In September 2017, Flanders and Walloon Metabolomics groups organized the first Belgian Metabolomics Day. The purpose of this meeting was to get to know each others research interests and to increase interaction between the different research groups. As such, the presentations focused on providing overviews of the research activities and the facilities.

This event, initiated by the Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC) and supported by ELIXIR Belgium, attracted 79 participants representing various research groups from all Belgian Universities. Photo's via ELIXIR Belgium's Flickr page. Below, you can find an overview of the presentations given by the different research groups.
 

Research at the Ghent University
• Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety by Lynn Vanhaecke
• Department of Bioanalysis by Sarah de Saeger
• Centre for Plant Systems Biology (VIB – UGent) by Wout Boerjan
 

Research at the Université de Mons by Jean-Marie Colet
 

Research at Leiden University and a perspective on the Netherlands Metabolomics Centre by Thomas Hankemeier
 

Research at the Research Institute Chromatography by Ruben t'Kindt
 

Research at the University of Hasselt by Jurgen Claesen
 

Research at the University of Leuven and VIB
• Department of Oncology by Johan Swinnen
• Metabolomics Expertise Center (VIB-KU Leuven Centre for Cancer Biology) by Bart Ghesquiere
• Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, by Rita Derua/Etienne Waelkens
 

Research at the Université de Liège
• Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Pascal de Tulio
• Department for the Analysis of Medicines by Marianne Fillet
• Department of Pharmacognesy by Michel Frédérich
 

Research at the University of Antwerp
• Toxicological center by Adrian Covaci and Matthias Cuykx
• Department of Mathematics & Computer Science by Kris Laukens
 

Introduction to the Netherlands Metabolomics Centre by Merlijn van Rijswijk, the Reseau Francophone Metabolique et Fluxonomique by Pascal de Tulio
 

Introduction to ELIXIR Belgium by Kim De Ruyck
 

Research at the Université Catholique de Louvain
• Institute of Statistics and Biostatistics and Actuarial Sciences by Bernadette Govaerts
• Research at the Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group by Laure Bindels
 

Research at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel by Geert Martens