Robust experimental designs & global communities

Vinicius Verri Hernandes
He is a Senior Scientist at The Global Exposomics & Biomonitoring Laboratory](https://exposomics.univie.ac.at/team/)) at the University of Vienna, Austria. Community-driven projects discussed in this episode include the exposome spectral library ExpoLib](https://zenodo.org/records/20715576)), the Cooperative Health Research in South Tyrol study and the CHRIS portal](https://chrisportal.eurac.edu/chris-study)), the European infrastructure for human exposome (EIRENE)](https://eirene.eu/)) and its Austrian node Exposome Austria](https://exposome.at/)), the IHEN ambassador](https://humanexposome.net/news/global-ambassadors-trained-exposome-research/)) network and of course the soon-to-be Brazilian metabolomics community currently growing on the Portal Metabolômica Brasil](https://www.portalmetabobr.com.br/en)) and its Youtube channel with metabolomics resources in Portuguese.
](mailto:https://www.youtube.com/@portalmetabolomicabrasil).
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Favorite metabolite
Cotinine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinine)), a product of nicotine metabolism that tells a lot about our lifestyle.

Papers discussed in this episode
Verri Hernandes, Dordevic, Hantikainen et al. 2022 Metabolites | Age, Sex, Body Mass Index, Diet and Menopause Related Metabolites in a Large Homogeneous Alpine Cohort
](https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/12/3/205)
) Verri Hernandes et al. 2025 Environment International | Dried blood spots analysis for targeted and non-targeted exposomics](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025005653))

Complement this episode with Alice’s perspective on the role of industry in the exposome community at the latest Global Exposome Forum](https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=066d5d7abe2de2d5e04d214bf&id=7e840f7434)) Virtual Townhall panel discussion. To learn more about the relevance of dried blood spots, revisit our episodes on clinical metabolomics with Julie Courraud](https://themetabolomist.com/clinical-metabolomics/)) and physical markers of mental illness with Sabine Bahn.
](https://themetabolomist.com/physical-markers-treatment-of-mental-illness/).
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The STORY principle – A guide to the biological interpretation of metabolomics