Computational metabolomics & community-driven tools | Justin van der Hooft

Justin van der Hooft He is Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, where he leads a team working on computational metabolomics. Communities mentioned in this episode include the Early-Career Members Network (EMN)](https://metabolomicssociety.org/membership/early-career-members-network/)) of the Metabolomics society and their webinar series](https://metabolomicssociety.org/resources/multimedia/emn-webinars-2025/)), the Benelux metabolomics community and their Benelux Metabolomics Days](https://www.aanmelder.nl/beneluxmetabolomicsdays2026)), and the Dagstuhl seminar 26181](https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/seminar-calendar/seminar-details/26181)) on computational metabolomics. Favorite metabolite Geosmin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin)) The metabolite responsible for the earthy smell after rain, produced by bacteria, in particular Streptomyces. Learn more in the episode! Papers discussed in the episode van der Hooft et al. 2016 PNAS | [Topic modeling for untargeted substructure exploration in metabolomics]. (https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1608041113)) Torres Ortega et al. 2025 bioRxiv | Large Scale Discovery and Annotation of Hidden Substructure Patterns in Mass Spectrometry Profilesand](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.19.659491v2)and) the MS2LDA tool. ](https://www.ms2lda.org/). ) Sign up for The Metabolomist mailing list to be the first to hear about the latest episodes and news around metabolomics at https://themetabolomist.com Finally available – Alice’s book on metabolomics data interpretation The STORY principle – A guide to the biological interpretation of metabolomics