will be 20 participants per seminar. Therefore, it’s strongly recommend to contact Jose Amigo ([email protected]) as soon as possible for keeping your seat!

How to enroll in the CSC-2016? Please, send an e-mail to Jose Amigo ([email protected]) with the information requested in this flyer.

This 3-day course will provide a comprehensive overview of dealing with complex biological samples for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics in their research and want to learn more about robust sample preparation and data acquisition. The course will be led by experts in the field and will include:

• An overview of sampling, quenching and extraction strategies for different biological samples
• Hands-on sample preparation using different sample types
• Hands-on HILIC and reversed phase LC-MS data acquisition
• Solid phase extraction and liquid-liquid extraction
• An overview of data analysis and metabolite identification
• An opportunity to ask questions and seek advice to prepare samples in your own research.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/sample-analysis.aspx or contact Dr Cate Winder ([email protected]).

http://bioanalysis.web.auth.gr/metabolomics

This is the fourth in a series of successful meetings that started in Thessaloniki in 2008 and then moved to Athens and Patras.

We expect again high level presentations and an open, friendly atmosphere. We plan tutorial sessions on protocols, tips and tricks, live demonstration of software, and training session for small number of young participants with hands on PC.

The first day is devoted to fundamentals/methods/protocols, the second day to health/life sciences and the last day to food/plant/nutrition.

Topics:

-Analytical Technologies for Metabolite Profiling: LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR

-Informatics, Chemometrics, Validation

-Biomarker Discovery: Disease, Drug Efficacy, Embryo Growth, Ageing, Physical Exercise

-Food authenticity/geographical origin, Nutrition

-Investigation of gut microbiota host-guest symbiosis

Info: [email protected]

Looking forward to seeing you in the historic port city of Thessaloniki.

This 3-day hands-on course will introduce you to using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your metabolomics investigations. The course is aimed at students and researchers with minimal previous experience of applying liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in metabolomics. The course will be led by experts in the field and include lectures, laboratory sessions and computer workshops to provide:

• An introduction to metabolomics, LC-MS and using the Q Exactive mass spectrometer in your studies
• Sample preparation for analysis of polar and lipid metabolites in metabolic profiling and targeted studies
• Instrument methods and data acquisition for profiling and targeted studies
• Data processing and data analysis
• Introduction to metabolite identification

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/q-exactive.aspx or contact Dr Cate Winder ([email protected]).

4th Workshop on Holistic Analytical Methods for Systems Biology Studies

The inaugural ANZMET conference is an exciting, peer-driven event! It is designed to foster an all-inclusive, engaging and rich interpersonal process through a blend of traditional presentations, rapid-fire postgraduate presentations, poster sessions, a roundtable discussion, and topical peer sessions.

Its aim is to promote collaboration, innovation, and community-building in metabolomics across private and government sectors by open engagement of all researchers and institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand. The conference is actively supported by the Australia & New Zealand Metabolomics Network (ANZMN), in conjunction with the Metabolomics Society and Metabolomics Australia. Several keynote speakers will present at the conference, including Professor David Wishart amongst others.

• Link for preliminary program: http://anzmet.org/program
• Link for registration: http://anzmet.org/registration
  • Note: Early bird registration has been extended until January 31, 2016.

For further details, visit http://www.anzmet.org

This week long course aims to cover how to perform a metabolic profiling experiment, from start to finish. It will cover study design, sample preparation, the use of mass spectrometry for global profiling and targeted methodologies and data analysis.

The course aims to:

• To establish a LC-MS-based metabolic phenotyping laboratory
• To be able to competently operate LC-MS to acquire metabolic profiles of biological samples through hands-on experience
• To gain experience of untargeted and targeted LC-MS methodology, and development of these
• To design and conduct a metabolic profiling project using LC-MS
• Basic processing of LC-MS data, with some univariate and multivariate statistics.

For more information, please visit our website at:

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-lc-ms-for-metabolic-profiling

or contact the course administrator Rebecca Smith at [email protected] for further information.

This 3.5-day course aims to provide an overview of data analysis for metabolic phenotyping studies, using data acquired from both liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.

• Pre-processing of data acquired via LC-MS and NMR.
• Basic chemometrics and unsupervised analysis including PCA.
• Supervised analysis and advanced chemometrics – OPLS and O2PLS
• Pathway analysis and statistical spectroscopy.

The course does not assume any experience of coding or statistical analysis. Please visit our website at

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-international-phenome-training-centre/courses/hands-on-data-analysis-for-metabolic-profiling

or contact Dr Tim Ebbels ([email protected]) for further information.

This 2-day course will provide a comprehensive theoretical overview of the application of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) in metabolic phenotyping and hands-on training in the analytical laboratory and bioinformatics laboratory. The course is aimed at students and researchers who are actively working in the field and want to learn how to apply the important processes of quality assurance and quality control in their research. Experts who have developed the application of QA and QC procedures within the metabolomics field will lead the course. It will include both theoretical and practical components focused on:

• Theoretical aspects of QA and QC in metabolic phenotyping
• The application of QA and QC in untargeted and targeted studies
• Preparation of QC samples and appropriate data acquisition
• Data processing and QA/QC reporting

The course will finish with a question and answer session with a panel of experts.

For further information and registration details, please visithttp://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/quality-phenotyping.aspx or contact Dr Cate Winder ([email protected]).

See map: Google Maps

Link: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2016/embo-practical-course-metabolomics-bioinformatics-life-scientists-2

Date: A Six-day course: starting Sunday, February 14 2016 to Friday, February 19, 2016

Who is this course aimed at: This course is aimed at PhD students, post-docs and researchers with at least two or three year’s experience in the field of metabolomics who are seeking to improve their skills in metabolomics data analysis.

Topics covered:

• Metabolomics study design, workflows and sources of experimental error, difference between target and un-target approaches.
• Metabolomics data processing tools: hands on open source R based programs, XCMS, MetFrag, MetFusion, Metab, rNMR/BATMAN for LC-MS and GC-MS data.
• Metabolomics data analysis: Using R Bioconductor, understanding usage of univariate and multivariate data analysis, data fusion concepts and data clustering
• Metabolomics downstream analyses: KEGG, BioCyc, MetExplore and Cytoscape for metabolic pathway and network analysis with visualisation of differential expression, understanding metabolomics flux analysis.
• Metabolomics standards and databases: data dissemination and deposition in EMBL- EBI MetaboLights repository, review of collection and ever growing metabolomics online tools, resource and databases, COSMOS data standards, MSI (Metabolomics Standards Initiative)

We will have lively and interactive discussion throughout the course in addition to the hands-on data analysis and processing. We encourage you to bring problems you might have with a particular data set (YES, BRING YOUR DATA) and participate in group discussion. You might be asked to present your work and will participate in the discussions from day one.

For more details please have a look at the link below, or contact me Reza Salek.

https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/2016/embo-practical-course-metabolomics-bioinformatics-life-scientists-2

Please make sure you have submitted a full application, as an incomplete application would not be eligible, deadline is 13 November 2015.

This 2-day course will provide a comprehensive theoretical and hands-on approach to teach the latest techniques and tools available to perform metabolite identification applying mass spectrometry in non-targeted metabolomics studies. The course is targeted towards students and researchers who are actively applying metabolomics and want to fully understand the mass spectrometry tools and software applied for metabolite identification.

The course will be taught by experts in the fields of metabolomics and chemical analysis and will include significant hands-on experience using both the Q Exactive and LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometers and related software/databases/libraries. The course will focus on:

• Conversion of raw data to molecular formula and associated difficulties
• Data Dependent Acquisition (DDA) and Data Independent Acquisition (DIA)
• MS/MS and MSn data acquisition to construct spectral trees
• Current software, databases and libraries applied in metabolite identification

The course will finish with a session on the tips and tricks from the experts and an opportunity to ask questions.

