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In This Issue
- Message from MANA President, Ewy Mathé
- MANA News
- Corporate Member Updates
- MANA Member Highlights
- MANA Interest Group Updates
- Metabolomics Related Events
- Publication Corner
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Message from MANA President, Ewy Mathé | | |
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Dear MANA members,
Time is flying and we are now well into the year 2024! I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you, MANA members, about the MANA mission and activities and also highlight some key efforts/achievements that the board has accomplished thus far.
Our MANA community, namely comprised of metabolomics scientists and professionals, is growing. The MANA mission is to promote the growth and development of the field of metabolomics particularly on the continent of North America by providing opportunities for developing new connections (e.g., between government, academia, and industry), for highlighting work and achievements, and generally to provide activities that increase our understanding of metabolism. To this end, MANA aims to empower our community to share scientific and career developments experiences through inclusive and impactful activities. MANA is an International Affiliate of the Metabolomics Society and is broadening alliances with other scientific groups. If your group would like to interact with MANA, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Your MANA board has been quite busy this New Year! Here are some key achievements to date this year:
- Creation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, led by Dr. Yamilé López-Hernàndez.
- Refinement of written guidelines documents to assist organizers of Annual Conference planning.
- Outreach to members wishing to create new interest groups (from the 2023 Annual Conference Survey).
- Refinement of processes for streamlining selection and evaluations of presenters of the Annual MANA Conference.
- Guiding the planning of our Annual Conference coming up on Oct. 21-24, 2024 in Tampa, Florida.
Our Interest Groups have also been quite busy providing events open to all of our members! Please be sure to check our News & Events pages for the latest. Some activities I wish to highlight are the upcoming Virtual Metabolomics Journal Club, SODA Meets, WomiX events, Early Career Member Events, Microbiome Interest Group, and NMR Interest Group meetings. Note also that we are seeking volunteers for 2025 Annual MANA conference hosts and also applicants for early career member travel grants (deadline fast approaching!).
All and all, I’d like to thank all our board members, as well as interest group and committee leaders and volunteers who are driving all these activities. We have a vibrant community so check the website frequently, engage with us directly or through our interest group and other activities, and be sure to read through The Brief to find out more!
With Warm Regards,
Ewy Mathé, your MANA President
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The Brief | Volume 3. Issue 11 | |
MANA 2024 Conference - Save the date! | |
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When: October 22-24, 2024
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Where: Tampa, FL
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Hosted by: Tim Garrett (University of Florida) & John Koomen (Moffitt Cancer Center)
- Website coming soon!
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MANA ECM Travel Grant for Metabolomics 2024 | |
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MANA is offering an early career member travel award to attend Metabolomics 2024 which will be held on June 16-20, 2024 in Osaka, Japan. The travel award is a competitive award based on research that displays a high level of distinction, abstract quality, and a personal statement. The award will be selected through a review process by the MANA Awards Committee. The award includes $2,000 and a certificate; One (1) award will be given.
Application Form
Deadline Extended to April 15, 2024
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Call for 7th Annual MANA Conference Host | |
MANA is seeking hosts and organizers for the 7th Annual MANA Conference, to be held in the Fall of 2025. Would you consider being our next host to keep our strong run going? The deadline for expressions of interest is July 31, 2024. | | |
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Corporate Member Highlights | |
Thank you to our 2024 Corporate Members for supporting MANA and whose technologies and involvement help drive the field of metabolomics forward. | |
If you are interested in being our next corporate member to be highlighted submit your content to our email mana@metabolomicsna.org! | | |
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Have you heard of the Orbitrap Astral Mass Spectrometer, launched at ASMS 2023? This new mass spectrometer combines two HRAM analyzers to allow for both full-scan HRAM MS1 data and HRAM MS2 data to be acquired simultaneously in a single experiment. With the need for both quantitation and discovery in metabolomics and lipidomics research, the Orbitrap Astral provides a unique platform from which both experiments can be performed simultaneously and without compromise.
Here is a white paper that talks more about Simultaneous Quantitation and Discovery (SQUAD) Analysis and how Orbitrap Astral can improve upon standard mass spectrometry-based metabolomics methods.
Please click here, scan the QR Code, or reach out at bashar.amer@thermofisher.com to learn more!
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The Brief | Volume 3. Issue 11 | |
After a short hiatus, we're bringing back MANA Member Highlights! We aim to highlight individuals in the community so that they can share their perspectives on pressing issues in metabolomics, but also a way to offer insightful opinions on the future trajectory of metabolomics. | |
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MANA Interest Group Updates | |
MANA Early Career Members | | |
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Early Career Members (ECM) strives to empower the next generation of scientists in the field of metabolomics in North America by supporting opportunities for mentorship, networking, training, and career development opportunities. | |
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We'd like to welcome our new members elected to the 2024-2025 ECM council:
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Gonçalo Gouveia | Sr. Research Assocate | Cornell University (Chair)
- Ipsita Mohanty | Postdoc | UC San Diego (Council Member)
- Maribel Okiye | Ph.D. Candidate | University of Michigan (Council Member)
- Shunyang Wang | Scientist | Brightseed Bio (Council Member)
We extend our thanks to outgoing committee members for their hard work and dedication to ECM:
- Arpana Vaniya (Chair, 2021-2023)
- Brian DeFelice (Council Member, 2021-2023)
- Raquel Cumeras (Council Member, 2021-2023)
Recent ECM Events: MANA ECM co-sponsored a webinar “Navigating International Collaboration and International Mobility” with Metabolomics Society Early Members Network featuring MANA President Ewy Mathé, Rachel Kelly, Stacey Reinke, and Emma Schymanski! Click here to read more about the event!
