The Metaproteomics Initiative: five years of community-driven progress
Tim Van Den Bossche, Lucia Grenga, Gelio Alves, Magnus Ø Arntzen, Dirk Benndorf, Madita Brauer, Daniel Figeys, Celine Henry, Robert L Hettich, Robert Heyer, Pratik D Jagtap, Nico Jehmlich, Manuel Kleiner, Leyuan Li, Bart Mesuere, Martin Pabst, Jagroop Pandhal, Phillip B Pope, Jana Seifert, Anke Trautwein-Schult, Pieter Verschaffelt, Paul Wilmes, Jean Armengaud, Benoit J Kunath · 2026
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Tim Van Den Bossche leads a twenty-four-author progress report on the Metaproteomics Initiative. The community network launched in 2021 for scientists who catalogue all proteins across whole microbial communities at once. The field had grown fast without shared standards, and the network set out to align benchmarks, reporting norms, and training. Five years on, the authors take stock and look ahead.
The network has run shared benchmark studies, helped shape metadata and reporting standards, produced hands-on guidance and teaching materials, and staged global symposia linking the wider microbiome world. Its next push, called the Grand Metaproteome Challenges, aims at joint, field-wide projects spanning health, factory, and nature questions. The authors invite the broader omics community to join, crediting steady volunteer teamwork with maturing the field.
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| CREATOR | Tim Van Den Bossche, Lucia Grenga, Gelio Alves, Magnus Ø Arntzen, Dirk Benndorf, Madita Brauer, Daniel Figeys, Celine Henry, Robert L Hettich, Robert Heyer, Pratik D Jagtap, Nico Jehmlich, Manuel Kleiner, Leyuan Li, Bart Mesuere, Martin Pabst, Jagroop Pandhal, Phillip B Pope, Jana Seifert, Anke Trautwein-Schult, Pieter Verschaffelt, Paul Wilmes, Jean Armengaud, Benoit J Kunath |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32651 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |