To manage the exponential rise in biological data and their relative metadata information, it has become necessary to submit raw data to ad-hoc public repositories. Publicly-available metabolomic datasets have hidden, true potential in the light of data reanalysis and integration. Therefore, there is an urgent need to make this biological data and information available to the entire plant scientific community.

The aim of this training school is to provide knowledge and tools on experimental design, metabolomics data and metadata management, as well as their upload to public repositories according to FAIR  (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles, and demonstrate how to reuse data already present in public repositories. 

This online training school is divided into three modules.

The first module, open to the wider public, will be an introduction to the experimental design description, metabolomics data and metadata management. More information can be found on the Integrape Data Management web page.

The second module will address reusing the dataset previously presented to the public repositories by various informatic tools.

Finally, the third module will be focused on the step-by-step upload of a metabolomic study to the public repository of MetaboLights.