Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics Seminar Series: BigRiverMetabolomics.jl: A Julia Package for Large-Scale Metabolomics Analysis

The Division of Biostatistics of the Department of Preventive Medicine, UTHSC, invites you to attend the following seminar.

Time: Monday, September 08, 2025, 2:00 - 3:00 pm CT

ZOOM Virtual Room Connection: Register in advance for this meeting to get the Zoom Link

Seminar Website: https://www.uthsc.edu/preventive-medicine/events.php

Speaker Bio: https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/abhirath-anand

BigRiverMetabolomics.jl: A Julia Package for Large-Scale Metabolomics Analysis

Abhirath Anand

University of Michigan

Metabolomics analysis provides a detailed snapshot of small molecules present in a biological system at a given instant. It can be used to understand biological processes, diagnose disease, or understand response to environments. Although there are well-established general workflows for analyzing metabolome data, there is still a lack of comprehensive, integrated software solutions that effectively streamline this process within the Julia software ecosystem. BigRiverMetabolomics.jl is an open-source Julia package designed as an end-to-end platform for metabolomics data analysis. It includes built-in modules for data preprocessing, statistical analysis, and visualization, facilitating rapid and reproducible exploration of large-scale datasets. This talk will present the package's architecture, outline the key design principles that guided its development, and demonstrate its application using a real-world metabolomics dataset.