For further information and registration details, please visit http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/metabolite-identification.aspx or contact Dr Cate Winder ([email protected]).

SELECTBIO are delighted to announce that we are once again partnering with the Metabolic Profiling Forum (MPF) to host the Metabomeeting 2015. The MPF will focus on the conference program while SELECTBIO will take care of logistics, promotion and exhibition/sponsorship activities. We are expecting up to 270 attendees offering a unique opportunity to network with key researchers who are making innovative discoveries within this field.   We are also delighted to announce that this year the registration price includes a wonderful dinner reception which will be held on Tuesday 8th December in the Magnificent Kings College Dining Hall.

Agenda Topics

• Advancing Biological Knowledge from Single Cells to Whole Organisms
• Applying Metabolomics to Nutritional Support and Food Analysis
• Clinical Development in Metabolomics
• Enhancing Analytical Approaches in Metabolomics
• Modelling and Data Analysis
• New Developments in Plant Metabolomics
• Next Generation Metabolomics – Where will the Revolution will Happen Next
• Structure and Reporting of Metabolomics: Data to Knowledge

For further details, visit http://selectbiosciences.com/conferences/index.aspx?conf=Metabo2015.

This 3.5-day course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic phenotyping studies, using data acquired from both mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.

It combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of the theory and practical applications.

• Pre-processing of data acquired via LC-MS and NMR.
• Basic chemometrics and unsupervised analysis including PCA.
• Supervised analysis and advanced chemometrics – OPLS and O2PLS
• Pathway analysis and statistical spectroscopy.

Online booking: https://fomcoursebookings.ic.ac.uk/data_metabolic_profiling_11_2015.html

Please visit our website at http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/ or contact Dr Tim Ebbels ([email protected]) for further information.

This 4-day metabolic phenotyping short course is designed to provide a fundamental education platform to students, junior researchers and clinicians in the field of metabolic profiling. The course includes an introduction to metabolic phenotyping by leading experts in the field, and explains the basic analytical techniques commonly used in this area including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Key steps involved in metabolic profiling will be discussed in the following sessions including study design, quality control strategies, data analysis and interpretation, and metabolite identification. Laboratory tour and hands-on data analysis will be included to promote the learning effectiveness and experience. The course will be finished with tips, tricks and traps in metabolic profiling and up-to-date applications of metabolic phenotyping in various research areas, for example, clinical application, cancer, metabolic diseases and infectious diseases. For more course info, please visit our website http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/

For course booking, please visit http://fomcoursebookings.ic.ac.uk/metabolic-phenotyping-10-2015.html

For enquiries, please contact Dr. Jia Li on +44 (0)20 75943230 email: [email protected]

The meeting is focused on the application of metabolomics workflows for omics research.
This meeting is relevant for scientists either already using metabolomics techniques or interested in the possibilities of metabolomics solutions for profiling and characterisation of metabolites and metabolomes in drug design and discovery, health and disease, nutrition, plant biology and multi-omics systems biology. Day two of this meeting is interactive and includes workshops and laboratory based activities designed to be informative on the latest developments in metabolomics workflows.

To register, visit the website at http://www.waters.com/metabolomics2015

The Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences – DISTAL, the Cesena Campus of the University of Bologna & the Centre for Dissemination of the Results in Agricultural and Food Researches – Ce.D.R.A. have the pleasure to invite you at the fourth edition of the International Conference “Foodomics: food to life” that will be organized in Cesena (Italy), on October 8-9, 2015. The Conference will consist of invited lectures organized in three sections, each one focusing on specific foods: POLYPHENOLS-RICH FOODS, PROTEINS-RICH FOODS, & GRAINS, covering as much as possible, in a two-days frame, the comprehensive Omic Sciences related to food and to its interactions with human health (further information on www.foodomics.eu)

The 2015 BMSS Annual Meeting will take place at the vibrant city centre campus of the University of Birmingham, from Tuesday September 15th to Thursday September 17th. This year’s meeting will have a strong emphasis on connections, featuring sessions from the individual Special Interest Groups (SIG’s), joint sessions with BSPR and the Metabolomics Society in addition to more general main sessions, designed to attract a wide audience and range of submitted abstracts. The Maccoll Lecture (at the conference start, on the evening of the 15th) will be delivered by Professor Ron Heeren, the Wednesday plenary Professor Brian Chait, closing with the Professor Ian Wright, principal investigator in the Rosetta space mission. Dr Zoltan Takats will speak in the joint session with the Metabolomics Society. There will be a full poster session, featuring the Barber/Bordoli prize awards. The meeting will also feature a full exhibition with involvement of over 30 industry partners

Online abstract submission for both oral and poster presentation is now available. Please note the closing date for submitting abstracts is Friday 22nd May 2015.

It is with a pleasure that we invite you to join us at the 13th OESO World Conference that will take place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on August 31 – September 3, 2015. It will offer a multi-disciplinary approach on “Emerging issues in health and disease”, with experiment and theory translated through technology development to clinics. The program of the 13th OESO World Conference will attempt to enlighten diverse aspects of the esophagiome concept, placing particular attention on the specific domains of physiology, pathophysiology, and diseases of the esophagus. The congress website is: http://www.oeso.org/monaco_conference2015/index.html

Aimed at bioinformaticians and chemometricians, this event is designed around problem-driven discussions which aim to identify and address the leading challenges currently facing the field of omics-centred chemometrics.

The opening lecture will be delivered by Miloš V. Novotný, Director of the Institute for Pheremone Research, Indiana University. Other speakers include Tim Stratton, Reza Salek, Ron Wevers, David Broadhurst and Lennart Eriksson.

Abstract submission for both oral and poster presentation is now open, full details of which can be seen here. Please note the closing date for submitting abstracts is Monday 1st June 2015 for oral presentations and Wednesday 1st July 2015 for posters.

To register, visit the website at http://www.moviss.org/

ANZSMS was formed in 1970 and has as its mission to bring together the broad spectrum of scientists who work in the field of mass spectrometry and its allied disciplines. In keeping with this mission, ANZSMS25 will promote the science of mass spectrometry by facilitating interaction with local, regional and international leaders from all areas of science in which mass spectrometry plays a central role. We are delighted to be holding ANZSMS25 as a joint meeting with our sister societies in Asia and Oceania. This will be the 6th time the AOMSC has been held and the first in the southern hemisphere and provides a unique opportunity to engage with the world-class science and scientists from our own region. We hope you will join us in Brisbane for this exciting showcase of mass spectrometric research.”

The 2015 conference will include a Metabolomics session sponsored by the Metabolomics Society, featuring Prof Lloyd Sumner. Travel awards are available for Early Career member of the Metabolomics Society and the Australia New Zealand Metabolomics Network (https://sites.google.com/site/anzmn2/travel-awards).

http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/resources/D84E5488-E7A5-475D-8EDC-32FB0B0522A9/met_pheno_nov_2015june_preliminary.pdf

This 4-day metabolic phenotyping short course is designed to provide a fundamental education platform to students, junior researchers and clinicians in the field of metabolic profiling. The course will begin with an introduction to metabolic phenotyping by a leading expert (Prof. Jeremy K Nicholson) in the field, and will explain the basic analytical techniques commonly used in this area including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Key steps involved in metabolic profiling will be discussed in the following sessions including study design, quality control strategies, data analysis and interpretation, and metabolite identification. Laboratory tour and hands-on data analysis will be included to promote the learning effectiveness and experience. The course will be finished with tips, tricks and traps in metabolic profiling and up-to-date applications of metabolic phenotyping in various research areas, for example, clinical application, cancer, metabolic diseases and infectious diseases.

http://nas-sites.org/emergingscience/meetings/metabolomics-and-the-exposome

Join the committee on Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions and researchers, professionals, and policy experts is holding a free workshop that will explore the use of metabolomics to advance understanding of environmental impacts on human health. Metabolomics as a Tool for Characterizing the Exposome will feature presentations and panel discussions on:

• The potential for using metabolomics to characterize exposure;
• Technical issues associated with metabolomics, such as data collection and making data useable with databases;
• The policy implications of a more thorough understanding of background exposure.

