Metabolome Mining

Dear Colleagues,

In current state-of-the-art metabolomics, the majority of metabolite features in metabolomics datasets are never fully assigned (Level 1: a validated assignment often against a reference standard) and mapped to known metabolic networks.  Assignments can range from a Level 1 validated assignment to a putative assignment (Level 2), tentative assignment (Level 3), molecular formula assignment (Level 4), and unique metabolite feature (Level 5). Useful interpretable information can still be gleamed from these general levels of assignment, which represent chemical annotations on metabolite features. Metabolome mining is defined as the use of metabolite features, with chemical and other annotations, to derive metabolic information that is interpretable in a biological or biomedical context.

This Topical Collection covers the method developments, software, applications, and evaluation of metabolome mining.

Prof. Hunter Moseley
Collection Editor

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