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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 5d

What if Heisenberg had a mass spec? Would he be interested in #meth-abolomics?

This latest #Weekend Read, explores how plasma metabolomics and bioinformatics modeling can uncover the hidden biological signatures of chronic methamphetamine use.

📖 Curious? 🔗bit.ly/3InEYdS

#metabolomics

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 12d

#Weekend Read

#Metabolomics annotation is hard.

And JESTR attempts to makes it easier by treating molecules & spectra as two views of the same object — and ranking candidates with joint embeddings.

Result? Big gains over some existing annotation tools!

Curious? 🔗bit.ly/4mdd4PB

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 26d

Metabolites ≠ genes. 🔬
Using gene-centric pathway tools for metabolomics can mislead. In this commentary, we highlight 5 key pitfalls—from poor co-regulation to analytical gaps—and suggest ways forward, including rigorous annotation & metabolic flux analysis.

Read here: bit.ly/3I1jPpE

#weekend

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 28d

Starting the new semester with a #webinar!

💡 Free + open to all:
Steroid Metabolomics and Impact on Patient Care
w/ Ravinder J. Singh (Mayo Clinic)

🗓️ 19 Sept 2025 | 13:00 CET | Zoom
🔗 bit.ly/humandn_webinars

See you all there!

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 29d

Read the whole essays: 🔗https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2025/what-should-be-done-to-help-analytical-science-rise-to-prominence-as-the-keystone-of-all-good-science/

For the full 2025 Power List: 🔗https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/2025/

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 29d

Congratulations to Georgios Theodoridis of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, @metabomichael.bsky.social of @www.helmholtz-munich.de and Coral Barbas of Universidad CEU San Pablo!

Of course, we’re sharing with you excerpts of what we thought was the most powerful lines from their entries.

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · 29d

The Analytical Scientist’s 2025 Power List dropped a few weeks ago and we’re ecstatic that ❗three ❗ of our HUMAN PIs got into the Top Ten for the topic: "What should be done to help analytical science rise to prominence as the keystone of all good science?"

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Weekend Read Alert❗

In this paper, single-cell mass cytometry was used to
labelled glucose and glutamine in breast cancer cells, uncovering 40 active metabolites and revealed flux heterogeneity invisible to traditional methods!

Curious? 🔗 bit.ly/3JFQjGr

#metabolomics #singlecell #weekend

Reposted by HUMAN Doctoral Network

Michael Witting @metabomichael.bsky.social · Aug 6

Let there be METABOlites...in Munich!

We are happy that, in collaboration with Bruker Daltonics, our lab at @www.helmholtz-munich.de welcomed the first ever installation of a timsMetabo outside of Bruker HQ!

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣 Don’t miss this upcoming webinar:
“From conventional to convenient: Blood microsampling in metabolomics”
with Michael Witting, Helmholtz Munich

🗓 September 23, 2025 | 11am ET / 4pm BST / 5pm CET
✨ Register now: buff.ly/FDFCf6e

#webinars #metabolomics

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Aug 15

Exciting progress in computational metabolomics! The newly introduced Computational Metabolomics Reference Vocabulary (CMRV) offers a unified, community-driven language to describe tools, workflows, and data types across the field.

Curious? 🔗bit.ly/4l5VcGl

#metabolomics #weekendread

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Aug 1

Reuse, re-analyze…ReDU!

Pan-ReDU is a new framework that connects public data across GNPS, NMDR, and MetaboLights through standardized metadata, unique MS identifiers, and integrated tools.

Curious? 🔗bit.ly/45RrAbd

#Metabolomics #MassSpectrometry #OpenScience #FAIRdata #BigData #PanReDU

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jul 18

#WeekendRead

DreaMS — a self-supervised transformer model trained on 700M+ unannotated MS/MS spectra. It learns rich molecular representations directly from raw spectral data.

Curious? 🔗bit.ly/43BDjYV

#metabolomics #AI #machinelearning #deeplearning #annotation

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jul 16

Guess who showed up in full force at #MetSoc2025? 😉

Our DCs, PIs, and Associated Partners gathered in Prague for the biggest #Metabolomics conference of the year!

How many of us did you get to meet?

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jul 11

🧠✨ New #Weekend Read!

A randomized controlled trial shows that inulin supplementation during alcohol withdrawal can reshape the gut and blood metabolome in patients with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD).

Curious? 🔗bit.ly/4jnXRt

#health #metabolomics #gut #microbiome #fiber

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Spotted 👀 in Paris!

HUMAN PI Michael Witting and DC Pauline Couacault of HMGU delivered talks at the recently concluded RFMF Scientific Days last 10-13 June 2025. Fabien Jourdan (INRAE), another consortium collaborator, was also present in the event!

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jul 2

HUMAN at the Great Exhibition Road Festival 2025,

Our colleagues from the Imperial College London, Elizabeth Want, Tim Ebbels, and our DCs, Thomas Rix and Ana Sanchez, ran an exhibit called Molecule Detectives where participants created art using fundamental chromatography techniques. 🥼 ⚗️

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our very own DC, Pauline Couacault represented the HUMAN Network at the Pint of Science DE 2025, in Munich, last 21 May!

Thanks, Pint of Science DE for having us!

#science
#metabolomics

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚀 From Experiments to Enterprises: What does it take to transform research into a thriving business?

Hear from founders who’ve done it—and are still doing it.

📅 July 8, 2025 | 14:00 CET | via Zoom

Join us here: 🔗bit.ly/bench2boss

PS: This is free and open to the public!

#metabolomics
#webinar

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 13

Imagine experiencing colors you've never seen before! 😲

Introducing Oz, a revolutionary display technology that directly controls how your eyes perceive color. By targeting photoreceptors, they’ve unlocked hues beyond the natural human spectrum!

Let's add color to your #weekend!
🔗bit.ly/3Sui4TA

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 13

‼️ Quick update: Our poster lineup is now 8! We have 4 presenters during the Welcome Reception/Session 1, and another 4 on Session 2.

HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 10

*Czech* out the presentations by our PIs and DCs during Metabolomics 2025! 😉

Chat with us about all things blood 👀 (or data) over coffee, beer or on the Charles Bridge 🍻

See you all in Prague ❣️

#MetSoc25
#metabolomics

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Getting ready for the #Weekend?

Here's some (brain) starter: 🧠⚡

A groundbreaking study reveals major disruptions in serine, folate, and lipid metabolism in patients with ME/CFS — especially following physical exertion.

Got you curious? 🔗 bit.ly/4iWUvO8

#Metabolomics #Neuroscience #Lipidomics

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Her advice to future scientists? Stay curious, be persistent, and never stop learning! 🧠

#WomenInSTEM

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HUMAN Doctoral Network @human-dn.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Let's meet another #HUMAN partner! 👩‍🔬

Meet Olga Begou — a #scientist, #CEO and co-founder of ThetaBiomarkers!
On top of her CEO duties, she also mentors PhD students in bioanalysis, metabolomics, and lab troubleshooting. 💯

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