Please register to attend via webcast or in person at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washington, DC. For more information and the workshop agenda, please visit the workshop website:
http://nas-sites.org/emergingscience/meetings/metabolomics-and-the-exposome

Innovations in Omics Research and Translational Medicine Agenda

Waters invites you to a free Innovations in Omics Research and Translational Medicine meeting on May 6-7th in Eschborn, Germany focused on mass spectrometry based solutions for omics research and translational medicine.
Register: http://www.waters.com/omics2015

During this event you will learn about :

• State of the art proteomic and metabolomic workflows
• Strategies for robust quantitative analysis in large sample sets
• Customised research kits for translational medicine
• Ambient ionisation mass spectrometry for direct analysis and imaging applications in food and environmental, and health sciences
• Emerging applications and technology with leaders in the field

Join us and gain the benefits from live demonstrations of Omics and Translational Medicine technology, and interesting conversations with experienced application scientists.

Plant Metabolism will be a 4 day-session at the ASBMB meeting: http://www.asbmb.org/meeting2015/ http://www.asbmb.org/meetings/annualmeeting2015/sessions/themes/plant/

The abstract submission site is open and accepting abstracts at http://www.asbmb.org/meetings/annualmeeting2015/abstracts/instructions/

Short talks will be chosen from the submitted abstracts. Volunteered abstract submission deadline is THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2014 (a strict deadline for short talk programming consideration). Plant Metabolism abstracts should be submitted using ASBMB Abstract Topic Categories # 2350 – 2360.

Click herefor more info.

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/course/introduction-integrative-omics

With the increase in the volume of data across the whole spectrum of biology, more researchers are looking to integrate data of different types to inform hypotheses and biological questions. This may be public domain data which researchers themselves have not generated, but can provide added value to datasets derived through their own work. This course will provide participants with an overview of working with a number of ‘omics’ data types in a more integrated manner; considering both its potential and caveats. The course will focus on the use of public data resources and open access tools for enabling integrated working, with an emphasis on data visualisation.

http://www.panicnmr.com

You are invited to attend Practical Applications of NMR in Industry Conference (PANIC), February 9 – 12, 2015 in La Jolla, CA. Students are encouraged to apply for travel awards, and the Metabolomics Society has sponsored one award (free registration) that is exclusively available to Early-Career Members of the Metabolomics Society!

The PANIC meeting is intended to address topics that occur daily in industrial, government, and academic research laboratories whose primary task entails the application of NMR to a diverse set of analytical problems. Topics include quantitation, molecular structure characterization, trace component and mixture analysis, and product support for a variety of materials that include small molecules, polymers, heterogeneous mixtures, natural products, biosimilars, polysaccharides, and proteins. The conference provides in-depth discussions of the “nuts and bolts” of basic NMR experiments that accent the underlying best-practices developed to address these everyday problems. It also explores the regulatory aspects of the applications of these experiments.

Greater insights will be provided into the less frequently explored techniques used in NMR such as quantitation, chemometrics, automation, relaxometry, and at/on line instrumentation. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss applications of NMR to polymers, petroleum, food, agriculture, and nutritional supplements that are rarely discussed at other NMR meetings. Ample opportunity will be given to Network with people who are experts in inventing NMR experiments to solve real world problems in a timely and efficient manner that is demanded by working in the venue of product delivery.

http://ihmri.uow.edu.au/research-program/australianlipidsmeeting/index.html

The 2nd Australian Lipid Meeting will be held at the University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus from 3-5 December, 2014.

While the first meeting focused on lipidomics, we have expanded the scope for the second meeting to cover all aspects of lipid research. Planned topics include: Imaging, Botany, Nutrition, Health and Disease, Technical Developments and Methodology.

This 4 day course provides a comprehensive overview of data analysis for metabolic profiling studies, using data acquired from both liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. The course is taught by expert practitioners who have developed many of the approaches used, and takes place at one of the world’s leading research centres for metabolic profiling. Participants will come away with an understanding of data analysis tools and approaches which they will be able to implement in their own laboratories.
The course combines lectures and tutorial sessions to ensure a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical applications. Throughout there will be an emphasis on understanding concepts rather than detailed mathematical derivations. No prior training in metabolic profiling or chemometrics is required.

Day 1: Introductory lectures and tutorials regarding the pre-processing of data acquired via MS and NMR.
Day 2: Lectures and tutorials to introduce basic chemometrics tools such as PCA and a look ahead to new technologies.
Day 3: Lectures and tutorials regarding the supervised and advanced chemometrics techniques e.g. PLS, OPLS and O2PLS, including tips and tricks for practical application.
Day 4: Using pathway based tools to interpret results and application of statistical tools to metabolite identification, e.g. STOCSY.

Online booking: http://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/handsondata_11_2014.html

Please visit our website at http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/, contact Dr Tim Ebbels ([email protected]) or Dr Elizabeth Want on 0207 594 3023 ([email protected]) for further information.

Merlion Metabolomics Workshop Singapore 2014
Developing Metabolomics Platform Technologies through Singapore-French Research Alliance

About the Workshop

This workshop leverages on the strong infrastructure towards applying metabolomics approaches in environment, food science and technology, and human health at National University of Singapore (NUS) (acting through NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and the expertise in the area of nutrition, toxicology at the National Research Institute of Agronomy (acting through MetaboHUB), to encourage technical exchanges and catalyze the development of research collaboration in the field of metabolomics between Singapore and France. This workshop also provides opportunities for the knowledge and technologies developed in Europe to be applied in the Asian context, especially in Southeast Asia.

This 3-day workshop features three important areas of metabolomics research, namely, Environment, Food Science and Technology, and Human Health. Technology aspects will be embedded within these areas. Eight tracks, including two sessions for young researchers, will facilitate knowledge sharing and discussions over 2.5 days during the workshop. A half-day technical site visit to research and/or manufacturing facilities will be arranged for a selected group of participants. Prominent scientists in metabolomics from Asia-Pacific region will also be invited to the workshop.

We invite you to join us at this workshop!
More information on abstract submission and registration are available on the website: MERLION METABOLOMICS WORKSHOP SINGAPORE 2014

For further information, please e-mail us at: [email protected]

This workshop is jointly organized by:
NUS Environmental Research Institute of Singapore (NERI)
French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA)
MetaboHUB
Institut Français Singapore (IFS)

Course website: http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/datesandregistration/metabolic_phenotyping/

Course description:
This 4-day metabolic phenotyping short course is designed to provide a fundamental education platform to students, junior researchers and clinicians in the field of metabolic profiling. The course will begin with an introduction to metabolic phenotyping by a leading expert (Prof. Jeremy K Nicholson) in the field, and will explain the basic analytical techniques commonly used in this area including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Key steps involved in metabolic profiling will be discussed in the following sessions including study design, quality control strategies, data analysis and interpretation, and metabolite identification. Laboratory tour and hands-on data analysis will be included to promote the learning effectiveness and experience. The course will be finished with tips, tricks and traps in metabolic profiling and up-to-date applications of metabolic phenotyping in various research areas, for example, clinical application, cancer, metabolic diseases and infectious diseases.

