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MetaboLights (MTBLS)
ELIXIR SpectraCompounds and reactionsBioassays and chemical biologyImages and microscopy
MetaboLights is a database for metabolomics studies, their raw experimental data and associated metadata. The database is cross-species and cross-technique and it covers metabolite structures and their reference spectra as well as their biological roles and locations. MetaboLights is the recommended metabolomics repository for a number of leading journals and ELIXIR, the European infrastructure for life science information.
- Website
- Record in FAIRsharing (doi:10.25504/FAIRsharing.kkdpxe)
- Service of ELIXIR: MetaboLights
- Subjects: Lipidomics, Metabolomics
Documentation, events and training
bio.tools API and tool documentation
- MetaboLights (same homepage)
TeSS Training materials (6)
- FAIR metabolomics in practice: submitting and accessing data in MetaboLights
- WEBINAR: MetaboLights: the home for metabolomics experiments and derived information
- Studying metabolites and small molecules with MetaboLights and ChEBI
- MetaboLights: the home for metabolomics experiments and derived information
- MetaboLights: Quick tour
- Organisation and utilisation of hologenomic datasets – course notes
TeSS Events (15)
- Introduction to metabolomics analysis 2027-05-17
- Introduction to metabolomics analysis 2026-04-27
- FAIR metabolomics in practice: submitting and accessing data in MetaboLights 2026-03-12
- An introduction to EMBL-EBI resources 2026-01-14
- Chemicals in a biological context: metabolites, drugs, and beyond 2025-11-13
- Introduction to metabolomics analysis 2025-05-20
- Plant genomes: from data to discovery 2024-11-18
- Introduction to metabolomics analysis 2024-05-14
- WEBINAR: MetaboLights: the home for metabolomics experiments and derived information 2024-04-09
- Studying metabolites and small molecules with MetaboLights and ChEBI 2023-11-29
- and 5 more
What is known per question
The questions of the decision tree, with what FAIRsharing says about this repository. ✓ supported, ✗ excluded, ? not known. Your own answers are marked.
What kind of data do you want to archive?
- ✓ Spectra
- ? Crystal structures
- ? Computational chemistry
- ? Catalysis
- ✓ Compounds and reactions
- ✓ Bioassays and chemical biology
- ? Materials and polymers
- ✓ Images and microscopy
- ? Something else
Subjects: Lipidomics; Metabolomics
Domains: Biocuration; Biospecimen; Chemical formula; Chemical structure image; Data analysis; Mass spectrum; Prediction and recognition; Sample annotation; Validation; assay; lipid; metabolite; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Does the journal or publisher you publish with require or recommend a repository?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which discipline does your data belong to?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which publisher?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Does your funder have requirements for where data is archived?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which funder?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Does your institution offer a data repository?
- ? Yes
- ? No
- ? I do not know
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which institution?
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Can your data be shared openly?
- ✓ Yes, openly available
- ? Yes, after an embargo
- ✗ Only with restrictions
Data access: open
Data deposition: controlled: Deposition under login and passing successfull curation
How large is your dataset?
- ? Less than 1 GB
- ? 1 GB to 50 GB
- ? 50 GB to 1 TB
- ? More than 1 TB
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Why can the data not be open?
- ? It contains personal data
- ? Commercial or intellectual property reasons
- ? Safety or security concerns
- ? A data sharing agreement limits it
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Under which license do you want to share the data?
- ✓ CC0 / public domain
- ? CC BY
- ? Another open license
- ? Not decided yet
Licences: EMBL-EBI Terms of Use; Apache License 2.0; Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
Do you need a persistent identifier, such as a DOI, for citing the data?
- ? Yes, a DOI
- ? Any persistent identifier will do
- ? No
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Must the data be stored in a specific region?
- ? In the European Union
- ? In a specific country
- ✓ No preference
Country: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom
Must archiving be free of charge?
- ? Yes, free only
- ? A fee is fine
FAIRsharing has no information on this.
Which country?
✓ 14 of 15 in the list ✗ excludes 1
Country: Austria; Belgium; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom