Introduction to Metabolomics Analysis 2025

Introduction to Metabolomics Analysis 2025 is organized by European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL - EBI) and will be held from May 20 - 23, 2025 at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.

Description:
This course will provide an introduction to metabolomics through lectures and hands-on sessions, using publicly available data, software, and tools. Participants will become familiar with standardised workflows as well as with the current state of experimental design, data acquisition (LC-MS, MS imaging), processing, and modelling. In addition, they will learn about community standards and sharing in metabolomics, particularly through the use of EMBL-EBI’s MetaboLights repository and Galaxy infrastructure. Participants will learn through hands-on tutorials to use tools available for data analysis and data submission. Additionally, case studies will be discussed to show how to employ the week’s learning.

What will I learn?
Learning outcomes:
After the course you should be able to:

• Perform basic data acquisition, processing, and modelling in metabolomics 
• Estimate what factors contribute to designing a successful metabolomics study
• Describe the issues of data standards and sharing in metabolomics
• Access and use public metabolomics resources 
• Cite the principles of creating a standardised workflow to perform basic metabolomics analysis

Course content:
During this course you will learn about:

• Basic metabolomics experimental design, acquisition, and analysis
• Public metabolomics resources: MetaboLights, Galaxy 
• Open source metabolomics tools made available through customisable workflows
• Case study based on a published/public example