Workshops at the DGMS conference 2025


Workshop I: DGMS Fachgruppe “MS Imaging” – IT Tools for Data Analysis in Mass Spec Imaging (MSI)

Organiser:
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Hopf
Center for biomedical Mass Spectrometry and Optical Spectroscopy (CeMOS)
Hochschule Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sven Heiles
Lipidomics, Department of Bioanalytics
ISAS Institute
Dortmund, Germany

Date:
Tuesday March 4th from 13.00 to 16.30

Description:
The MS imaging workshop will introduce IT tools for biostatistics, data visualization, extraction of biomarker candidates as well as basic machine learning in the MSI field. Many of these tools have been coded in R or Python by members of our MSI community for this scientific community. We welcome early experimentalist MSI users hoping to get an overview of available IT options as much as experienced IT tool programmers seeking feedback on their IT solutions. 

Max. number of participants:
100

 Schedule: 
13.00 – 13.15 Welcome by Organizers 

13.15 – 14.00 Analysis of MS Imaging data in Galaxy (Melanie Föll, AG Föll) (45 min) 

14.00 – 14.15 SCiLS Lab (Björn Wendik, Bruker) (15 min) 

14.15 – 14.30 Break 

14.30 – 15.15 imzML Analyzer – open-source Python tool for rapid evaluation of MS imaging data (Jan Bollmann, AG Römpp, 45 min) 

15.15 – 15.30 Break 

15.30 – 16.15 Analysis of MS Imaging data in M2aia within the Medical Imaging Tool Kit (MITK) framework (Jonas Cordes, AG Hopf, 45 min) 


Workshop II: Annual Conference Workshop of the DGMS Focus Group Core Facilities

Organiser:
Dr. Christof Lenz
Proteomics, Interdisciplinary UMG-Laboratory
University Medicine Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany

Date:
Tuesday March 4th from 15.00 to 16.30

Description:
The workshop offers participants the opportunity to discuss and exchange tips, tricks and ‘best practice’ around the organizational aspects of running a mass spectrometry core facility. Not only members of the focus group, but all conference participants are welcome to contribute!

Max. number of participants:
100

Schedule:

  • Business Matters: Discussion and Public Vote on the Focus Group’s new Rules of Procedure
  • What we did in 2024: Göttingen Workshop review, DFG reimbursement adjustments, interaction with other Core Faciity organizations
  • What should we do next? Topics for future engagement 
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