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DOI 10.1186/s40168-026-02463-0
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Title (Primary) The Metaproteomics Initiative: five years of community-driven progress
Author Van Den Bossche, T.; Grenga, L.; Alves, G.; Arntzen, M.Ø.; Benndorf, D.; Brauer, M.; Figeys, D.; Henry, C.; Hettich, R.L.; Heyer, R.; Jagtap, P.D.; Jehmlich, N. ORCID logo ; Kleiner, M.; Li, L.; Mesuere, B.; Pabst, M.; Pandhal, J.; Pope, P.B.; Seifert, J.; Trautwein-Schult, A.; Verschaffelt, P.; Wilmes, P.; Armengaud, J.; Kunath, B.J.
Source Titel Microbiome
Year 2026
Department MOLTOX
Volume 14
Page From art. 186
Language englisch
Topic T9 Healthy Planet
Supplements Supplement 1
Abstract The Metaproteomics Initiative was officially launched in 2021 to strengthen collaboration, promote knowledge exchange, and support and lead standardization efforts within the growing metaproteomics community. Over the past 5 years, the Initiative has developed into a structured, global network of researchers. It has launched community-driven benchmark studies, helped shape emerging metadata and reporting standards, developed practical guidance and training materials, organized international symposia, and fostered connections across the microbiome research landscape (https://metaproteomics.org/). We outline the Initiative’s organization, activities, achievements, and ongoing efforts, and reflect on how sustained, community-led coordination has shaped the development of metaproteomics as a field. We further position the Grand Metaproteome Challenges as a next step toward coordinated, community-scale biological research, aimed at advancing functional microbiome studies across clinical, industrial, and environmental application domains, and invite engagement from the wider microbiome and omics communities.
Van Den Bossche, T., Grenga, L., Alves, G., Arntzen, M.Ø., Benndorf, D., Brauer, M., Figeys, D., Henry, C., Hettich, R.L., Heyer, R., Jagtap, P.D., Jehmlich, N., Kleiner, M., Li, L., Mesuere, B., Pabst, M., Pandhal, J., Pope, P.B., Seifert, J., Trautwein-Schult, A., Verschaffelt, P., Wilmes, P., Armengaud, J., Kunath, B.J. (2026):
The Metaproteomics Initiative: five years of community-driven progress
Microbiome 14 , art. 186
10.1186/s40168-026-02463-0