WEBCAST
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The unique informatics challenge to sharing metabolomics information is being addressed by multiple research groups.  This workshop will bring together international groups of biologists, chemists, engineers and bioinformatics experts to discuss the development of informatics standards and shared resources in this emerging field.  Metabolomics uses high throughput methods to study metabolism, metabolites and small molecules within cells and tissues.  These collective small molecule constituents, or metabolome, along with the proteome and genome, comprise the building blocks of living systems.  The metabolome is a dynamic system of chemical reactions and interactions with the building blocks of life.  This requires tools to study the chemical properties, or chemoinformatics, of metabolite detection and temporal-spatial dynamics of biochemical pathways and systems biology.  The study of metabolomics requires large rates of acquisition, processing, storing, and interchange of metabolic information generated from multiple technologies and experimental model systems.  Each of these processes requires descriptions about experimental data, or metadata.  Informatics standards will help the process of building a better collective understanding of metabolomes through more effective collaborations among investigators.

This workshop is being supported by the NIH Roadmap Metabolomics Technology Development program, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).  The workshop is being organized by the NIH and the Metabolomics Society.