Metabolomics Approaches in Chemical Ecology: Decoding Interspecies Interactions Through Metabolic Profiling
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metabolomics; chemically mediated interactions; marine and aquatic systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Chemical cues are ubiquitous, existing for organisms of all shapes, sizes, and complexities. Playing vital roles in mediating both intra- and interspecies interactions, chemical cues have the ability to regulate populations and alter community structure, thus necessitating a thorough understanding of the causative compounds. This need is further supported as the number of vulnerable habitats and organisms continues to increase at an alarming rate. Recent advances in analytical techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), mass spectrometry (MS), and theoretical modeling/predictions, coupled with multivariate statistics, have brought the ability to investigate the role of these ecologically impactful compounds to the average researcher. As the prevalence of metabolomics-style investigations has increased, our understanding of how organisms communicate through chemistry has expanded. This Special Issue is dedicated to the application of metabolomics investigations to better understand the role of chemistry in interspecies interactions
Dr. Remington X. Poulin
Dr. C. Benjamin Naman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metabolomics
- chemically mediated interactions
- analytical chemistry
- ecology
- natural products
- signaling molecules
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