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In This Issue
- Message from MANA President, Ewy Mathé
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MANA News inlcuding MANA 2024 Updates
- Corporate Member Updates
- MANA Member Highlights
- MANA Interest Group Updates
- Metabolomics Related Events
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Message from MANA President, Ewy Mathé | | |
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Dear MANA members,
The 6th Annual MANA Conference planning is in full swing! Drs. Tim Garrett and John Koomen are hosting the conference this year which will be held Oct 21-24th, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. Our hosts, Local Organizing Committee, and Scientific Organizing Committee are finalizing an exciting agenda for us. This year, we look forward to hearing from our plenary speakers Drs. Tao Huan, Oliver Fiehn, Gina DeNicola, Patricia Scaraffia, and Julia Laskin who will discuss their state-of-the-art work in the field. The agenda also includes sessions that cover a broad range of topics including but not limited to new technologies and methodologies, standards & quality, environment & ecology, and AI/ML computational tools. MANA also continues to partner with the International Lipidomics Society (ILS) this year and will hold a special session on Lipids & Lipidomics. In addition to these talks and sessions, the agenda includes interactive workshops, special events from our Early Career Member Interest Group, and much more. Check out the MANA 2024 Conference website, here for the latest news on the conference, awards, traveling logistics, and links to our MANA sponsors which currently include ThermoFisher Scientific, IROA Technologies, Panome Bio, Agilent, SCIEX, Bruker, and LECO.
Some important dates to keep in mind regarding the 2024 MANA conference:
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Oral Abstracts: July 19th, 2024
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Poster Abstracts: August 16th, 2024
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Early Registration: August 30th, 2024
If you are interested in hosting the 7th Annual MANA Conference, please submit your application by July 31st, 2024 (see our website for more details).
Lastly, I wanted to send a special thanks to our committees, interest groups leads, and members who are keeping MANA active! Remember to check the MANA website for the latest news and enjoy this new edition of The Brief.
With Warm Regards,
Ewy Mathé, your MANA President
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MANA 2024 Conference - Abstracts Open! | |
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When: October 21-24, 2024
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Where: Tampa, FL
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Hosted by: Tim Garrett (University of Florida) & John Koomen (Moffitt Cancer Center)
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Website: MANA 2024
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Some important dates to keep in mind regarding the 2024 MANA conference:
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Oral Abstracts: July 19th, 2024
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Poster Abstracts: August 16th, 2024
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Early Registration: August 30th, 2024
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Call for 7th Annual MANA Conference Host | |
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MANA is seeking hosts and organizers for the 7th Annual MANA Conference, to be held in Fall 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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MANA met at ASMS 2024 this year. The informal gathering, coordinated by Arpana, brought together members from the MANA Board of Directors, MANA ECM Council, MANA CORES IG, and MANA members for networking and to meet in person, bridging the gap from our usual virtual meetings on Zoom. | |
WomiX Committee members, members of the MANA BOD, MANA ECM Council members, MANA CORES IG Leads, & MANA members gather to represent MANA! | |
NIH Workshop in Metabolomics Epidemiology
The NIH Workshop in Metabolomics Epidemiology was held on May 15, 2024. Our President, Ewy Mathé, and ECM Vice Chair, Nicole Prince, were among the featured speakers at the event. Watch videocast here!
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IG Leads meet with MANA BOD for a biannual meeting in June
IG Leads were invited to the June 2024 MANA BOD meeting to discuss current and future activities. This biannual meeting provides IG Leads with an opportunity to engage directly with the BOD, ensuring that IG needs are addressed and heard. The next IG Leads meeting with the MANA BOD will be held in person at the MANA2024 conference.
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Corporate Member Highlights | |
We are thrilled to welcome two new sponsors, Panome Bio and IROA Technologies. We look forward to a successful partnership! If you'd like to learn more about our new Corporate Members click here 1) Panome Bio and 2) IROA Technologies.
Thank you to our 2024 Corporate Members for supporting MANA and whose technologies and involvement help drive the field of metabolomics forward.
