Metabolomics 2025

Name: Metabolomics 2025
Start: 2025-06-22T09:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-06-26T13:15:00.000Z

22 - 26. červen 2025

We are delighted to invite you to the 21st Annual International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, which will be held in Prague, Czech Republic on June 22-26, 2025, at the Prague Congress Centre.

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Metabolomics Society: Metabolomics 2025

The conference is the official annual meeting of the Metabolomics Society, and the largest metabolomics meeting worldwide. The major scientific themes will include Metabolomics in Health and Disease; Metabolomics of Plants, Food, Environment and Microbes; Technology Advances in Metabolomics; and Computational Metabolomics, Statistics, and Bioinformatics.

Beyond the main topics, the conference will place a particular focus on the increasingly important role that metabolomics plays in fundamental biology research. We look forward to welcoming the metabolomics community, building strong connections, and discussing world-class research in a relaxed, collegial environment.

The scientific program will include plenary and keynote talks, parallel scientific sessions, interactive poster sessions, sponsor lunches, and specially-organized workshops. To complement our exciting scientific program, the conference will offer a welcome reception, conference dinner, and vibrant early-career events where we welcome sponsors to meet with potential employment applicants!

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Registration

Members: If you are a member of the Metabolomics Society, please ensure your membership is current to receive the discounted Member rate. You should use the same e-mail address on your membership to complete the conference registration form. If you are unsure of the status of your membership, email [email protected].
Non-Members: If you register as a Non-Member for the conference, your registration fee includes membership to the Society, valid for one year from the date of registration.
SAVINGS TIP: The BEST way to register for the conference is to complete your Society Membership FIRST, then register for the conference at the extra discounted rate. There is an additional savings if you complete the Membership form first.

Registration fees

Early to April 1, 2025

Regular (Member): $680
Student (Member): $450
Regular (Non-Member): $830
Student (Non-Member): $535

Regular from April 2 to May 20, 2025

Regular (Member): $850
Student (Member): $565
Regular (Non-Member): $990
Student (Non-Member): $625

Late May 21 - On-site

Regular (Member): $960
Student (Member): $625
Regular (Non-Member): $1,100
Student (Non-Member): $675

Conference Registration fees are in USD.

*A $45 fee will be added for all wire transfer payments. You are responsible for paying fees imposed by your bank in addition to the $45 fee.

**Student Rate

Applicable to any student who is registered in full-time or part-time education, studying for either an undergraduate degree (i.e. BSc) or higher degree (i.e. MSc, PhD).
Does not apply to post-docs, however, post-docs qualify as early-career researchers (EMN).
You’ll be asked to submit proof of student status to receive the student rate.

What is included in my registration?

If you are registered for full-access to the conference, your registration includes access to Workshops 6/22 - 6/23, and all Plenary Sessions and Breakout Sessions 6/23 - 6/26, and everything below.
Access to the Exhibit Hall featuring sponsors and academic posters.
A box lunch will be provided for you on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Entrance into the Conference Dinner on Wednesday evening.
Welcome Reception and (2) evening Poster Sessions.
Evening events that apply to your professional status, such as Career Night and the EMN Reception.
Light morning and afternoon coffee breaks will be available during the week.
Academic posters displayed in the online Poster Gallery prior to, and during the event.
Access to view recorded presentations online for 3 months following the conference.

Abstract Submission

Submit your abstract
Upcoming Dates:
January 2025 - Abstract submission opens
March 6, 2025 - Oral Abstract deadline
May 15, 2025 - Poster Abstract deadline

Thank you for your interest in presenting. The contribution of presenters is critical and we value your input greatly. Scientists in academia, government, industry, and others working in the field of metabolomics are invited to submit abstracts in the following scientific themes:

