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Metaproteomics Initiative
GET INVOLVED: Get in touch at office@hupo.org to learn more
Mission & Goals
The Metaproteomics Initiative promotes dissemination of metaproteomics fundamentals, advancements, and applications through collaborative networking in microbiome research. We aim to be the central information hub and open meeting place where newcomers and experts interact to communicate, standardize and accelerate experimental and bioinformatic methodologies in this field. This will be achieved initially through the website, newsletters, presentations, online communication channel, collaborative projects, and symposia. More information can be found in our commentary article in Microbiome and the official website of the Metaproteomics Initiative.
Communication & Collaboration
We organize the International Metaproteomics Symposium (IMS) every 1 to 1.5 years as a central meeting point for the community. The next edition will take place in Dessau-Rosslau, Germany, from 22 to 24 June 2026.
We coordinate multi-lab, community-driven benchmarking studies, known as the CAMPI studies, bringing together international researchers to evaluate workflows and methods in metaproteomics. CAMPI-1 study was published in 2021 in Nature Communications, and CAMPI-2 is already available as a preprint.
Education & Outreach
We developed “The Microbiologist’s Guide to Metaproteomics” to lower the barrier for microbiome researchers to enter the metaproteomics field (published in iMeta)
We organize workshops at major conferences such as ASMS, and help promote independently organized in-person or online events. If you are planning a workshop and would like support or visibility, feel free to contact us.
We collect metaproteomics tutorials and webinars on our website to educate researchers starting in the field.
We also provide regular updates through our community newsletter, which features events, publications, and recent achievements.
Standardization
We promote FAIR data practices by recommending standards that improve reproducibility, interpretability, and cross-study integration in metaproteomics, including our own created reporting checklist
We are developing dedicated SDRF-Proteomics templates for metaproteomics environments, in collaboration with HUPO-PSI and the Genomics Standards Consortium.
Leadership Information
Chair:
Tim Van Den Bossche, PhD
Ghent University, Belgium
Chair:
Benoit Kunath, PhD
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Executive Committee Members:
Jean Armengaud, PhD Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Dirk Benndorf, PhD Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Madita Brauer, PhD University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Daniel Figeys, PhD University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lucia Grenga, PhD Université Paris Saclay, CEA, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
Celine Henry, PhD Université Paris Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Bob Hettich, PhD Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Pratik Jagtap, PhD University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Nico Jehmlich, PhD Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
Leyuan Li, PhD National Center for Protein Sciences – Beijing, China
Pieter Verschaffelt, PhD Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Jana Seifert, PhD University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Sergio Uzzau, PhD University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Paul Wilmes, PhD University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Early Career Researchers:
Pieter Verschaffelt, PhD Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Madita Brauer, PhD University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg