The 5th International Electronic Conference on Metabolomics

1. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town, South Africa 2. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy;

Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands;Dr. Laura Righetti is Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Wageningen University and Wageningen Food Safety Research. She holds a MSc degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology from Modena and Reggio Emilia University (IT), a PhD degree in Food Chemistry from University of Parma (IT) obtained in 2017, and postdoctoral experience in Analytical Chemistry at the Justus Liebig University Giessen (DE). Her research interest is focus on small molecules (both natural toxins and bioactive metabolites) and on the development of mass spectrometry based methodologies to comprehensive detect them. From an analytical chemistry point of view, the comprehensive analysis of secondary metabolites by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry remains a challenge because of their chemical diversity, the large number of isomeric forms, and the lack of analytical standards. Therefore I have a specific interest in adding innovative analytical techniques such as ion mobility mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry imaging to the metabolomics workflow to overcome the challenge of comprehensively and spatially characterize the “metabolome” in food.

Department of Chemical Engineering, ISEL—Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal;Cecília R.C. Calado (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-9755 & cecilia.calado@isel.pt) is a Coordinating Professor with Habilitation at the Lisbon Superior Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic University of Lisbon. She is the coordinator of the MSc program in Biomedical Engineering and the R&D Laboratory in Medical Bioengineering. She holds a BSc in Biochemistry (a 5-year university degree), an MSc and a PhD in Biotechnology, and a Habilitation in Biochemistry. Her research combines analytical techniques—used to acquire the molecular fingerprint of biological systems—with machine learning algorithms to develop bioprocess monitoring techniques (in situ, real-time, or high-throughput at-line) as part of Process Analytical Technology (PAT). Additionally, she develops platforms for drug discovery and development, including antibiotics and vaccines, and identifies biomarkers for medical diagnosis and prognosis based on omics.

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, Singapore;

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;Jianguo (Jeff) Xia is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics and Big Data Analytics at McGill University. His group develops widely used omics analysis platforms – including MetaboAnalyst, MicrobiomeAnalyst, and OmicsAnalyst – that are widely by 100,000s researchers worldwide, with a focus on metabolomics, microbiomics, and multi-omics integration. A Web of Science Global Highly Cited Researcher every year since 2019, he has published 142 papers (>55,000 citations, H-index 63), trained 60 HQP, and secured $70M in research funding

SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA;Peter D. Karp is the director of the Bioinformatics Research Group within the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International. Dr. Karp has authored 210 publications in bioinformatics and computer science in areas including metabolic pathway bioinformatics, computational genomics, scientific visualization, and scientific databases. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the International Society for Computational Biology.

Environmental Metabolomics and Proteomics, Land & Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Ecoscience Precinct, Dutton Park, Australia;

Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA;