Forty-one trainees sponsored by COST FA 1106 for a total budget of 46k€ have already attended to one of the three Training School organized by leading scientist in their fields.
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Provisional program
Day 1: Metabolomics: background information
9.00: Lecture: Welcome and brief introduction to plant metabolomics(Prof. Robert Hall)
9.30 MS based metabolomics (Dr Sander van der Krol)
10.15: Break
10.30: Practical Demo: Chromatograms and Mass spectra (Dr Sander van der Krol)
11.15: Lecture: Comparing metabolomics data (Dr Sander van der Krol)
12.00: Lunch
13.00: Introduction LCQTOF MS / GCTOF MS / SPME GC MS (3 groups)
13.45: Sample preparation + extraction / analysis Platform 1
17.00: End of Day 1
Day 2: Wet experiments
9.00: Lecture: From Mass to Metabolite to Biology (Dr Sander van der Krol)
10.00: Break
10.15: Practical + Demo: GCMS Data processing (Dr Roland Mumm)
12.00: Lunch
13.00: Introduction to the practical sessions
13.30 Extraction / Analysis Platform 2 (3 groups)
15.00: Lecture: Introduction to multivariate data analysis(Dr Chris Maliepaard)
16.00: Practical: GCMS data processing continued (Dr Roland Mumm)
17.00: End of day 2
Day 3: Metabolomics: data acquisition, processing
09.00: Lecture: Challenges of metabolite annotation (Dr Ric de Vos, Dr Roland Mumm)
10.00: Break
10.15 Practical + Demo: LCMS Data processing (Dr Ric de Vos)
12.00: Lunch
13.00: Extraction / Analysis Platform 2 (3 groups)
15.00: Practical: LCMS data processing (continued)
17.00: End of day 3
Day 4: Data analysis and invited lectures
09.00: Lecture: Moving towards pathway analysis (Dr Sander van der Krol)
10.00: Practical: Evaluation data processing, comparing results
12.00: Lunch
18.30 Workshop Dinner with speakers
Day 5: Discussion and evaluation
9.00: Discussion: Problems and solutions
10.45: Break
11.00: Evaluation course
12.00: Farewell Lunch
14.00: Travel home