Contact:
Dr Jia Li, [email protected] ,+44 (0)207 594 3230
Dr Elizabeth Want, [email protected], +44 (0)207 594 3023

http://www.icsn.cnrs-gif.fr/spip.php?rubrique191&lang=en

This is the first in a series of workshops to promote the emergence of a community interested in developing and standardizing methods and reporting guidelines for the characterization of natural products and the annotation and identification of other small molecules including metabolites. Metabolite annotation and identification is central to the study of metabolism in many different organisms and is of prime importance in the discovery of bioactive products. A progressive merger between the disciplines applied in natural products research and metabolomics studies is expected and will profit from a common effort in developing and sharing methods, expertise and reporting guidelines.

http://www.environmentalomics.org/ieos2014

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the second International Environmental ‘Omics Synthesis (iEOS) conference on ‘omics applications, tools and resources focused on the environmental sciences.

The meeting covers genomics, metabolomics and other high-throughput approaches in biology (‘omics). The meeting is targeted both at current and future users of ‘omics, and for developers of bioinformatics and ‘omics technologies.

The conference includes dedicated introductory talks and training sessions on day one, for those who are new to the field, followed by two days of world-class science presentations delivered by several international leaders in environmental ‘omics. These are followed by a full day of advanced computational biology training and a workshop on Adverse Outcome Pathway Risk Assessment. The conference will promote exchange of ideas between all of these groups.

We encourage submission of abstracts to be considered for oral and poster presentation, and in particular encourage submissions from PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Bursaries may be available.

To register – with optional submission of an abstract – see: http://environmentalomics.org/ieos2014-registration/

REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 28th July 2014

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

• Prof Neil Hall, University of Liverpool
• Prof Gerald Ankley, US Environmental Protection Agency

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS:

SESSION I. Archaeological ‘Omics – Learning from the past to inform the future

• Prof Dan Bradley, Trinity College Dublin – Ancient population genomics: do it all or not at all
• Dr Logan Kistler, Pennsylvania State University – Megafauna, climate change, and domestication: Using archaeogenomics and integrated datasets to study crop plant evolution in ancient ecosystems.

SESSION II. Evolutionary Genomics

• Prof Stuart Piertney, University of Aberdeen
• Prof Jon Slate, University of Sheffield

SESSION III. Meta-omic analysis of biome composition and function

• Prof Jeroen Raes, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Dr Xin Zhou, Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) China

SESSION IV. Epigenetic basis of phenotypic plasticity underpinning acclimatisation

• Prof Frank Lyko, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Centre), Heidelberg – Epigenetic regulation and phenotypic plasticity in Marbled Crayfish
• Dr Jana Asselman, Environmental Toxicology Lab (GhEnToxLab), Ghent University – Changes in DNA methylation patterns in response to environmental stress in different genotypes of Daphnia

SESSION V. Systems Ecotoxicology

• Prof Mark Viant, University of Birmingham
• Dr Edward Perkins, US Army Engineer Research & Development Centre

DRAFT PROGRAMME: http://environmentalomics.org/ieos2014-agenda/

SPONSORED in part by the Natural Environment Research Council, UK (NERC); the Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK

This conference is coordinated by the NERC Environmental ‘Omics Synthesis Centre: http://environmentalomics.org

The ICRM 2014 Organizing Committee proudly presents and kindly invites you to the:

International Chemometrics Research Meeting ICRM 2014

that will take place from 14th-18th September 2014 in The Golden Tulip Valmonte Hotel, Berg en Dal near Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

The ICRM conference is held once every three/four years and is organized by the Dutch Chemometrics Society (DCS), a working group of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society. The aim of this conference is to bring together people from a wide range of industry, research and academic backgrounds to share and discuss recent developments in the field of chemometrics. Chemometrics is the discipline concerned with the extraction of information from analytical chemical data. It has numerous successful applications in an extremely wide range of industries, for example in chemical and pharmaceutical research and production. The conference focuses on presentations by prominent speakers from around the globe, who will be invited to share their knowledge both during lectures on a wide range of topics from the field of chemometrics, as well as during the extensive, succeeding discussions. Confirmed keynote lecturers of the conference currently are Alan Gelfand, John H. Kalivas, Olav M. Kvalheim, Iven van Mechelen, Mia Hubert, Dennis R. Helsel and Neil B. Gallagher.

At this ICRM 2014 conference also time has been reserved for contributed lectures. We invite you to submit abstracts for oral contributions, as well as for the two poster sessions. Abstracts can be submitted through the conference website at www.icrm2014.org. Submission deadline is May 1st 2014. Note that only submissions from registered attendees are taken into the review process.

Click on “More Information” below for details of the conference program.

Our website is up and running at www.icrm2014.org. You can reach us by e-mail at [email protected].

You register for this ICRM 2014 conference at www.icrm2014.org/registration/registration.html.

We hope you will all be able to attend and that you will let other people that might be interested know about this conference ICRM 2014!

With warm regards,

International Chemometrics Research Meeting ICRM 2014
Berg en Dal near Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Metabomeeting 2014, 10-12 September, 2014, The Royal Institution, London, UK

SELECTBIO is delighted to announce that we are partnering with the Metabolic Profiling Forum (MPF) to host Metabomeeting 2014. The MPF will focus on the conference program while SELECTBIO will take care of logistics, promotion and exhibition/sponsorship activities. We are expecting up to 300 attendees offering a unique opportunity to network with key researchers who are making innovative discoveries within this field.

The agenda topics for the 2014 meeting will be:

• Applied Metabolomics
  • Drug Discovery and Pharma
  • Human Disease
  • Human Health and Nutrition
  • Microbial, Invertebrate and Environmental Applications
  • Plants
• Data Analysis and Integration with Systems Biology
• Metabolite Identification

Keynote Speakers:

Jeremy Everett
Professor of Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of Greenwich

Robert Gerszten
Principal Investigator, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital

Elaine Holmes
Professor, Imperial College London

Manuel Mayr
Professor, King’s College University of London

Johan Trygg
Professor, Umea University

If you would like to be considered for an oral presentation at this meeting, Submit an abstract for review now!  Oral Presentation Submission Deadline: 31 March 2014

You can also present your research on a poster while attending the meeting. Submit an abstract for consideration now!  Poster Submission Deadline: 27 August 2014

The Metabomeeting 2014 Exhibition

Corporate Sponsor – Thermo Scientific
Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
If you require any information about exhibiting, please contact the Exhibition Team using the information below:

Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44(0)1787 315110

Event website

Register today for Mayo Clinic Metabolomics Workshop Sept. 8-10

Mayo Clinic will host a Metabolomics Symposium from Sept. 8 through Sept. 10, 2014, in Rochester, Minn. The event will feature presentations on the practice and theory of metabolomics applications, latest research in metabolomics, tours and networking opportunities.

The workshop is open to beginner and established researchers, students, and postdoctoral fellows.  Scholarships are available.

Attendees are invited to participate in a poster session and reception on September 9 from 7‑8:30 pm. Awards for excellence will be given to first place ($300), second place ($200) and third place ($100).

Invited speakers are Elaine Holmes, PhD, Imperial College, London, UK; Subramaniam Pennathur, MBBS, Michigan Regional Comprehensive Metabolomics Resource Core;John Markley, PhD, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Claudio Cobelli, PhD, University of Padova, Italy and Shankar Subramaniam, PhD, University of California, San Diego.