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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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Introducing the Stellar™ Mass Spectrometer from Thermo Scientific™, unveiled at ASMS 2024. This groundbreaking instrument sets a new standard in biomarker verification, boasting unprecedented quantitative sensitivity and compound coverage that surpass existing technologies by tenfold and fivefold, respectively. By combining the robust quantitative capabilities of triple quadrupole technology with the hyper-fast full scan MSn acquisition capabilities of the dual-pressure linear ion trap technology, the Stellar mass spectrometer expands its analytical capabilities to encompass a wider range of compounds.
To read more click here.
Please click here, scan the QR Code, or reach out at bashar.amer@thermofisher.com to learn more!
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SCIEX continues to drive innovation in metabolomics research, with advancements in SWATH DIA, MRM, and EAD workflows.
Our Precision Medicine unleashed webinar series continues later this year with presentations focused on metabolomics and lipidomics applications.
Struggling with LC-MS of bile acids? Dr. Thomas Horvath has collaborated with SCIEX scientists to develop a bile acids method on the ZenoTOF 7600 system that allows both quantitative analysis and structural characterization.
Couldn’t be at ASMS? If you would like to have a curated virtual or in-person presentation of the content and new developments from SCIEX, please contact David Colquhoun.
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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.
June 2024 Member Highlight: Dr. Tim Garrett nominated by the MANA Cores Interest Group
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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. | |
Recent Events:
ECM hosted a virtual live Q&A session “Career Transitions in Metabolomics: Academia to Industry” to learn about career transitions into industry research. Our event explored different career tracks in industry metabolomics research, how to decide if the move is right for you, and how to take steps to ensure a smooth transition. We would like to thank our panelists Dr. Ivana Blaženović (Brightseed, Inc.), Dr. Savannah Snyder (Bruker), Dr. Parker Bremer (Altos Labs), and Dr. Elys Rodríguez (Merck) for their time and efforts in making this event a success!
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New ECM Initiatives:
MANA ECM is launching a centralized early career reviewer list! Are you interested in gaining review experience, or participating in review mentoring? Click here to sign up today! Our list will be periodically shared with editors of metabolomics-focused journals to encourage recruitment of early career researchers as peer reviewers.
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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! | |
Recent Activities:
- New committee members: Hannah Heath joined us in Feb. & Prasanna Kumaar, Ph.D. joined us in April!
- Thermo has filled its 2024 summer internship position, offered in collaboration with WomiX. Yendry Carvajal-Miranda, a second-year Ph.D. student at the Fiehn Lab, UC Davis, will begin her internship in July 2024.
- WomiX at ASMS 2024: For several years, WomiX members have made it a tradition to meet at various conferences and meetings. During the conference, members stay connected through a WomiX WhatsApp group chat. It’s wonderful to see this tradition continue strong this year in Anaheim, CA.
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From left to right: Drs. Denise MacMillan, Maryam Goudarzi, Stephanie Bishop, and Prasanna Kumaar attend the FeMS Networking Event at ASMS 2024. | |
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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CORES - Cores Corner
As part of MANA’s Metabolomics Cores Interest Group's mission to support and promote Cores in North America, we are refreshing the list of Centers and Cores on the MANA website. We need YOUR help in maintaining accurate information in our Cores database. If you are part of a metabolomics core in North America and would like your Core to be featured on MANA’s website, please fill out the form here with up-to-date contact information, and we will feature your core on the list. https://bit.ly/MANA-CoreDatabase
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SODA
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.
| Have you missed a SOftware DAta Exchange (SODA) Meetup? Don't worry Meetups are recorded and you can view them here! | | | |
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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 | Early Bird Registration ends on July 31, 2024
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Bits & Bites 2024: 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
Micro-credential in Metabolomics at the University of British Columbia
Virtual NMR Metabolomics Workshop
The NSF-funded Network for Advanced NMR (NAN) and the University of Georgia Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) NMR Facility will be holding a one-week virtual workshop (July 15-19, 2024), which includes lectures, remote demos and hands on experience with CCRC NMR instruments, along with data analysis using NMRbox.
Registration is FREE, but must be submitted by July 12, 2024. The first 25 participants to register and participate in the workshop are eligible to receive up to 8 hours of free CCRC NMR time to run their own research sample. Register here and for additional information please visit the wesbite here.
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Have instructional courses or workshops to offer?
If you are interested in submitting content regarding instructional courses or workshops email us at mana@metabolomicsna.org!
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