Metabolomics and Lipidomics in Health and Disease
- Aging research | Biological clocks | Biomarker validation and clinical translation | Cancer | Cardiovascular diseases | Cellular metabolism | Endocrine and metabolic diseases | Epidemiology | Exposome research | Gastrointestinal diseases | Immunometabolism | Inborn errors of metabolism and neonatal screening | Infectious diseases | Laboratory medicine | Microbiome research | Neurological disorders | Nutrimetabolomics & dietary biomarkers | Pharmacometabolomics | Precision health | Pregnancy, maternal and neonatal health | Respiratory diseases | Toxicology | Other
Plants, Food, Environment and Microbes
- Crop quality research | Environmental exposures | Fermented foods | Foodomics and food security | Marine metabolomics | Metabolic engineering | Microbial metabolomics | Model organisms | Natural products | Non-targeted analysis in biomonitoring and environmental monitoring | PFAs | Plant and soil microbiome | Plant defense, pathogens and interactions | Plant metabolomics | Viticulture & wine growing | Xenobiotics and nutrient metabolism | Other
Technology Advancements
- At-home sample collection | Bioprocessing | Breath analysis/Volatolomics | Flux analysis | High-throughput metabolomics | Imaging MS | Ion mobility spectrometry | New developments in instrumentation | New multi-omics workflows | NMR metabolomics | Non-targeted and semi-targeted methods | Novel approaches in lipidomics | Novel samples/matrices | Quantitation in metabolomics | Single-cell metabolomics and lipidomics | Small volume metabolomics technologies | Standardization, reproducibility, QA/QC and ring trials | Targeted methods | Other
Computational Metabolomics, Statistics & Bioinformatics
- Cloud computing | Collaborative and open data science | Data processing & software tools | Data repositories | Data visualization | Machine learning and AI | Metabolic modeling | Metabolic networks | Metabolite and mass spectral databases | Metabolite identification/annotation | Multi-omics/Integrative omics | Statistical methods | Systems biology | Other

All abstracts will go through peer-review and will be selected by the Metabolomics 2025 Scientific Organizing Committee. To ensure a diverse range of contributions each participant may only submit one abstract as "presenting author" while participants may be listed as co-authors on multiple abstracts. You'll be asked to select a theme and sub-topic from the list below.

Abstract Guidelines

Abstract titles should be short, but descriptive.
Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.
The submitting author will receive an email confirming receipt of the abstract and will be responsible for notifying all co-authors of the submission.
If you do not receive a confirmation e-mail after you submit, your abstract HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. Contact [email protected] for assistance or revisit the form to make sure you completed all pages and hit “Submit”.

Peer-review Procedures and Deadlines

Oral abstract submission deadline is March 6, 2025.
Poster abstract submission deadline is May 15, 2025.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee.
Abstracts constituting sales pitches for products or services will not be considered.
Announcements of selected abstracts will be made mid-April, 2025.
All presenters must register online for the conference. Oral presenters must register (and pay) by May 12, 2025 to secure your agenda spot; poster presenters must register (and pay) by June 1, 2025.
Complete instructions for oral and poster presentations will be provided upon notification of acceptance.
Posters will be available to view online 2 weeks prior to the conference.
You can only submit ONE abstract as the presenter. (Either poster or oral/poster, not both)

Abstract Scoring

The Committee has clear criteria for reviewing and scoring each abstract. You can view the guidelines and rubric below. Keep in mind that all abstracts must be relevant to the Metabolomics Society conference and cannot contain obvious marketing content.

Program

The tentative agenda is available! Check back often for updates. You can download a PDF of the Agenda using this link.

Keynote Speakers

Cristina Andres-Lacueva (University of Barcelona, Spain)

Cristina Andres-Lacueva is a Full Professor and Principal Investigator at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Security within the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona (UB) and at the CIBERFES, on Frailty and Healthy Aging from the Biomedical Research Networking Center (CIBER) of the Carlos III Health Institute. She leads an accredited research group focused on Biomarkers, Exposome, and Nutritional Metabolomics, pioneering innovative approaches to studying the exposome and applying metabolomics in nutrition research to advance the field of Precision Nutrition. She is a recipient of the ICREA Academia Award and actively participates in six European consortia: FoodBall, Maple, D-CogPlas, Digumet, Carb4-Health, and Hub-Platform. Her current research efforts are centered on the Food4Brain and Food4HealthyAging studies (BBHI).

