MetwareBio at PAG 33 Booth #125: Advancing Plant Bioactive Compound Research with Integrated Multi-Omics

The 33rd Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG 33) is a leading international forum bringing together researchers from academia, research institutes, and industry to share advances in plant and animal genomics, functional biology, and emerging technologies.

Metware Biotechnology Inc. (MetwareBio) is pleased to announce our participation in PAG 33, taking place January 9–14, 2026, in San Diego, USA. We invite conference attendees to visit us at Booth #125 to connect with our team, exchange ideas, and discuss how integrated multi-omics approaches can support plant genomics and functional research. Beyond our booth, we’ll also be presenting Poster P351 and joining two conference workshops on mass spectrometry–based multi-omics for plant research. Stop by to meet the team, see the poster, and join the sessions for practical workflow insights.

Why Integrated Multi-Omics for Plant Bioactive Compounds?

Plant bioactive and nutraceutical compounds are central to plant defense, development, and adaptation, while also serving as important resources for human health and nutrition. However, their biosynthesis, regulation, and accumulation are often highly tissue-specific, development-dependent, and responsive to environmental stress, making them difficult to capture through single-omics approaches alone.

As plant research continues to move toward systems-level and spatially resolved understanding, integrating metabolomics and proteomics has become essential for connecting metabolic phenotypes with underlying regulatory mechanisms. By further incorporating spatial information, researchers can begin to understand not only what molecules are present, but where they accumulate and how their distributions change across tissues and developmental stages. Integrated multi-omics therefore provides a more comprehensive framework for elucidating the molecular basis and functional organization of plant bioactive compounds, enabling deeper biological insight and more informed interpretation of complex plant systems.

PAG 33: Two Workshops and One Poster

At PAG 33, we will highlight an integrated, mass spectrometry–based multi-omics framework for the discovery and characterization of plant bioactive compounds. Our widely targeted metabolomics platform combines QTOF-MS for confident metabolite identification with triple quadrupole MS for quantitative analysis, supported by a proprietary database of over 60,000 plant metabolites. By integrating conventional metabolomics with MALDI mass spectrometry imaging, we enable spatial visualization of metabolite distributions across plant tissues and developmental stages. In parallel, our proteomics workflow—leveraging optimized, tissue-specific extraction and the timsTOF platform with diaPASEF acquisition—provides deep protein coverage to support functional interpretation. Together, this approach offers a high-throughput solution for linking metabolite diversity, spatial organization, and protein-level regulation in plant systems.

Join our General Manager, Jeff Chu, for the following two workshops and one poster:

• Workshop: Innovative Mass Spectrometry Solutions for the Comprehensive Characterization of Plant Bioactive Compounds — Sat, Jan 10 | 7:00 PM | Palm 3–4

• Workshop: Innovative Mass Spectrometry Solutions for the Comprehensive Characterization of Plant Proteins and Molecules — Tue, Jan 13 | 5:40 PM | Pacific D

• Poster ID: P351 — Innovative Mass Spectrometry Solutions for the Comprehensive Characterization of Plant Bioactive Compounds

We’ll walk through an integrated workflow combining widely targeted metabolomics, spatial MALDI-MSI, and deep proteomics to connect what is present, where it localizes, and how it may be regulated.

What We’d Love to Discuss at Booth #125

If you’re attending PAG 33, we’d be happy to connect and exchange ideas around:

• Plant metabolomics and widely targeted metabolomics strategies
• Spatial metabolomics and MALDI imaging applications
• Integrating metabolomics and proteomics for functional studies
• Custom multi-omics workflows for plant stress, development, and breeding research
• Turning complex omics data into biological insight

Visit Us at PAG 33

Booth: #125

Date: January 9–14, 2026

Location: San Diego, USA

We look forward to meeting you at PAG 33 and exploring opportunities for collaboration.