MetExplore Portal

MetExplore Training Activity

MetExplore team is regularly organising training and workshops.

Please contact us if you would like to have a workshop organised (contact-metexplore@inrae.fr).

In the meantime, you can find out more about MetExplore by following the tutorials :

Training summary

Year	Trainings	Trainees	International	National
overall	61	1153	24	37
2026	2	65	1	1
2025	4	71	0	4
2024	3	40	1	2
2023	3	78	1	2
2022	5	87	2	3
2021	2	100	1	1
2020	3	43	1	2
2019	8	153	2	6
2018	4	108	4	0
2017	8	144	4	4
2016	5	82	3	2
2015	4	53	1	3
2014	5	51	1	4
2013	4	63	2	2
2012	1	15	0	1

Past training list

2026 - Komod Workshop

September 3rd 2026Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret, Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 15

Funding : none

Fully private :

2023 - Toulouse Bioinformatics Master

November 8th 2023University of Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Juliette Cooke & Jean-Clément Gallardo

Number of trainees : 10

Funding : none

Fully private :

2023 - Summer school multi-omics data analysis and integration

7th sep 2023Aussois, France2h

Trainers : Jean-Clément Gallardo

Number of trainees : 32

Funding : SIB / IFB, all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2023 - SymbNet Metabolomics Workshop

7th June 2023Lausanne University, Switzerland3h

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 36

Funding : SymbNet project, all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2022 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

24th-28th November 2022Wageningen University, Netherland1d/2h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees (academic - private) : 28 - 2

Funding : EMBO, all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2022 - Training to Swiss Metabolomcis Society

September 30th 2022Lausanne, Swiss1 session of 2 hours

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : Swiss Metabolomics Society

Fully private :

2022 - W4E Workflow4Experimenters

March, 24th 2022TOXALIM, Toulouse, France1/2 day (2h training)

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : MetaboHUB, IFB, registration fees

Fully private :

2022 - Training to Innolea company

April 14th 2022Innolea, Mondonville, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 2

Funding : ANR STIGO

Fully private :

yes

2022 - Toulouse Bioinformatics Master

October 19th 2022University of Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Juliette Cooke & Jean-Clément Gallardo

Number of trainees : 15

Funding : none

Fully private :

2021 - Toulouse Bioinformatics Master

December 7th 2021University of Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Maxime Delmas & Jean-Clément Gallardo

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : none

Fully private :

2021 - Eurion H2020 cluster (online training)

November 9th 2021Online, Europe1 session of 2 hours

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 80

Funding : none

Fully private :

2026 - Metabolomics 2026 Workshop

June 21st 2026Buenos Aires, Argentine1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret, Fabien Jourdan, Tim Ebbels

Number of trainees : 50

Funding : none

Fully private :

2020 - Online training (Lipidomics facility and Montpellier Cancer Research centre)

April 10th, April 22nd, May 29th 2020Online, France3 sessions of 2 hours

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin, Florence Vinson and Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 10

Funding : none

Fully private :

2020 - Online training (Metatoul-Réseaux)

May 26th 2020Online, France2 hours

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 9

Funding : none

Fully private :

2020 - W4E Workflow4Experimenters

February, 7th 2020Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium1/2 day (3h training)

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 24

Funding : FNRS, ULB

Fully private :

2019 - Toxalim training

November 7th 2019Toxalim Toulouse, France1d/6h

Trainers : Florence Vinson, Maxime Chazalviel, Nathalie Poupin, Clément Frainay and Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 13

Funding : none

Fully private :

2019 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

16th-20th Septembre 2019IARC Lyon, France1d/2h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : EMBO, all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2019 - IBPS Summer School on Endocrine Distruptors

August 27th 2019Paris (Jussieu), France1/2d (3 hours training)

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 16

Funding : Summer school

Fully private :

2019 - INRA LIPM training

June 11th & June 27th 2019Toulouse, France2*1/2d (3 hours training)

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 10

Funding : INRA

Fully private :

2019 - eMed Summer school, LipoSysMed

March 1!-22 2019Leipzig, Germany1/2d (1.5 hours training)