Prof. Andres-Lacueva serves as a collaborator for the Division of Coordination and Evaluation of the Research National Agency within the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities of the Spanish Government. She was also a member of the Steering Committee advising the European Commissionon the Foresight Study – Tomorrow’s Healthy Society: Exploring Research Priorities for Foods and Diet. Additionally, she contributed as an expert in the development and consensus of dietary recommendations for the European adult population through the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission on the Feasibility Study on Dietary Recommendations for Older European Citizens.

She coordinates the Master’s Program in Innovation and Food Development at the University ofBarcelona and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Scientist by Clarivate Analytics in 2021 and 2022. Furthermore, she ranks among the top 2% of the world’s most influential scientists, according to the 2024 Stanford Ranking by Elsevier. Prof. Andres-Lacueva has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and holds an H-index of 76 (Web of Science). ORCID: 0000-0002-8494-4978; ResearcherID: J-3377-2012

Evelina Charidemou (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)

Dr. Evelina Charidemou is an Assistant Professor at the University of Nicosia. She graduated with first-class honors in Biochemistry from Imperial College London and completed her PhD in 2019 at the University of Cambridge in Professor Julian Griffin’sgroup. Her research linked specific amino acids to insulin resistance via de novo lipogenesis,using advanced metabolomic and bioinformatic techniques. In 2019, Evelina was awarded a prestigious Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, during which she combined metabolomic and epigenomic approaches to study metabolic changes caused by epigenetic modifiers at the University of Cyprus. Evelina has presented her work internationally and published in leading scientific journals. She has developed innovative methods that integrate molecular biology, biochemistry, and computational techniques to study epigenetics and metabolism. She is an active member of the metabolomics community, having chaired the Early Career Members Network of the Metabolomics Society (2021–2023) and founded the Cyprus Metabolomics Network to promote the field locally and globally.

Hyungwon Choi (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Dr. Choi completed his PhD at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Currently he is associate professor in the Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He serves as the program leader of Singapore Lipidomics Incubator in Life Sciences Institute and the director of Cardiovascular - Metabolic Disease Translational Research Program in the medical school.

Fabien Jourdan (INRAE-MetaboHUB, France)

Fabien Jourdan holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Montpellier. He is INRAE research director (DR) in the research laboratory TOXALIM, Toulouse (France). He is co-leading ateam of 30 scientists (Team MeX “Metabolism and Xenobiotics”) working on the metabolic impact of food contaminants on Human health. His main expertise is the development of computational solutions to model metabolism at the cellular or tissue level. Since 2009, he has coordinated the development of the MetExplore web server which is used by more than 1500 users worldwide to study omics data in the context of metabolic networks. Since 2021, he is director of French national infrastructure for Metabolomics and Fluxomics MetaboHUB. Former president of French-Speaking Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network (RFMF) he served as international Metabolomics Society secretary from 2020 to 2024.

Jennifer Kirwan (Berlin Institute of Health at Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany)

Dr Kirwan started her career as a clinical veterinarian where she became increasingly interested in translational and evidence-based medicine before undertaking a PhD in metabolomics. She now heads Berlin Institute of Health Metabolomics at Charité University Hospital in Berlin, where she focuses on translational health-related metabolomics, especially on its quality management aspects. She is particularly interested in the gut-brain-heart health triad and how the microbiome influences health. She is a founding member of the German Metabolomics Society, a former Coordinating Committee Chair of the international Metabolomics quality assurance and quality control consortium (MQACC) and is an active member of the Precision Medicine and Pharmacogenomics working group of the International Metabolomics Society.

Norberto Peporine Lopes (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)

Norberto Peporine Lopes is a Pharmacist with a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (USP). He is a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences, where he serves as Financial Director. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP-USP), Coordinator of the Research Center for Natural and Synthetic Products, and Head of the Mass Spectrometry Center for Organic Micromolecules.

At his institution, he has held several elected positions, including Head of the Department of Physics and Chemistry and President of the Research Committee. He was a member of the USP Advanced Studies Group at the Ribeirão Preto campus and the Steering Committee of the Supera ParqueTechnology Park. Currently, he is the Coordinator of the Ribeirão Preto branch of INOVA-USP (Innovation Center of the University of São Paulo) and the Coordinator of NIDUS (Entrepreneurshipand Startup Development Center), the first Innovation Residency program in Brazil.

