Workshop Details
Frontiers in Metabolomics
08/05/2024 - 08/09/2024
Meeting Description:

Synopsis:
Metabolomics is a rapidly evolving field that studies the metabolism of a living system in relationship to its phenotype, including health and disease states. The two primary analytical techniques used are nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS), which provide both qualitative and quantitative high-resolution information concerning the metabolites present in a cell, tissue, or biofluid. Rapid progress is being made in method development and their application to complex biological systems. Advances in statistical methods, including big data approaches and rapidly growing databases, are also impacting the field. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together metabolomics experts in NMR, MS, and bioinformatics to discuss recent successes and challenges in their research.

Expanded narrative:
In recent years, metabolomics (sometimes also called metabonomics) has made great strides in the analysis of complex metabolite molecular mixtures encountered in many different areas of the life sciences ranging from food to biomedicine. Many powerful applications have emerged for rapid screening, biomarker identification, diagnostics, and the identification of biochemical pathways and their fluxes. In the human body alone, it has been estimated that more than 150,000 different metabolites exist, most of which are still unknown. There is a clear need for the development of new tools for the identification of unknowns and their assignment to new biochemical pathways.

The two main analytical techniques in metabolomics are mass spectrometry (MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Both techniques are very powerful on their own, but in the past their high complementarity has impeded their synergistic use. As a consequence, and due to cost and expertise needed to run these instruments, many research labs predominantly use one of the techniques over the other. When both techniques are used, they are often applied independently rather than as a hyphenated system, and comparison of the results can be inconclusive.

This TSRC workshop has the goal to bring together leading scientists in both NMR- and MS-based metabolomics to spur constructive discussions about current successes and challenges of both MS and NMR. Particularly how to optimize the integration of these two methods to produce new and better science. We also invite speakers who are at the forefront of metabolomics applications to inspire new metabolomics tools in terms of sample preparation, quality control, hardware, software, databases, and reproducibility.

Relationship to molecular sciences:
Metabolites are small biomolecules with a molecular weight < 1500 Da and provide a functional readout of the biochemistry of a cell. Metabolomics can be considered as the ultimate challenge in the analysis of complex mixtures containing hundreds of different metabolites. The analysis of these mixtures requires a combination of analytical-chemical techniques (MS, NMR, chromatography), spectral databases, and computational tools, including empirical and high-level quantum-chemical computations.

Notes:

The registration fee includes breakfast on each workshop day. There is also a catered picnic on Wednesday night.

We wish to ensure an intimate workshop setting, with no more than 20 to 25 participants. If you are interested in attending, but have not received an invitation, please contact the workshop organizer before registering.

Telluride Science is about expanding the frontiers of science, exploring new ideas, and building collaborations. The workshop schedule will allow for substantial unstructured time for participants to talk and think. All participants are expected to stay for the entire duration of the workshop.

Scientists are encouraged to consider bringing family or friends.Telluride offers a number of options for children's camps (including Telluride Academy, Ah Haa School for the Arts, and Pinhead Institute). There is more information on childcare, camps, and family activities on TSRC's website at https://www.telluridescience.org/travel/families. Please contact Cindy Fusting at cindy@telluridescience.org for more information.

Meeting Venue:

Telluride Science & Innovation Center
300 South Townsend St. Telluride, CO 81435
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Meeting Details:

Workshop Price: $ 494.00
Early Bird Lodging Discount Available Until: 01/31/2024

A $100.00 discount is applied to your lodging cost when you register before 01/31/2024.

Cancellation Policy: Once a credit card has been charged, cancelled registrations will be subject to a cancellation fee. Registration fees will be automatically processed once registration is complete. A $25 cancellation fee will be retained from a registration refund. Lodging fee payments will be processed 60 days prior to arrival, and a $100 cancellation fee will apply if cancellations occur after a lodging fee payment is completed. Telluride Science can only guarantee a refund for the remaining lodging fees if requested prior to the cancellation deadline that is specific to each lodging provider. Telluride Science recommends that participants purchase travel insurance to protect against unforeseen, last-minute travel plan changes.

Frontiers in Metabolomics Registered Meeting Participants:
Participant Organization
Broeckling, Corey Colorado State University
Bruschweiler, Rafael The Ohio State University
Clish, Clary B. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Copie, Valerie Montana State University
Ebbels, Timothy Imperial College London
Edison, Arthur Arthur S Edison
Guenther, Ulrich University of Luebeck
Lewis, Ian University of Calgary
Mathe, Ewy National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Phelan, Vanessa University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Powers, Robert University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Raftery, Daniel University of Washington
Reisdorph, Nichole University of Colorado
Schock, Tracey National Institute of Standards and Technology
Vuckovic, Dajana Concordia University
Want, Elizabeth Imperial College London
Wishart, David University of Alberta
Zhang, Min University of California, Irvine

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