Authors
Tim Van Den Bossche, Lucia Grenga, Gelio Alves, Magnus Ø Arntzen, Dirk Benndorf, Madita Brauer, Daniel Figeys, Celine Henry, Robert L Hettich, Robert Heyer, Pratik D Jagtap, Nico Jehmlich, Manuel Kleiner, Leyuan Li, Bart Mesuere, Martin Pabst, Jagroop Pandhal, Phillip B Pope, Jana Seifert, Anke Trautwein-Schult, Pieter Verschaffelt, Paul Wilmes, Jean Armengaud, Benoit J Kunath
Published in
Microbiome. Volume 14. Issue 1. Jul 23, 2026. Epub Jul 23, 2026.
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. Video Abstract.
PMID:
42493801
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