October 21st Speaker - Ryan Sheldon & Ewy Mathé

Hello everyone,

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 21st at 12 pm US Eastern time. Our speakers, Dr. Ryan Sheldon & Dr. Ewy Mathé, are board members of the Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA) and will be presenting on developing guidelines for best practices in metabolomics.

Abstract: Metabolomics best practices are spread across papers, protocols, software, and expert communities, making the field difficult to navigate. This presentation will outline a proposed community-informed resource collection covering experimental design, sample preparation, data acquisition, quality control, analysis, interpretation, reporting, and training. We will invite feedback on the most pressing gaps, priority topics, and useful formats to help shape practical resources that support rigorous, reproducible metabolomics research.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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SETAC North America BP4NTA Breakfast

BP4NTA will be organizing a causal breakfast meet-up at the SETAC North America Conference in Montreal. It will be held on Wednesday, November 4th from 8-10 am. Please fill out this form if you are interested: https://forms.gle/MNSpgfZDfGygrRNf9

Calendar invitations, location details, and reminders will all be sent out through the emailing list collected via Google forms. Please also share recommendations for coffee shops!

Calls Open for 2027 Steering Committee Members

We will be electing 3 new Steering committee members this October! The open positions are:
 - Vice Chair
 - Secretary
 - Technical Liaison

For specific questions about each position, please check out our BP4NTA charter, section 4.2, or reach out to the exiting board members:
 - Sara Nanson - vice chair, sara.nason@ct.gov
 - Sonja Klee - secretary, sonja.klee@tofwerk.com 
 - Anna Robuck - technical liaison, robuck.anna@epa.gov

If you are interested in the position, please email the steering committee at bp4nta@gmail.com. 

Extractables & Leachables Round Robin - Still accepting participants

The BP4NTA E&L Technical Subcommittee is advancing a data processing round robin designed to evaluate how laboratories process and interpret the same non-targeted analysis datasets. The study will establish a baseline understanding of current E&L data-processing practices and identify areas of convergence and variability across the industry. Results are expected to help inform future best practices, educational resources, and standards discussions for E&L data interpretation. The subcommittee anticipates completing the study and sharing results in early 2027.

Anyone, including non-E&L-focused researchers, is welcome to join. Those interested in participating or learning more are encouraged to contact Michael Rush at michael_rush@edwards.com

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