Mayo Clinic presenters include K. Sreekumaran Nair, MD, PhD; Michael Jensen, MD; Slobodan Macura, PhD; Adrian Vella, MD; Ian Lanza, PhD; Petras Dzeja, PhD; Surendra Dasari, PhD; Michelle Mielke, PhD; and Mark Frye, MD.

Register here:

https://matrix.secureserverdot.com/metabolomics_2014/registration_new.asp

8am registration, 9am – 6pm workshop @ ECCB 2014

Workshop website: http://www.cadetbioinformatics.org/workshops/eccb14/

Summary

At present there is little contact between metabolomics and proteomics fields at both wet and dry-lab levels, and so key synergies are being lost. A number of packages offer the complete quantification and identification workflow for discovery proteomics and metabolomics but there is little cross-fertilisation between metabolome and proteome informatics groups, despite numerous overlaps and similarities between disciplines. In some ways this is because metabolome and proteome informatics research has originated from different fields (broadly chemometrics and genome bioinformatics, respectively), yet their distinct perspectives have been applied to identical or similar problems.

The integration of quantitative outputs from proteomics and metabolomics for dynamic systems and pathway modelling is reliant on appropriate and accurate statistical handling. Since metabolomics and proteomics data are processed differently, their statistical integration is a significant challenge – there are differing assumptions on biological variation; differing transformations and error distributions from the various processing steps; and subtly different corrections for multiple hypothesis testing. Cross-fertilisation and cross-development of methodology and ideas between disciplines has the prospect of seeding novel and effective new approaches of analysis.

We therefore believe there is a timely opportunity to bring together the informatics communities in metabolomics and proteomics:

• To underpin existing and to drive new cross-disciplinary collaborations in order to facilitate better statistical integration and therefore better downstream modelling and ultimately biological understanding.
• To allow these disciplines to better ‘borrow strength’ from each other, improving quantitative workflows at all levels.
• To impact on researcher mobility due to clearer understanding of the commonality and subtle differences in workflows between disciplines.
• To support development of joint data exchange and reporting standards for optimal integration of omics data.

Target Audience

This workshop will be of interest to all researchers in proteomics or metabolomics, whether at the wet-lab or informatics level. It will also be of relevance to systems modellers and network biologists who integrate proteomics and metabolomics data and who wish to gain a greater understanding of how upstream processing of this data is performed.

The core aim for this workshop is for there to be an equal proportion of talks on proteome and metabolome informatics. In particular, we will prefer talks that already describe some synergy between the two fields. Speakers are advised to ensure metabolomics concepts are accessible to a proteomics audience, and vice versa.

Call for Contributions

The abstract submission form is here.

Abstract submission deadline: July 7th, 2014.

Notification of acceptance: July 21st, 2014.

Submissions for presentation or poster are invited.

Location

FORUM building
Faculté de Médecine
4, rue Kirschleger
Strasbourg

Confirmed Speakers

Theodore Alexandrov, University of Bremen / University of California San Diego / SCiLS
Conrad Bessant, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Rick Dunn, University of Birmingham, UK
Henning Hermjakob, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Simon Hubbard, University of Manchester, UK
Andy Jones, University of Liverpool, UK
Oliver Kohlbacher, University of Tübingen, Germany
Lennart Martens, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Jeffrey Morris, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA
Michael Gerlich (Steffen Neumann Lab), IPB Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany
Christoph Steinbeck, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK

Organising Committee

Dr Andrew Dowsey, CADET, University of Manchester
Dr Simon Rogers, School of Computer Science, University of Glasgow
Prof Rainer Breitling, MIB, University of Manchester
Dr Richard Unwin, CADET, University of Manchester

The University of Kentucky’s Resource Center for Stable Isotope-Resolved Metabolomics presents its inaugural Metabolomics Symposium & Workshop with a one-day Symposium on July 27 followed by a 12-day, hands-on Workshop through August 8. The Workshop is appropriate for graduate students, technicians, post-docs and faculty who wish to integrate stable isotope-enabled studies of metabolism into their experimental design. Participants will gain working knowledge in the application of SIRM to fundamental biochemistry research in the life sciences and bench-to-bedside translational research.

Application deadline for both the one-day symposium and 12-day Workshop is June 19.
Registration deadline for only the one-day Symposium is July 16.

For more information, click here or contact Alicia Colliver at [email protected].

The Metabolomics Society 10th Annual International Conference.

• Programme
• Speakers
• Registration

See http://metabolomics2014.org for more details

Key dates

Abstract Submission Open: January 2014
Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 March 2014
Early Registration Deadline: 31 March 2014
Regular Registration Deadline: 31 May 2014
Late Registration: From 1 June 2014

This 4-day metabolic phenotyping short course is designed to provide a fundamental education platform to students, junior researchers and clinicians in the field of metabolic profiling. The course will begin with an introduction to metabolic phenotyping by a leading expert (Prof. Jeremy K Nicholson) in the field, and will explain the basic analytical techniques commonly used in this area including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Key steps involved in metabolic profiling will be discussed in the following sessions including study design, quality control strategies, data analysis and interpretation, and metabolite identification. Laboratory tour and hands-on data analysis will be included to promote the learning effectiveness and experience. The course will be finished with tips, tricks and traps in metabolic profiling and up-to-date applications of metabolic phenotyping in various research areas, for example, clinical application, cancer, metabolic diseases and infectious diseases. For more info, please visit our website: http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/surgeryandcancer/study/shortcourses/metabonomics_short_course

Booking: http://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/metabolicphenotyping_2014.html

For enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

The world’s leading experts in metabolic science are proud to announce a new, state-of-the-art laboratory training facility – Imperial International Phenome Training Centre in association with MRC-NIHR National Phenome Centre. The centre now introduces a 5-day course aiming to cover how to perform a NMR-based metabolic profiling experiment from start to finish. It will cover study design, sample preparation, NMR spectrometer set up for global profiling, 2-dimensional NMR experiments, spectral data analysis and statistical modelling. For more course info, please visit our website http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc or http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/courseinfo/nmr

For course booking, please visit http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/datesandregistration

For enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

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A four day workshop on metabolomics. Interested students, postdocs and faculty should apply to attend the Workshop by registering here.

Registration is open until April 18th, 2014. The workshop will be limited to 40 attendees, each application requires two letters of support, a CV and proposal on why metabolomics is important in the applicant’s training, research and career development. Women and Minorities are Strongly encouraged to apply. Please contact us if you have further questions.

There will be 20 fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attending the workshop. The fellowships will provide up to $1200 of travel and hotel expenses. Selection will be based on information provided by the applicants.
Upon Acceptance, the fee for attendees is:
$300 – for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
$750 – for faculty at academic, government, and non-profit organizations
$1,500 – for-profit organizations
The fee includes course tuition and syllabus, breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks and the Workshop dinner (but not hotel accommodation or travel for out-of-town attendees). The fee will be payable upon acceptance into the course.

The training in the workshop will involve hands-on as well as class room training. Materials from the 2013 Metabolomics workshop are available online.

Speakers include:

Stan Hazen, MD (Cleveland Clinic) – Application of Metabolomics in a Clinical Study (Plenary talk)
Kathleen Stringer, PhD (U. Michigan) – Sample extraction in Metabolomics
Grier Page, PhD (RTI International) – Experimental Design in Metabolomics
Susan Sumner, PhD, (RTI International) – Principles, collection and analysis of NMR data in metabolomics,
Keith Baggerly, PhD (MD Anderson) – Unexpected Sources of Variation in –Omics data
Xiuxia Du, PhD (UNC Charlotte) and Paul Benton, PhD (Scripps) – Analysis of MS data (online and command line versions of XCMS software)
Dean Jones, PhD (Emory University) – Pathway Analysis and Integration of –Omics data

The UAB Metabolomics Workshop is a part of the NIH Common Fund Metabolomics Program. Further information about the Program can be obtained by visiting our website.