Prof. Lopes is an active member of several professional societies, including the Brazilian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Brazilian Society of Mass Spectrometry (BrMASS), the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ), and the Brazilian Society of Pharmacognosy. Internationally, he is a member of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

He has held several elected positions within SBQ, including President, President-elect, Member of theAdvisory Board, Member and President of the Fiscal Council, General Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-Director, and Treasurer of the Natural Products Division. At BrMASS, he served as Financial Director and a member of the Advisory Board.

Prof. Lopes has undertaken short-term research internships in Germany (University of Tübingen), the United States (Washington State University), and the United Kingdom (University of Bristol). He completed his postdoctoral research in Mass Spectrometry of Natural Products at the University of Cambridge (UK) and served as a Visiting Professor in Mass Spectrometry at the University of Münster.

He has received ten awards, including the BrMASS Medal, the Fernando Galembeck Innovation Award (SBQ), and the Jeremy Knowles Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Currently, he is in Editor Board of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (Wiley), Planta Medica (GA), Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), OMEGA-ACS (American Chemical Society), and Chemical Society Reviews. His research focuses on Natural Products Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry, with an emphasis on Chemical Ecology. Prof. Norberto Peporine Lopes has authored over 520 peer-reviewed publications and holds an H-index of 51 (Web of Science). ORCID:0000-0002-8159-3658

Sastia Prama Putri (Osaka University, Japan)

Sastia Putri is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University. Sastia received her B.Sc. degree in 2004 from Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia, M.Eng. and PhD degree in 2008 and 2010 from Osaka University, respectively. Her research field is the application of metabolomics for food science and microbiology. She won the L’Oreal Award for women in science in 2015 for her work on coffee metabolomics, Osaka Universityaward in 2018, Metabolomics Society President’s award in 2020, the Saito Award 2022 from the Society for Biotechnology Japan and the Momofuku Ando Prize in 2024 for her groundbreaking work in combining metabolomics and nutritional epidemiology to identify underexplored metabolites in food.

Jing-Ke Weng (Institute for Plant-Human Interface, Northeastern University, USA)

Jing-Ke Weng is the Inaugural Director of the Institute for Plant-Human Interface, a Professor ofChemistry, Chemical Biology, and Bioengineering, and an Affiliated Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University. Before joining Northeastern, he was a member of the Whitehead Institute and served as an Assistant Professor and later an Associate Professor of Biology at MIT (2013–2023). Dr. Weng earned his B.S. in Biotechnology from Zhejiang University (2003) and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Purdue University (2009). He completed his postdoctoral training as a Pioneer Postdoctoral Fellow at the Salk Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute(2009–2013). Dr. Weng’s research focuses on understanding the origin and evolution of plant specialized metabolism at the enzyme, pathway, and systems levels, as well as how plants utilize specific small molecules to interact with their biotic and abiotic environments. Through synthetic biology and metabolic engineering approaches, he develops sustainable platforms for producing high-value natural products. Additionally, he leverages plants and plant-derived molecules as unique model systems and chemical tools to study human diseases, including metabolic syndromes and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Weng has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Beckman Young Investigator Award (2016), the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2016), the Searle Scholar Award (2015), the Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences (2014), the American Society of Plant Biologists Early Career Award (2014), and the Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science (2013). He has also served as a co-founder or scientific advisor to several biotech companies.

Plenary Speakers

Erin S. Baker (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)

Erin S. Baker is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To date, she has published over 190 peer-reviewed papers utilizing different analytical chemistry techniques to study both environmental and biological systems. Erin is extremely proud of helping grow the Females in Mass Spectrometry (FEMS + ) group, where she was the Events Committee Chair from 2019-2022 and hosted 35 virtual and 2 in-person events. She is currently serving as the Vice President of Education for the International Lipidomics Society, a mentor for FEMS + , and an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Erin has received seven US patents, two R&D 100 Awards, been named to the 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024 Analytical Scientist Top 100 Power Lists, and was a recipient of the 2016 ACS Rising Star Award for Top Midcareer Women Chemists,2022 ASMS Biemann Medal, and 2022 IMSF Curt Brunnée Award. Currently, her research group utilizes advanced separations and novel software capabilities to examine how chemical exposure affects human health.