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : Université Diderot, IFB

Fully private :

2019 - Metabolomics Workshop: From Study Design to Metabolite Annotation

13th-15th March 2019University of Pretoria, South Africa1d (3 hours total)

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : French Embassy, African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT), Thermo

Fully private :

2019 - Diplome Universitaire de Biologie Intégrative

February 19 2019Paris, Université Diderot, France1d (6 hours training)

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 17

Funding : Université Diderot, IFB

Fully private :

2025 - Toulouse Bioinformatics Master

November 13th 2025University of Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Juliette Cooke & Jean-Clément Gallardo

Number of trainees : 16

Funding : none

Fully private :

2019 - Prometis research project workshop

February 11-12 2019Genoscope Evry, France2d (2hours MetExplore training)

Trainers : Florence Vinson and Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 17

Funding : Prometis IFB project

Fully private :

2018 - Metabolomics course SIB

Decembre 3-4 2018University of Lausanne, Switzerland1d

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : Swiss Bioinformatics Institute

Fully private :

2018 - Seminar and workshop

21st Septembre 2018University of Ghent, Belgium1d

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 5

Funding : Univ. of Ghent

Fully private :

2018 - Metabolomics Workshop: From Study Design to Metabolite Annotation

12th-16th March 2018University of Pretoria, South Africa1d

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 53

Funding : French Embassy, African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT), Thermo

Fully private :

2018 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

5th-9th February 2018EBI Cambridge, United Kingdom1d/2h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : EMBO (via EBI), all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2017 - Training MedDay pharmaceuticals

14th-15th Decembre 2017Toulouse, France2d

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan, Florence Vinson, Etienne Camenen, Maxime Chazalviel

Number of trainees : 7

Funding : MedDay pharmaceuticals

Fully private :

yes

2017 - Cloudmet Training

11th-15th Septembre 2017Pula, Cagliari, Italy1d/3h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 25

Funding : Sardegna region

Fully private :

2017 - RFMF Junior Training

3rd-4th April 2017Paris, France2d/3h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : RFMF, MetaboHub, Sponsors

Fully private :

2017 - Formation INRA ALIMH,

26th-27th April 2017Toulouse, France2d

Trainers : Florence Vinson, Clément Frainay, Nathalie Poupin & Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 11

Funding : INRA Alimentation Humaine division

Fully private :

2017 - Individual training, Pr. Bertrand Tavitian

25th April 2017Toulouse, France1d

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin & Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 1

Funding :

Fully private :

2025 - Workshop RFMF : Plant Metabolome Annotation - Using metabolic networks to interpret metabolomic data (from plants)

September 11th 2024Sète, France1 session of 1 hour

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees (academic - private) : 29 - 2

Funding : RFMF

Fully private :

2017 - Metabolomics data analysis

13th-14th March 2017University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa1d

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : French Embassy, UCT and Thermo

Fully private :

2017 - Metabolomics Workshop: From Study Design to Metabolite Annotation

6th-9th March 2017University of Pretoria, South Africa1d

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 20

Funding : French Embassy, African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT), Thermo

Fully private :

2017 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

13th-17th February 2017EBI Cambridge, UK1d/2h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : EMBO (via EBI), all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2016 - 2nd Metabolomics Sardinian Scientific School 'How to bridge metabolomics and genomics'

12-16th Septembre 2016University of Cagliari, Italy4h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : Regione Autonoma della Sardegna

Fully private :

2016 - RSG Luxembourg : Workshop invite - Visualising large graph networks with MetExplore

16th June 2016LCSB centre, Luxembourg University, Belval Campus, Luxembourg2h

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 7

Funding : Nathalie Poupin

Fully private :

2016 - Personnal training - Dr David RENAULT (CNRS project)

11th-8th February 2015Toulouse, France5d/35h

Trainers : MetExplore team

Number of trainees : 1

Funding : CNRS

Fully private :

2016 - CNRS Metabolomics training

6th-8th April 2016University of Clermont Ferrand, France1d/2h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 14

Funding : CNRS

Fully private :

