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Introduction

To provide the metabolomic tools needed by such a wide expanse of disciplines, the NMC will concentrate its research efforts on developing technologies that address the most current biological challenges in a variety of fields. Research will aim at breaking through the bottlenecks facing metabolomics today and creating new applications for the future while standardising and validating methods and instrumentation for the entire industry, all in a collaborative environment that promotes participation in international initiatives.

Following are just some of the opportunities that will be addressed at the NMC:

In human health care, metabolites provide reliable fingerprints with important predictive value for early diagnosis of disease and intervention strategies. The progression of disease as well as resistance to disease can also be linked to changes in the metabolic profile that can be measured through metabolomic research methods. And because most metabolites are common to all organisms and have the same biological function in humans and animals, they are a key component for translational medicine.
In nutrition and plant science, metabolomics is playing an increasingly important role in the breeding of plants for food and the development of strategies for improving the safety and commercial value of food products. Metabolomic technologies help researchers develop plant varieties that meet consumer demands for improved taste, texture, and production levels and help produce novel functional ingredients for food applications. Many phenotypic traits of food plants, such as flavour, nutritional value, and disease symptoms are based on complex mixtures of metabolites, making metabolomic technologies ideal for discovering biomarker fingerprints.


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Introduction To provide the metabolomic tools needed by such a wide expanse of disciplines, the NMC will concentrate its research efforts on developing technologies that address the most current biological challenges in a variety of fields. Research will aim at breaking through the bottlenecks facing metabolomics today and creating new applications for the future while standardising and validating methods and instrumentation for the entire industry, all in a collaborative environment that promotes participation in international initiatives. Following are just some of the opportunities that will be addressed at the NMC: In human health care, metabolites provide reliable fingerprints with important predictive value for early diagnosis of disease and intervention strategies. The progression of disease as well as resistance to disease can also be linked to changes in the metabolic profile that can be measured through metabolomic research methods. And because most metabolites are common to all organisms and have the same biological function in humans and animals, they are a key component for translational medicine. In nutrition and plant science, metabolomics is playing an increasingly important role in the breeding of plants for food and the development of strategies for improving the safety and commercial value of food products. Metabolomic technologies help researchers develop plant varieties that meet consumer demands for improved taste, texture, and production levels and help produce novel functional ingredients for food applications. Many phenotypic traits of food plants, such as flavour, nutritional value, and disease symptoms are based on complex mixtures of metabolites, making metabolomic technologies ideal for discovering biomarker fingerprints.		Johan Westerhuis receives EAS Award 08 March 2010 Amsterdam Metabolomics 2010 - REGISTER NOW RAI Amsterdam, 27 June-1 July 2010 Announcement Spring meeting NVMS Vlaardingen, 11 March 2010 NBIC conference 2010 Lunteren, 29-30 March 2010 30th ISPPP - Call for Papers Bologna, Italy, 6-8 September 2010 NGI sponsors Postdoc Retreat The Hague, 21-23 April 2010 Patent workshop IOP genomics The Hague, 11 May 2010 Pre-Seed Grant NGI The Hague, January 2010 Metabolomics in Nature's vision 2020 Nature Magazine 7 January 2010 Metabolomics receives first ever Impact Factor Rating UK 17 August 2009 NMC makes the difference NMC, Leiden Puzzling with metabolites NMC, NBIC, May 2009 First NMC paper published Amsterdam, Utrecht, January 2009 Robert Hall elected as secretary Metabolomics Society 11 December 2008

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