The French Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network (RFMF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of metabolomics and fluxomics, and the promotion of the presentation of research achievements in these domains, in France.

The 8th RFMF Congress will take place in Lyon (Eastern France) in May 19-21, 2014. The Metabolomic Community of the Lyon and Rhône-Alpes Region laboratories is the local organizer of the 2014 edition.

The key topics, chosen by Lyon metabolomics community, for the 8th RFMF Congress are:

Applications of Metabolomics and Fluxomics in the areas of the Health (clinical applications, epidemiology, cohort study, neurosciences)
Applications of Metabolomics and Fluxomics in the areas of Environment and Chemical ecology
The event will include invited plenary lectures, oral presentations, short presentations, and a poster session. The conference languages are French and English. Most of the abstracts and slide presentations will be written in English.

Confirmed invited speakers include Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf, from Moncton, Canada, Emmanuel Gacquerel, from Jena, Germany, Thomas Illig, from Hannover, Germany and Mark Viant, from Birmingham, UK.

The 8th RFMF Congress will include several workshops, one of them dealing with the Galaxy platform (workflow for metabolomics), one dealing with “Sample preparation for metabolomics study” and a third one with “Metabolights and CosMos initiative”.

RFMF is generously supporting the attendance of students or post-docs (under 35 years old) at The 8th RFMF Congress Lyon 2014 through the provision of travel grants (up to €1000 for oversea applicant). Metabolomics Society supports the 8 JS RFMF by contributing a few travel grants for junior scientist (less than 6 years after PhD, and 2014 member of the MetSoc).

For more information on the 8th RFMF Congress, please visit

https://colloque.inra.fr/8_js_rfmf_lyon_2014

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This is a joint meeting of the Analytical Division of the RSC and the Metabolomics Society

Analytical chemistry has been one of the driving forces behind the development of metabolomics research over the past decade. The conference will bring together exceptional scientists for a program consisting of plenary and invited talks, posters, as well as an oral session devoted to early career researchers. It will be an excellent opportunity for analytical chemists to learn more about metabolomics and its application, and for metabolomics scientists to improve their knowledge of cutting-edge bioanalytical tools.

For more information and to register online click here

Travel Grants and Bursaries

The organisers are keen to promote the attendance and oral contributions from early-career scientists. Both the Analytical Division of the RSC and the Metabolomics Society are pleased to contribute several travel awards of up to £200 each, to offset the costs of travel and registration. To be eligible for these awards, the recipient must be either:

A student member of the RSC and a member of the Analytical Division, or a student member of the Metabolomics Society OR

An early career scientist (up to 5 years post PhD) who is either a member of the Analytical Division of the RSC or is a member of the Metabolomics Society.

These travel grants will be decided based upon the quality of the submitted abstracts for oral presentation and each of the recipients will be required to give a short oral presentation during the early-career speaker’s session. In addition, the best of these presenters will be awarded the Metabolomics Society’s best talk prize.

The New York Academy of Sciences is proud to present:

Companion Diagnostics: From Biomarker Identification to Market Entry

Location: 7 World Trade Center. 250 Greenwich St, 40th Fl. New York, NY 10007

The recent growth in complex biological data has enabled a major paradigm shift in healthcare away from “one-size-fits-all” approaches towards customized, patient-tailored therapies. Biomarker-based companion diagnostics (CDx), designed to identify responsive patient sub-populations or those likely to experience adverse drug effects, lie at the heart of this personalized, precision medicine movement.

This 2-day conference will provide a neutral forum for international scientists and clinicians from academia, industry, and government — as well as healthcare policy makers, regulatory experts, insurance sector representatives, and other stakeholders — to discuss research, financial, and regulatory strategies that will facilitate CDx development and integration into clinical care. Presentations will illustrate successes and failures based on case studies; evaluate emerging applications of technologies such as epigenetics, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology; analyze diverse therapeutic target areas including the pioneering field of cancer along with inflammatory, infectious, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative diseases; recognize regulatory hurdles; and formulate solutions to better improve public health with CDx and personalized medicine.

For more information see http://www.nyas.org/CDx2014

Do you work, or want to work with metabolomics? This intensive course in mass spectrometry based metabolomics targets the complete procedure, from experimental design and data acquisition to post processing and statistical analysis. A mixture of lectures and hands-on experience guided by international experts will help you develop your metabolomics skills. The course is intended for PhD students and Post Docs. Priority will be given to students in chemical ecology, but we also welcome applications from other disciplines. The course will be held at the Center for Marine Chemical Ecology at SLC Tjärnö on the Swedish West coast. Food and lodging is covered by a generous grant from the Swedish Royal Academy of Science and the thematic area by Sustainable Marine Ecosystems. Students will need to cover travel costs from other sources. The course corresponds to 2.5 HP (ECT).

Application should include a short motivation (<1 page) and a brief CV. Submit by E-mail to [email protected]

Application deadline 15th of August 2013

Teachers:
Prof. Georg Pohnert, Biorganic Analytics, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
Prof. Johan Trygg, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University
Dr. Ulf Sommer, NERC Metabolomics Facility, University of Birmingham

Contact and inquiries:
Erik Selander [email protected]
Göran Nylund [email protected]

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Cancer Metabolomics: Elucidating the Biochemical Programs that Support Cancer Initiation and Progression

Friday, February 3, 2012   9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Keynote Speakers

Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School

Craig Thompson, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Speakers

Marcia C. Haigis, PhD, Harvard Medical School

Steven M. Lipkin, MD, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College

Joshua D. Rabinowitz, PhD, Princeton University

Gary Siuzdak, PhD, The Scripps Research Institute, California

Eileen White, PhD, Rutgers University

More details at www.nyas.org/CancerMetabolomics

The Imperial International Phenome Training Centre
Opening October 2013

In association with The MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre

Please save the date for our first training course

Hands-on LC-MS for metabolic profiling

7th-11th October 2013

For more details including agenda and registration, please email [email protected]

website http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/iiptc/

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For more information see http://www.environmentalomics.org/iEOS2013

Exploring the interface between the Environment and Informatics

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Eske Willerslev, Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark
Prof. John Colbourne, Chair of Environmental Genomics, University of Birmingham
Prof. Jack Gilbert, Earth Microbiome Project, University of Chicago

9th Sept.: ‘Omics technology training workshop – technologies, facilities and resources supporting environmental ‘Omics.

10-11th Sept.: International Environmental ‘Omics Synthesis Conference

• Learning from the past to inform the future
• Ecological ‘Omics: from workflows to adaptation
• Epigenetics
• Evolutionary ‘Omics: models and applications
• Integrated and Systems ‘Omics
• Community ecology: from metagenomics to function and synthetic biology

Opportunities for platform and poster presentations

The organizers of the Gordon Research Conference on Computational Aspects of Biomolecular NMR are pleased to announce that the GRC and a related Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Metabolomic NMR for graduate students and postdocs will be held at the Mount Snow Resort in Vermont from June 1-7, 2013.

The meeting is the eighth GRC on Computational NMR and the first to include a dedicated Seminar for graduate students and postdocs.  The focus of the GRS is to discuss new contributions in computational Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to the growing field of metabolomics and will feature a keynote talk by David Wishart, University of Alberta, and discussions led by experts in metabolomic NMR as a complement to oral presentations by graduate students and postdocs.