Clary Clish (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA)

Clary Clish is Senior Director of the Metabolomics Platform and an Institute Scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. His research is highly collaborative and broadly aims to advance our understanding of the role of metabolism in normal physiology and disease. Current projects range in scope from dissecting metabolic dependencies in cancer to identification of early derangements of metabolism that precede disease, or clinical symptoms of disease, in human cohorts.

Prior to joining the Broad Institute, Clish held senior and executive management positions in the biotechnology industry from 2001-2008, including Vice President of Discovery at Gene Logic Inc. and Director of Metabolite Biochemistry at Beyond Genomics Inc. From 1997-2001, Clish was a postdoctoral fellow and instructor in the laboratory of Dr. Charles Serhan at the Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. In the Serhan laboratory, his work focused on understanding the roles of lipidmediators in acute inflammation and its resolution, including his discovery and characterization of a novel class of anti-inflammatory lipid mediators that have since been named “resolvins.”

Clish received his B.Sc. in chemistry and biological sciences from McGill University in 1991 and his Ph.D. environmental science and chemistry from Portland State University in 1996.

Livia Eberlin (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)

Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, PhD received her BS in Chemistry from the State University of Campinas(Sao Paulo, Brazil) and her PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University. She pursued herpostdoctoral research in Chemistry at Stanford University. Eberlin started her independent career inthe Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin and then moved to Baylor College of Medicine where she is currently a Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Eberlin and her team are recognized for their innovative research in analytical chemistry,medical mass spectrometry, and cancer research. Eberlin is the recipient of many honors for their research, including a NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, Forbes 30 under 30 listing in the Healthcare category, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the Norman Hackerman Award. Dr. Eberlin’sresearch program centers around the development and application of novel mass spectrometry technologies in health-related research, with a particular focus on disease detection and diagnosis.

Peter J. Meikle (Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia)

Professor Peter Meikle is Head of the Systems Biology Domain, Co-Lead of the Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Program and Head of the Metabolomics Laboratory at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. He is a Director of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance and in 2022 was appointed as the inaugural Head of the Baker Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation and Implementation at La Trobe University. His research focuses on the dysregulation of lipidmetabolism associated with metabolic diseases including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular andAlzheimer’s disease, and its relationship to the pathogenesis of these disease states. This work is leading to new approaches to early diagnosis and risk assessment, and to the development of new lipid modulating therapies for chronic disease.

Steffen Neumann (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany)

Steffen Neuman was trained as a computer scientist in natural sciences at Bielefeld University (Germany), where he also obtained a PhD in computer science. Since 2005 he has led the bioinformatics and mass spectrometry group at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB).

His group focuses on the development of tools and databases for metabolomics and computational mass spectrometry. These include algorithms for data processing of metabolite profiling experiments,which are available in several Open-Source Bioconductor packages. The group also tackles one of the most pressing bottlenecks in Metabolomics, the identification of unknowns in mass spectrometry data.

IPB is member of the MassBank consortium and operated the first MassBank server in Europe. MetFrag was one of the first Open Source in-silico tools for the identification of compounds where no reference spectra are available.

To compare such identification methods on common challenge data, Steffen Neumann initiated the CASMI contest in 2012 together with Emma Schymanski. His team recently evolved into the Computational Plant Biochemistry group, which reflects that there are still plenty of (computational) challenges to be solved to understand how plants work.

Workshops

Workshops will take place on Sunday afternoon, June 22 and Monday morning, June 23.

Open Call for Workshop Proposals

We are eager for your input on pre-conference workshops. The workshops provide a terrific venue to discuss a wide range of important topics and practical aspects of metabolomics and may include hands-on learning opportunities.

You can submit your workshop application by clicking the link below and completing the form.