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Title: “Recruiter Roundtable"
Where: Online
When: April 19, 2024 from 9-10:30 am PT/12-1:30 pm ET
Register here
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Title: “Career Transitions in Metabolomics: Academia to Industry”
Where: Online
When: May 17, 2024 from 11:00 am-12:30 pm PST/2:00-3:30 pm EST
Register here
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If you’re not already part of the email list, please send us an email with your name, the year of the last degree, and what email address you would like to use. We can be reached at earlycareer@metabolomicsna.org. | |
WomiX: Womxn in Metabolomics | | |
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WomiX is committed to the advancement of Womxn in Metabolomics. Using “womxn” with an “x” in order to explicitly welcome trans women, transfeminine, genderfluid, and nonbinary participants. All MANA members and allies are welcome to our community regardless of gender! | |
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Special Announcement: The 2024 WomiX Mentorship Awardee was selected in March, a big congratulations to Assistant Professor Rachel Kelly at Harvard Medical School! | | | |
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Recent WomiX Activities:
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The annual WomiX Women's Week was on March 4 - 8, 2024 with several online campaigns highlighting our members women in metabolomics, sharing resources, giving shoutouts to colleagues and mentors, and celebrating ourselves!
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The 2024 WomiX Mentorship Program also kicked off in March. This year we have 10 mentors and 16 mentees participating in the program.
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We also welcome a new committee member Hannah Heath, who is a nutrition PhD student at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
- Lastly, the 2024 Thermo Fisher Scientific Summer Internship did close and a WomiX member was selected for this opportunity.
WomiX is still growing! All MANA members are welcome to join regardless of gender. Join here to get updates about WomiX.
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MANA NMR Interest Group's Latest Publication Takes Center Stage on Trends in Analytical Chemistry Cover
The MANA NMR Interest Group’s latest publication entitled “Best practices in NMR metabolomics: Current state” made the cover of Trends in Analytical Chemistry (TrAC).
MANA NMR Interest Group Publishes a Perspectives Paper in Metabolomics
Find paper here
Special Thanks to Robert (Bob) Powers from the NMR IG Members
We are deeply grateful to Dr. Robert (Bob) Powers who, as chair of the MANA NMR Interest Group, provided excellent leadership which enabled the MANA NMR IG to publish a valuable paper on the current state of NMR metabolomics data deposition, use, and reuse. Bob has been key to getting a perspective manuscript entitled “Best Practices in NMR Metabolomics: Current State” published in Trends in Analytical Chemistry (TrAC), and to the paper being highlighted on the cover of the journal.
Join NMR IG at: nmr@metabolomicsna.org
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The goal of SODA is to provide a community-driven resource of actively maintained software, test datasets used for software benchmarking, and results produced by the software. | |
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The Software Data Exchange (SODA) is excited to announce two new initiatives: SODA Workshops and SODA Curated Software List!
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In SODA Workshops, a presenter demonstrates real-time use of a metabolomics tool or process and the audience is encouraged to follow along. These will be recorded and the tools will be listed in our Curated Software List, along with other tools which are free and actively maintained. If you would like to have your software or service listed on our curated list, please do so here.
Our next SODA Meetup and Workshop are on April 9th and May 14th. To attend, join SODA by filling out this form, join our LinkedIn Group, and add our upcoming events to your Google Calendar. Also, we are looking for presenters! If you are interested please fill out this form. Hope to see you there!
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The Brief | Volume 3. Issue 11 | |
Metabolomics Related Events | |
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2024 UC Davis WCMC Metabolomics Courses
The UC Davis WCMC holds a series of training courses throughout the year for professional researchers, graduate students, postdocs, staff, and scientists.
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International Sessions in Metabolomics & Exposome Studies 2024 (In-Person, UC Davis Genome Center) | Aug 19-29, 2024 | Website
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Bits & Bites 2023: 10-Part Short Course Series (Online) | Jan - Dec, 2024 | Website
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For more information: Please contact Jeannette Martins jmartins@ucdavis.edu or visit our website
Save the date for the upcoming NIH Workshop “Metabolomic epidemiology on a global scale: accelerating discovery and enhancing rigor and reproducibility of single cohort and meta-analyses” on May 15th, 10 am – 3 pm EST. Details coming soon.
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Have instructional courses to offer?
If you are interested in submitting content regarding instructional courses email us at mana@metabolomicsna.org!
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The Brief | Volume 3. Issue 11 | |
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Powers, R., Andersson, E.R., Bayless, A.L., Brua, R.B., Chang, M.C., Cheng, L.L., Clendinen, C.S., Cochran, D., Copié, V., Cort, J.R. and Crook, A.A., 2023. Best practices in NMR metabolomics: Current state. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, p.117478.
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Gouveia, G.J., Head, T., Cheng, L.L., Clendinen, C.S., Cort, J.R., Du, X., Edison, A.S., Fleischer, C.C., Hoch, J., Mercaldo, N. and Pathmasiri, W., 2024. Perspective: use and reuse of NMR-based metabolomics data: what works and what remains challenging. Metabolomics, 20(2), pp.1-11.
Have publications you'd like to share or highlight?
If you are interested in submitting content regarding metabolomics-related publications email us at mana@metabolomicsna.org!
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