For more information: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=grs_bionmr

For registration: http://www.grc.org/application.aspx?id=15572

We do hope that you will both consider attending and provide this information to your students and postdocs and encourage them join us in Vermont for what we anticipate will be an enjoyable and stimulating meeting.

28th May 2013, 9am – 6pm
A hands-on workshop in metabolomics for up to 20 graduate students and postdocs covering mass spectrometry, compound identification and data processing.

29th May 2013, 10am – 4pm
A symposium on Metabolic pathways in microorganisms for biofuels.

Please register with: Jeannette Martins, [email protected]

Speakers:
Oliver Fiehn, UC Davis
James Liao, UCLA
John Morgan, Purdue University, IN
Yasuo Yoshikuni, Bio Architecture Lab, CA
Shota Atsumi, UC Davis
Roger Ruan, University of Minnesota
Jason Papin, University of Virginia
Jean VanderGheynst, UC Davis

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Cesena (Italy) 22nd – 24th May 2013

3rd edition: “Foodomics, the science for discovering”

http://www.foodomics.eu/

Friday, February 1, 2013 | 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

The New York Academy of Sciences

Keynote Speakers: Peter Carmeliet (Vesalius Research Center, Belgium) and Lewis C. Cantley (Weill Cornell Medical College)

Speakers: Shuibing Chen (Weill Cornell Medical College), Michael Lisanti (University of Manchester, UK), Andre Terzic (Mayo Clinic)

Description: Fate and function determine stem cells’ metabolic needs. Does fate dictate metabolic activity or do metabolic switches trigger a commitment to cell fate? We present the latest on stem cell metabolism vs. lineage commitment, and future therapies. For more information go to the conference website

We are organising a metabolic phenotyping short course at Imperial College London.

The course will be held on the 3rd-6th Dec, 2012. Please see the attached flyer.

For course info seehttp://www1.imperial.ac.uk/surgeryandcancer/divisionofsurgery/biomol_med/education/short_courses/metabonomicsshortcourse/

For booking, register at: http://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/metaphenotype_1212.html

For any enquiries, please email [email protected]

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The third Plant Lipids GRC is scheduled for Jan. 27 – Feb. 1, 2013 in Galveston, Texas. The program for the meeting has been assembled around the theme of “Emerging and advancing research areas in plant lipid metabolism and signaling”. Presentations will focus on elucidation of lipid signaling and lipid metabolic mechanisms, strategies to enhance production of economically important plant products, and new lipid imaging strategies. The GRC on Plant Lipids will bring together experts working to create and disseminate new research tools, discovering fundamental paradigms for lipid-mediated regulation of development, physiology, and stress responses and developing new understanding of lipid storage and homeostasis. We are anticipating much discussion of basic and applied research on plant lipids.

For the first time, a pre-conference Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) , January 26-27, 2013 at the same location, is being organized by investigators at the graduate student and postdoctoral levels for investigators at the graduate student and postdoctoral levels. This seminar is intended to provide (1) background that will enhance understanding of science presented at the subsequent conference, (2) opportunities to share research and to network with peers and experts in the field, and (3) peer and expert feedback and supportive suggestions about ongoing research.

Application and registration is a two-part process. First, you apply. We have already submitted applications for invited participants, so, if you received an invitation to speak or lead a discussion, you can skip this step. Others should apply now. When your application is accepted (this may be one-two months from now), you will be notified by email and, at that time, you will need to register. Funding/payment is needed at the time of registration.

We are now accepting applications for the Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids. Now would be a good time for you to apply to secure your participation. Online applications can be found here:

GRC (any plant lipid scientist, including postdocs and students): http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=plantlipid

GRS (postdocs, students): http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=grs_plntli

Please note: Postdocs and students who wish to attend both meetings have to submit a separate application for each .

Please include a brief statement (abstract) of your research with the application (see information in next paragraph regarding additional information needed for consideration of students and postdocs for funding) and let us know in the application if you would like to make a poster presentation related to your plant lipid research. The abstract does not need to be exactly what will be presented, as abstracts are not published. The abstract is primarily for the chairs’ information. Posters presented at the GRS can be presented again at the GRC. The final oral presentation program will include a limited number of talks selected from the poster abstracts. Please indicate with your poster abstract if you would like it to be considered for a talk (or not) . The final program will be assembled by the middle of December and you will be notified shortly thereafter if you are selected to present a talk.

We have requested funding from federal agencies and industrial/commercial sponsors. At the current time, several industrial/commercial sponsors have come forward with funding (see the Plant Lipids GRC website for their logos and thanks!!). We hope that grants and contributions, along with a base of funds from the GRC, will allow us to cover the registration costs for invited participants and all or partial registration costs for some additional participants. However, we currently aren’t sure of the status of our grant requests. We hope to be able to indicate some fund allocations to participants as applications are accepted (before your registration, so you will know when you have to make payment). However, other funding may be available as we near conference time. Please indicate your need for support in your application and we will consider as many requests as we can. Most support will go to students and postdocs, but some may be available for others.

In particular, for students and postdoctoral trainees to be considered for funding for GRC and/or GRS registration: please submit at the time of your application or shortly thereafter ( to [email protected] ) : a short CV, an abstract describing your work, a short statement indicating how participation in the GRC/GRS will help you to achieve your career goals, and a letter of recommendation from your current advisor. Please combine the first three documents into one, and submit as a pdf, if feasible.

http://www.metabolomics2012.org/

The Official Annual Meeting of the Metabolomics Society

The annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society brings together metabolomics researchers from around the world to discuss their most recent achievements as they work to harness the power of metabolomics. Gathering together in a hospitable venue is key to developing the collegial interactions that can build a successful community that advances together.

The 2012 meeting promises a program full of practical workshops and parallel sessions covering the broad range of biological and technological metabolomics topics as well as providing rich opportunities for networking. Join us as we gather together to share ideas, insights, advances and obstacles in the multi-faceted world of metabolomics.

We are organising a metabolic profiling short course at Imperial College London with Profs. Nicholson and Holmes.

The course will be held on the 18^th-21^st June, 2012. Please find the attached flyer.

For course infohttp://www1.imperial.ac.uk/surgeryandcancer/divisionofsurgery/biomol_med/education/short_courses/metabonomicsshortcourse/

For booking http://www5.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/coursebookings/0612_phenotyping.html

For inquiry, please email [email protected]

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This course is intended for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, clinical fellows and investigators who are interested in learning about both bioinformatic and cheminformatic tools to analyze and interpret metabolomics data.

The workshop will cover many topics ranging from understanding metabolomics technologies, data collection and analysis, using pathway databases, performing pathway analysis, conducting univariate and multivariate statistics, working with metabolomic databases and exploring chemical databases. Participants will be given various data sets and short assignments to assist with the learning process.

Register now as space is limited to 30 participants.

More information: http://bioinformatics.ca/workshops/metabolomics-workshop

New complimentary webinar from Science:

Metabolic Changes in Cancer: Beyond the Warburg Effect

You are invited to view our panel of experts on Thursday, April 19th, 2012, in this live, online educational seminar. For more information and complimentary registration visit: webinar.sciencemag.org

Date: Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Time: 12 noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific, 4 p.m. GMT, 5 p.m. UK
Duration: 1 hour

Submit your questions LIVE to the experts during the webinar!

The role of metabolism in cancer growth and cell survival is an area of growing interest. The shift in glucose metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation to lactate production for energy generation (the Warburg Effect) is a well-known metabolic hallmark of tumor cells, and several key signaling pathways, oncogenes, and tumor suppressors―including Akt, mTor, c-myc, and p53―are linked to the increase in glycolysis seen in tumor cells. Beyond fulfilling energy requirements, highly proliferative cells also need to produce excess lipids, nucleotides, and amino acids for the creation of new biomass. In order to do this, a number of metabolic adaptations occur in cancer cells that help generate these metabolites, fuel growth, and may also aid in the evasion of apoptosis. This webinar will delve into these issues, with the help of our three thought leaders.

