Gary Siuzdak
Professor and Director, Scripps Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry, USA
Biggest challenge facing the field right now? Filtering out artifactual (in-source fragmentation) mass spectrometry data from datasets.
Most exciting development or emerging trend… The most exciting development is the advent of subcellular quantitative imaging of metabolites at the organelle level. A technology being spearheaded by Michael Kurczy (AstraZeneca and University of Gothenburg).
Most memorable piece of advice? It may seem counterintuitive but "don’t take advice" was the best advice I received.