2016 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

15th-19th February 2016EBI Cambridge, UK1d/3h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : EMBO (via EBI), all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2015 - Personal training - Dr Kristin Hennig (ANR project)

from 04/05/2015 to 07/05/2015INRA TOXALIM Toulouse, France4d/28h

Trainers : MetExplore team

Number of trainees : 1

Funding : ANR NewPlast, ONIRIS, Nantes

Fully private :

2015 - French Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network (RFMF)

April 9/10th 2015Toulouse, chez Samaran, France2d/10h

Trainers : MetExplore team

Number of trainees : 13

Funding : RFMF, 2224 euros

Fully private :

2025 - MetExplore 3

September 4th 2024Toulouse, France1 session of 1.5 hour

Trainers : Marion Liotier, Jean-Clément Gallardo, Florence Vinson & Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 10

Funding : None

Fully private :

2015 - Paramet bioinformatics workshop

24th-26th March 2015Toulouse, France1d/4h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan, Sanu Shameer

Number of trainees : 9

Funding : Paramet EU grant

Fully private :

2015 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

16th-20th February 2015EBI Cambridge, UK1d/3h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : EMBO (via EBI), all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2014 - SEVAB doctoral school on multi-scale modeling in biology

December 17th 2014University of Toulouse, France4h

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret & Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 14

Funding : INRA and SEVAB

Fully private :

2014 - Agromics training

December 9th 2014Lyon University, France3h

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 5

Funding : Enviromics (CNRS funding)

Fully private :

2014 - Personal training - Dr Elisabete Carvalho (COST action)

from 28/09/2014 to 03/10/2014INRA TOXALIM Toulouse, France5d/35h

Trainers : MetExplore team

Number of trainees : 1

Funding : Short Term Scientific Mission, COST Action - FA1006 ECOST‐STSM‐FA1006‐131014‐046603

Fully private :

2014 - Personal training - Dr Karl Burgess Glasgow University (Welcome trust funding)

June 10th 2014INRA TOXALIM Toulouse, France4d/28h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 1

Funding : Welcome trust (K. Burgess' grant)

Fully private :

2014 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

March 19th 2014EBI Cambridge, UK1d/3h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 30

Funding : EMBO (via EBI), all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2013 - University of Sao Paulo

December 12th 2013University of Sao Paulo, Brazil1d/6h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 10

Funding : University invitation

Fully private :

2013 - University of Lyon

October 17th 2013University of Lyon, France1d/8h

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 12

Funding : University invitation

Fully private :

2013 - French Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network (RFMF)

May 16/17th 2013Toulouse, chez Samaran, France2d/10h

Trainers : Florence Vinson, Ludovic Cottret and Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 13

Funding : RFMF, 2081 euros

Fully private :

2025 - MetExplore 3 for Metatoul platform

September 4th 2024Toulouse, France1 session of 2 hour

Trainers : Marion Liotier, Jean-Clément Gallardo, Florence Vinson & Ludovic Cottret

Number of trainees : 14

Funding : None

Fully private :

2013 - EMBO Practical Course on Metabolomics Bioinformatics for Life Scientists

February 27th 2013EBI Cambridge, UK1d/4h

Trainers : Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees : 28

Funding : EMBO (via EBI), all costs taken in charge

Fully private :

2012 - French Metabolomics and Fluxomics Network (RFMF)

February 2/3th 2012Toulouse, chez Samaran, France2d/10h

Trainers : Florence Vinson, Ludovic Cottret and Fabien Jourdan

Number of trainees (academic - private) : 13 - 2

Funding : RFMF, 1830 euros

Fully private :

2024 - Toulouse Bioinformatics Master

November 6th 2024University of Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Juliette Cooke & Jean-Clément Gallardo

Number of trainees : 15

Funding : none

Fully private :

2024 - Workflow for Experimenters (W4E)

March, 29th 2024Online (international trainees), International1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 15

Funding : none

Fully private :

2024 - Metatoul training : Initiation to flux balance analysis with MetExplore

October 4th 2024Toxalim Unit, INRAE, Toulouse, France1 session of 3 hours

Trainers : Ludovic Cottret & Nathalie Poupin

Number of trainees : 10

Funding : none

Fully private :