UC Davis
West Coast Metabolomics Center
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WCMC Online Courses
International Summer Session in Metabolomics 2021 (Online)
Time: 8:30am - 4pm PDT
Date: August 30 - September 10, 2021
Virtual Instructor-Led Course

Through this course, you will gain insights, tips, and skills on how to create a study design, how to prepare samples, & implement quality controls. This interactive course is for anyone who is looking for hands-on training with real-world untargeted metabolomics data including; LC-MS/MS data processing, compound identification, multivariate & univariate statistics, pathway mapping, & data interpretation.
Bits & Bites: 6-Part Short Course Series (Online)
Time: 9:00am - 1pm PDT
Date: August 5, 2021
Virtual Instructor-Led Course

Bits & Bites #4: Identification of unknown compounds in untargeted metabolomics using freely available software with Dr. Arpana Vaniya, UC Davis

In this Bite, participants will have:
  • A comprehensive overview of the current status of compound ID in metabolomics.
  • Hands-on training on some of the current freely available tools used for compound ID. For example tools like CFM-ID, MS-FINDER, and SIRIUS+CSI:FingerID.
  • A way to assess what they've learned by using real data of unknowns.
WCMC Online Seminars
June 10, 2021: Dr. Maria Veiga da Cunha from de Duve Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium
"A story of metabolite-repair in glycolysis: The failure to eliminate a phosphorylated glucose-analog strongly impairs glucose metabolism and explains neutropenia in two inborn errors of metabolism."

"New insights into cysteine metabolic circuitries in lung cancer"
Metabolomics Association of North America
3rd Annual Summer Symposium
"Novel analytical strategies for scoring confidence in compound annotation" on September 10, 2021 at 9am PST
This symposium will discuss how LC-MS/MS annotations can achieve increased confidence by using complementary information such as ion mobility (CCS), cheminformatics, and library curation. We will hear from leading experts on how they evaluate and improve compound annotation confidence.
We are excited to hear from the following speakers:
  • Dr. Erin Baker, NC State University, USA
  • Dr. Emma Schymanski, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Dr. Kai Dührkop, Universitӓt Jena, Germany 
  • Dr. Joanna Godzien, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland 
  • Dr. Corey Broeckling, Colorado State University, USA
  • Dr. Xiaoyu Yang, NIST, USA
  • Dr. Thomas Metz, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA 

Visit the MANA website, for more information about the symposium and other MANA-related events!
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