MANA’S Interest Groups
Early Career Members - ECM | Women in Metabolomics - WomiX | Software and Data Exchange - SODA | Metabolomics in Precision Medicine | Microbiome | Metabolomics Cores Interest Group | NMR | Spatial Metabolomics | Industry Engagement |
What are Interest Groups?
MANA Interest Groups (IGs) are member-driven communities that connect researchers, professionals, and trainees around shared interests in metabolomics. From scientific topics to career development, IGs create space to collaborate, share ideas, and build community.
Led by volunteers from the MANA community, IGs are flexible and responsive, shaped by the needs and interests of their members. Whether focused on scientific areas, professional development, or community building, IGs play a vital role in advancing metabolomics through collaboration, education, and innovation.
Through seminars, workshops, mentorship, and collaborative projects, IGs keep members engaged and connected while driving progress in the field. There’s something for everyone, and if not, consider starting your own IG (scroll down to learn more).
Why Join an IG?
Build your network | Stay current | Get involved | Find community | Make an impact
ECM
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WomIX
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SODA
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Precision Medicine
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Mircobiome
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CORES
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NMR
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Spatial Metabolomics
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Industry Engagement
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ECM 〰️ WomIX 〰️ SODA 〰️ Precision Medicine 〰️ Mircobiome 〰️ CORES 〰️ NMR 〰️ Spatial Metabolomics 〰️ Industry Engagement 〰️
Early Career Members - ECM
Early Career Members are vital for MANA, defined to be within 10 years of their highest academic degree. The ECM has organized multiple workshops during the Metabolomics Society conference and the annual MANA conference.
ECM members have received more than 25 travel awards in 2019 and 5 child care grants. At the annual conference, an ECM member received a lecture award; the 2019 award winner was Caroline Johnson. The ECM group elected its first board of directors in the Fall of 2019, chaired by inaugural officers Kehau Hagiwara, Ph.D. (Chair), Yuanyuan Li, Ph.D. (Vice-Chair), Candice Ulmer, Ph.D. (Administrative Officer), and Brianna Garcia, Ph.D. (Financial Officer). The ECM group currently has more than 350 members and will participate in many MANA events each year.
Chair: Jonathan Low, Ph.D.
Vice Chair: Khyati Mehta, Ph.D.
Women in Metabolomics - WomiX
Our Mission: Women in Metabolomics (WomiX) was established to promote the professional development and engagement of women in Metabolomics by creating a sense of community and providing opportunities for networking and mentorship. We are an interest group of the Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA) dedicated to promoting collaboration between metabolomics researchers. MANA members of all gender identities are welcome to our community!
Why join WomiX?
Connect. Grow. Be supported.
WomiX brings together the metabolomics community to foster mentorship, networking, and collaboration—empowering women in metabolomics while welcoming all.
To learn more follow us on LinkedIn or email us!
Co-Chairs: Arpana Vaniya, Ph.D. & Stephanie Bishop, Ph.D.
Software and Data Exchange (SODA)
The goal of SODA is to help researchers find the right computational tools and data; and foster collaboration within the metabolomics tools community through a community-driven effort. SODA Meets is a platform where data generators and computational scientists can share their use of software/data.
Are you interested in developing or applying software for processing and analyzing metabolomics data? If you answered "yes", then the MANA Software and Data (SODA) Exchange team would love to hear from you!
During SODAMeets, we will have two speakers present on software or data they would like to share with the community, emphasizing how these software/data are used. Speakers will be requested to fill out our SODA website so that we collectrelevant information on the software/data presented.
Follow us on LinkedIn to learn more.
Co-Chairs: Yue Wu, Ph.D. & Mingxun Wang, Ph.D.
Find papers published by the NMR IG below:
Gouveia, G.J., et al. “Perspective: use and reuse of NMR-based metabolomics data: what works and what remains challenging.”Metabolomics 20.2 (2024): 41; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11306-024-02090-6
Powers, Robert, et al. "Best practices in NMR metabolomics: Current state."TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry (2023): 117478; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2023.117478
Wishart, D.S., et al. “NMR and Metabolomics—A Roadmap for the Future.“Metabolites (2022), 12(8), 678; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12080678
NMR
The MANA NMR interest group is a collection of scientists with mutual interests in advancing and promoting the use of NMR in metabolomics inquiries. We seek to advance and promote the inclusion of NMR metabolomics in an XCMS-dominated world, educate and provide training resources in the application of NMR metabolomics to the broader community, solicit community involvement and contributions, advance functional NMR metabolomics with nontraditional workflows, and build community consensus concerning experimental and computational parameters that influence the quality of NMR based metabolomics, best-practices for metabolite identification and quantitation, and appropriate application of statistical tools to interrogate NMR and NMR-hybrid datasets. For details, on the policy for the NMR Interest Group click here.
Chair: Teklab Gebregiworgis, Ph.D.
Microbiome
MANA’s Microbiome interest group was formed following a successful workshop at the 1st annual MANA meeting in 2019.
Our Mission: The microbiome interest group is established to form a scientific community that engages scientists from diverse backgrounds to discuss and learn about the latest advancement in metabolomics research in connection with microbiome studies.
We would like to hear from you if you are interested in joining the MANA Microbiome Task Group to focus on and develop topics related to the application of metabolomics in microbiome research.
Co-Chairs: Robert A. Quinn, Ph.D. & Jiangjiang (Chris) Zhu, Ph.D.
Metabolomics Cores Interest Group
Metabolomics core facilities across North America (NA) play a pivotal role in promoting science and technology as well as community education. Currently, there are 92 metabolomics centers and cores in NA each with its exceptionally talented and multidisciplinary workforce.
Our Mission: Established in 2021 to promote leadership and engagement among our members, help navigate common challenges and barriers faced amongst core groups and facilitate communication for MANA core members.
If you are interested in joining the Metabolomics Cores Interest Group and leading core-centric initiatives please contact us.
Co-Chairs: Maryam Goudarzi, Ph.D. & Uri Keshet, Ph.D.
Metabolomics in Precision Medicine
Our Mission: To accelerate effort for applications of metabolomics in Precision health and Precision Medicine by bringing close interactions among scientists in the field of metabolomics and in other fields including medicine, omics, data science and informatics.
Chair: Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ph.D.
Spatial Metabolomics Imaging
Our Mission: The Spatial Metabolomics Imaging Interest Group is dedicated to advancing the development, standardization, and application of spatially resolved metabolomics technologies. We foster an interdisciplinary community that integrates mass spectrometry imaging, computational tools, and systems biology, while promoting standardization, data harmonization, and best practices. Our mission is to enable researchers to uncover the spatial organization of metabolism, driving mechanistic insights, biomarker discovery, and translational impact across health and disease.
Chair: Leo Cheng, Ph.D
Industry Engagement
Our Mission: To establish good working relationships and/or collaborations between researchers and instrument vendors. Access information on best practices, understand how to optimize instrument parameters for metabolomics experiments, implement novel workflows, and address questions about data analysis software.
Chair: Erica Forsberg, Ph.D. (Bruker)
Co-Chairs: David Colquhoun, Ph.D. (SCIEX), Heino Heyman, Ph.D. (Metabolon), & Cristoph Krettler, Ph.D. (Enveda)
Would you like to start a MANA Interest Group?
For more information click here on how to start.
If you have more questions email us at mana@metabolomicsna.org