Metabolomics ASMS Workshop Survey 2009
ASMS Metabolomics Workshop Survey 2009by Eric Milgram and Anders Nordstrom [Source:metabolomics.us]
Additional Statistics: Tobias Kind (FiehnLab)
Extended data source: [LINK to XLS]
| Topic/Question | Category | Count | Percentage [%] |
ResponseID (total participants) |
All | 212 | 100 |
Participants organization |
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| Academic | 120 | 57 | |
| For Profit | 81 | 38 | |
| Government | 11 | 5 | |
| Non-Profit Org | 5 | 2 | |
Biggest bottleneck in metabolomics today? |
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| Identification of metabolites | 75 | 35 | |
| Assign biological significance | 46 | 22 | |
| Data processing/reduction | 30 | 14 | |
| Sample preparation | 17 | 8 | |
| No opinion | 12 | 6 | |
| Statistical analysis | 10 | 5 | |
| Validation/Utility Studies | 10 | 5 | |
| Data acquisition/throughput | 7 | 3 | |
| Other | 5 | 2 | |
Techniques to acquire metabolomics data |
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| LC/MS | 172 | 81 | |
| GC/MS | 86 | 41 | |
| CE/MS | 25 | 12 | |
| NMR | 21 | 10 | |
| Technique-Does not apply | 17 | 8 | |
| Technique-Other | 9 | 4 | |
| LC/NMR | 4 | 2 | |
Types of mass spectrometers |
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| ToF | 130 | 61 | |
| TripQuad | 100 | 47 | |
| ToF-Hyb | 92 | 43 | |
| ToF-NonHyb | 75 | 35 | |
| IonTrap | 61 | 29 | |
| Orbitrap | 41 | 19 | |
| SingleQuad | 40 | 19 | |
| FTICR | 33 | 16 | |
| MS-Type-N/A | 17 | 8 | |
| MS Type-Other | 3 | 1 | |
| SectorMS | 2 | 1 | |
What types of software tools are you using for metabolomics data processing? |
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| Commercial/Proprietary | 124 | 58 | |
| In-house produced | 96 | 45 | |
| Open Source | 83 | 39 | |
| Does not apply | 24 | 11 | |
| SoftwareType-Other | 1 | 0 | |
Software applications or databases for metabolite identification/information? |
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| KEGG | 100 | 47 | |
| NIST | 67 | 32 | |
| Metlin | 65 | 31 | |
| PubChem | 62 | 29 | |
| HMDB | 59 | 28 | |
| In-house developed | 58 | 27 | |
| Lipid MAPS | 58 | 27 | |
| ChemSpider | 45 | 21 | |
| Proprietary software instrument vendor | 35 | 17 | |
| SW-Other | 34 | 16 | |
| SW-N/A | 31 | 15 | |
| XCMS | 29 | 14 | |
| ChemFinder | 24 | 11 | |
| MetaCyc | 21 | 10 | |
| Knapsack | 20 | 9 | |
| MassBank | 11 | 5 | |
| ChemDB | 10 | 5 | |
| Proprietary software non-instrument vendor | 8 | 4 | |
| Binbase/SetupX | 5 | 2 | |
| MDL/ACD | 5 | 2 | |
Techniques used and currently in use |
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| Proteomics | 87 | 41 | |
| Does not apply | 73 | 34 | |
| Genetically modified organisms | 60 | 28 | |
| mRNA measurements (e.g. transcriptomics) | 56 | 26 | |
| Classical Protein Quantification | 35 | 17 | |
| DNA Sequencing | 24 | 11 | |
Sample matrices used for metabolomics experiments |
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| Blood (Serum/Plasma) | 146 | 69 | |
| Urine | 119 | 56 | |
| Animal Tissue | 108 | 51 | |
| Plant Tissues | 77 | 36 | |
| Mammalian cultured cells | 75 | 35 | |
| Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) | 61 | 29 | |
| Mammalian primary cells | 37 | 17 | |
| Feces | 1 | 0 | |
Future ASMS topic of interest |
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| Identification | 23 | 11 | |
| Sample Prep | 12 | 6 | |
| Workflow | 8 | 4 | |
| Biology | 8 | 4 | |
| Biomarker | 4 | 2 | |
| Flux | 2 | 1 | |
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Last modified 2009-06-12 04:45 PM
Last modified 2009-06-12 04:45 PM