You'll be asked to provide the following fields:

workshop rationale
abstract
tentative or confirmed presenters
learning outcomes
workshop objectives
capacity limit, if applicable
organizer (name + e-mail) for communication and planning

Please advise us if your workshop submission is affiliated with the Early Career Members Network of the Metabolomics Society (EMN) or with a specific Society Task Group or Affiliate.

Need to Know

Workshops are meant to be educational and entries from for-profit organizations will not be considered.
Deadline Extended: January 10, 2025
Notifications of selected proposals will be sent by the end of February.
By submitting a workshop proposal, you agree to host the workshop during all time slots on both days.

Travel Awards

Metabolomics Society Early-Career Award

The Metabolomics Society Early-Career Awards recognize outstanding academic achievement. Early-career researchers* (ECRs) can apply for one of (10) Early-Career Travel Awards ($650 USD) to support their attendance at the Metabolomics Society annual conference. If successful, they are eligible to compete for the Metabolomics Society Early-Career Prize ($200 USD), awarded to the top-scoring ECR presentation.
*Eligibility, applicants must be:

Within 5 years of obtaining highest degree.
DEADLINE: A current/paid member of the Metabolomics Society continuously for at least 3 months prior to the conference (by March 22, 2025)
Submit an abstract for the conference, check the box for Metabolomics Society Travel Award.
DEADLINE to submit an abstract is March 6 (oral abstract submission deadline). You must submit in the “Oral or Poster” category to be considered.
Registered for the conference and attend in person.
Not eligible for the Metabolomics Society Student Travel Awards

Student and Early-Career abstracts that are submitted for travel awards will be reviewed by the SOC. You can only receive one award, either from the Society or an affiliate/sponsor.

Metabolomics Society Student Award

The Metabolomics Society Student Awards recognize outstanding academic achievement. Students* can apply for one of ten Metabolomics Society Student Travel Awards ($650 USD) to support their attendance at the Metabolomics Society annual conference. If successful they are then eligible to compete for the Metabolomics Society Student Prize ($200 USD), awarded to the best student presentation.

*Eligibility, applicants must be:

Currently enrolled in full-time or part-time education, studying for either an undergraduate degree (BSc) or higher degree (MSc, PhD).
DEADLINE: A Student Member of the Metabolomics Society continuously for at least 3 months prior to the conference (by March 22, 2025)
Submit an abstract for the conference, check the box for Metabolomics Society Travel Award.
DEADLINE to submit an abstract is March 6 (oral abstract submission deadline). You must submit in the “Oral or Poster” category to be considered.
Registered for the conference and attend in person.

Student and Early-Career abstracts that are submitted for travel awards will be reviewed by the SOC. You can only receive one award, either from the Society or an affilate/sponsor.

Low and Middle-Income Country Awards (LMIC)

Introduced at the 2023 conference, we’re pleased to continue the Low and Middle-Income Country Awards (LMIC). Attendees from a low or middle-income country can apply for one of (5) Travel Awards to support their attendance at Metabolomics 2025. This award is available to all career statuses, including students, ECRs and professional scientists. Recipients will receive complimentary conference registration, plus $1,000 USD to apply towards travel expenses.

*Eligibility, applicants must be:

Currently residing and studying/working in a low or middle-income country. Click here to view the list of countries
A current/paid member of the Metabolomics Society continuously for at least 3 months prior to the conference (by March 22, 2025)
Submit an abstract for the conference in the "Oral or Poster" category, and check the box for LMIC Travel Award
Deadline is March 6 to submit an abstract (oral abstract submission deadline)
Registered for the conference and attend in person
Cannot receive multiple awards (such as EMN Award or Society Awards)

2025 EMN Travel Bursary Award Provided by the Early-Career Members Network (EMN) of the Metabolomics Society

The 2025 EMN Travel Bursary Awards aim to provide support for Early-Career scientists* to attend and actively participate in Metabolomics 2025 in Prague to promote their professional development. The EMN bursary is intended to support Early-Career members with a special interest in supporting the EMN. The Metabolomics Society strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and equality; therefore, we highly encourage applications from low- and middle-income countries.

To apply, submit an abstract for the conference and select “Yes” for the EMN Travel Bursary. Complete all application questions that follow. There is not a separate application form, the application is contained within the abstract submission process. Decisions will be communicated to all applicants over email by early May, and winners will be announced on the Metabolomics Society website, social media platforms and in the MetaboNews newsletter.
*EMN Award Eligibility, applicants must:

Be within 5 years of obtaining a PhD or similar degree
Be a member of the Metabolomics Society by March 22, 2025
Register for the conference, submit an abstract for poster or oral presentation, and attend in person
Attend the EMN events at the conference (e.g. EMN Reception, Career Night and Workshop)
Consent to their information being published on Met Soc related platforms

Application deadline is March 6, 2025 (abstract must also be submitted by March 6).

You may apply for both the EMN Award + Metabolomics Society Award, but may only receive one of these awards. Both oral presentations and poster presentations will beconsidered for the EMN award.

Up to (4) travel awards will be equally distributed between (i) graduate students (master or PhD students) and (ii) post-doctoral researchers to cover conference-related costs up to $650 USD.

Read the complete announcement and terms here.
Questions, contact [email protected].

RFMF - French-speaking Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network

RFMF offers travel grants through their website, up to 1,000 Euros each. To be eligible applicants need to submit an abstract and present either a poster or orally.

You must complete the application form on the RFMF site. For complete terms and the application form visit: https://www.rfmf.fr/bourse-de-voyage/. You also need to submit your abstract through the Metabolomics 2025 conference website.

Deadline to apply for a RFMF travel grant used for Metabolomics 2025 is April 21.

KoMetS - Korea Metabolomics Society

Korea Metabolomics Society will provide (2) travel awards for early-career members of KoMets to attend Metabolomics 2025. Two awardees will be selected through a review process by the KoMetS academic committee. The awardees will each receive $650 USD.

Applicants should be:

PhD student or postdoc (within five years of terminal degree)
Member of KoMetS
Currently conducting metabolomics research in Korea

You must complete the application process on the KoMetS site http://komets.or.kr/notice/view.php?idx=539. You also need to submit your abstract through the Metabolomics 2025 conference website.

Deadline to apply for a KoMetS travel grant is March 31.

Nordic Met Soc Travel Awards

The Nordic Metabolomics Society (NMS) is offering four travel grants (600 EUR each) for early-career researchers to Metabolomics 2025.

To be eligible, you must be currently studying or working at an organization within the Nordic Metabolomics Society region: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland.

These awards are for graduate students (Masters or PhD) or within 5 years of obtaining PhD while being in a training position.

You must submit an abstract for the Prague conference in the “Oral or Poster” category by the submission deadline of March 6. When submitting your abstract, check the box to be considered for a Metabolomics Society Travel Award. Must attend the conference in person and present your work to receive the award payment.

Swiss Met Soc Travel Awards

The Swiss Metabolomics Society is providing (4) Travel Awards in the amount of 500 CHF each. These awards are dedicated to assisting attendees from a Swiss institution (organization). Must be a PhD student or post-doc (within 5 years of obtaining PhD) currenting studying or working at a Swiss institution.

You must submit an abstract for the Prague conference in the “Oral or Poster” category and check the box to be considered for a Metabolomics Society Travel Award before the March 6 deadline. Recipients are required to attend the conference in person and present their work to receive the award payment.

Student Photographer Awards

Calling Student Photographers!
Two (2) Student Photographers are needed to document the sessions and capture the atmosphere of the meeting. If you have experience with photography, and you would be interested in this opportunity, we welcome your application. Photographers must have their own equipment and supplies. The two selected photographers will each receive a $500 USD Travel Award.

To be considered please send an e-mail to [email protected] that contains the following:

Name
Student Status and School
Equipment – type of camera you would use
Availability – are you able to attend all 4 days of the event, Monday – Thursday?
Experience – brief summary of your photography experience, 1-2 sentences.

If selected, you will be able to coordinate with the other student photographer to create an even mix of photography time and session participation. Deadline to submit your interest is April 22.