During the webinar, our panel of experts will:

• Discuss the critical importance of understanding metabolism in the context of cell health and function
• Elucidate the metabolic pathways thought to be involved in tumorigenesis and other diseases
• Share new discoveries and trends in research on cancer metabolism
• Answer your questions live during the webinar!

Speakers: Morris J. Birnbaum, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Matt Vander Heiden, M.D., Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston, MA

Brendan D. Manning, Ph.D.
Harvard University, School of Public Health
Boston, MA

Register at: webinar.sciencemag.org

Produced by the Science /AAAS Custom Publishing Office and sponsored by Cell Signaling Technology.

Monday, April 16, 2012 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Application of Combined ‘omics Platforms to Accelerate Biomedical Discovery in Diabesity

www.nyas.org/Diabesity2012

The explosive rise in obesity and diabetes (diabesity) threatens the health of many in Western and developing Asian countries. This symposium focuses on the discovery potential of metabolomics and other ‘omics to elucidate the causes and effects.

Organizers: Steven Gross (Weill Cornell Medical College), Irwin Kurland (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)

Speakers: Domenico Accili (Columbia University), Charles Burant (Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center), Barbara B. Kahn (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School), Irwin Kurland (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Christopher B. Newgard (Duke University Medical Center)and Gabriele V. Ronnett (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Panelists: Steven M. Fischer (Agilent Technologies), John Ryals (Metabolon), Mark Sanders (Thermo Fisher Scientific), Joe Shambaugh (Genedata Expressionist), John Shockcor (Waters Corporation)

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27th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry
September 30 — October 4, 2011
METABOLOMICS

Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California

Organizers
Oliver Fiehn, UC Davis and A. Daniel Jones, Michigan State University

Important Deadlines
August 5 — Student Travel Stipend Application
August 30 — Abstracts for Posters and Hot Topic Talks
August 30 — Conference Registration and Housing Reservation

Lodging at Asilomar  Onsite housing at Asilomar is limited. Register now to secure a room conveniently located at the Asilomar conference grounds.

Program  The conference will promote an in-depth discussion of current problems and perspectives of mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. View session topics and invited speakers on the Program page.

Information on lodging, travel and other conference details may be found on the ASMS website.

Thank you.
The American Chapter of the Metabolomics Society in cooperation with The American Society of Mass Spectrometry

METABOLOMICS workshop, CIC bioGUNE, Bilbao, SPAIN

This three-day workshop will be focused on recent applications and technological advances on metabolomics. Leading academics speakers will tell us about the state-of-the-art in the different platforms (RMN, GC and LC). Recent breakthroughs in single-cell and high-throughput metabolomics approaches along with their applications will also be discussed. Importantly, the scientific program will be completed with poster sessions and presentations from instrument manufacturers. In summary participants will enjoy this opportunity to meet and interact with experts in different metabolomics-related areas obtaining a deep and broad vision on this powerful technology. We are confident of the actual interest of this upcoming Metabolomics Workshop, and we look forward to seeing you in Bilbao on September 12-14th.

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Announcing a course organized on behalf of the NIH-sponsored Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers (MMPC)

4th Annual Course on Isotope Tracers in Metabolic Research: Principles and Practice of Kinetic Analysis

April 17-22, 2011
The Peabody Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas
Information: http://www.mmpc.org/shared/tracers.aspx

Course Directors: Robert Wolfe, PhD and Henri Brunengraber*, MD, PhD

This is the fourth annual offering of a course that provides basic introductory and comprehensive information on performing metabolic studies using tracers labeled with radioactive or stable isotopes, in man and in animals. The course is designed for beginners as well as those with experience who wish to expand their capabilities to more sophisticated problems. The faculty is well-versed in a variety of applications and methodologies. The number of students is limited to 100.

Techniques will be presented for investigating whole body metabolism, for metabolite balance across organs, intracellular flux rates and pathway regulation. General aspects of modeling will be considered, as well as specific applications in the study of carbohydrate, fat, protein metabolism and energy balance. Theoretical and practical matters related to sample analysis by mass spectrometry and NMR will be discussed, including detailed numerical examples of calculations involved in determining isotopic enrichment and basic kinetic parameters. Advanced lectures will discuss in more detail the use of positional and mass isotopomer analysis for intracellular flux rates and various aspects of protein and amino acid metabolism. Applications in humans and animal models (particularly mouse) will be considered.

Course material will be presented in organized lectures and informal workshops. Problem sets and discussion questions will highlight each lecture. Lecture notes and problem sets will be available to registrants to be downloaded from the web at the course. In addition to organized sessions, attendees will have ample opportunities for personal interaction with faculty members to discuss issues of particular interest to them in depth.

For information, please see http://www.mmpc.org/shared/tracers.aspx or contact Maren Laughlin at [email protected]

Checks for registration should be sent to:
Isotope Tracers Course
Deb Viane, Assistant
4301 W. Markham Street, Slot 806
Little Rock, AR 72205

*supported by R25 DK082376 to H. Brunengraber

Metabolomics Short Course Announcement

Course Organizer: Bill Wikoff, UC Davis

A metabolomics short course (aka “workshop“) will be offered immediately preceding the ABRF2011 meeting in San Antonio, TX.

Workshop Description: Metabolomics can be defined as the systems-level investigation of small molecules and metabolites in biological systems. The course will provide an overview of the field, and is designed for the scientist who wants an introduction to metabolomics, with an emphasis on practical, mass spectrometry-based approaches, presented in a clear scientific framework. The entire process of metabolomics, from study design, sample preparation and extraction, chromatography, mass spectrometry, data processing and analysis will be presented. Topics will include: types of detectors and their relative merits for specific metabolomics applications, including quadrupole, triple quad, ion trap, TOF, QTOF, and FT-ICR. Ionization sources. Application of LCMS and GCMS, including a comparison of observable compounds in these techniques. Brief coverage of specialized instruments: GC-QQQ, GC-TOF, chemical ionization. Methods for sample extraction. Targeted versus untargeted methods. Peak integration, data alignment, and software. Data analysis approaches will be discussed, including uni- and multi-variate statistics, with an emphasis on selecting straightforward approaches appropriate for a given problem. Basic statistics for metabolomics: types of t-tests, multiple testing correction, False Discovery Rate, basic multivariate methods. Approaches to biomarker discovery; metabolomics in drug discovery. Review and discussion of selected publications from the literature (case studies). Some familiarity with mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry is preferred, but background will be provided.

Format: A one day short course.

Contact email: wrwikoff[aat]ucdavis.edu

TRAVEL AWARDS are available to defer expenses of this workshophttp://conf.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/awards/Satellite_Award.htm.

Deadline is approaching…Apply now!

Meeting link: http://conf.abrf.org/

Workshop Sponsorship generously provided by:

Waters Corporation

The New York Academy of Sciences we will host a one-day meeting entitled: “Global Metabolite Profiling: The Fast-Track for Functional Genomics”. For more information, click here or visit www.nyas.org.

5th International Metabolomics Society Conference

25th LC/MS Montreux Symposium

Fourth Scientific Meeting of The Society

CFBS 51st Scientific Conference

Third Scientific Meeting of The Society

The Second International Metabolomics Symposium

Second Scientific Meeting of The Society

Fourth International Conference on Plant Metabolomics

Metabolomics Standard Workshop

Metabolomics Meeting

First Scientific Meeting of The Society