Lush greenery with various types of leaves and plants, some with flowers, thriving under natural light. The scene is vibrant and dense with foliage, suggesting a tropical or greenhouse environment.
Lush greenery with various types of leaves and plants, some with flowers, thriving under natural light. The scene is vibrant and dense with foliage, suggesting a tropical or greenhouse environment.

Earth Metabolome Initiative (EMI) & Digital Botanical Garden Initiative (DBGI)

In parallel, we are co-initiators and members of the steering committee of the Digital Botanical Garden Initiative (DBGI), which seeks to transform botanical gardens into interconnected digital infrastructures for biodiversity research, education, and innovation. dBGI bridges living collections, high-throughput molecular data, and computational tools to enable large-scale, integrative studies of plant diversity and ecosystem functioning.

Together, EMI and dBGI provide a unique framework to advance plant eco-metabolomics, foster international collaborations, and develop open tools for the exploration of chemical diversity in natural and managed ecosystems.

A vibrant, green field filled with tall, spiky plants and a butterfly hovering nearby. The scene is lush with various types of greenery, creating a dense backdrop.
A vibrant, green field filled with tall, spiky plants and a butterfly hovering nearby. The scene is lush with various types of greenery, creating a dense backdrop.

The Plant Eco-Metabolomics Group is actively involved in two international research initiatives at the interface of chemical ecology, biodiversity, and data science. We are co-initiators of the Earth Metabolome Initiative (EMI), a global effort aimed at mapping the chemical diversity of life and linking metabolites to biotic interactions, phylogeny, functional traits, and bioactivity through open and interoperable data infrastructures.

CONTACT

emmanuel@defossez@unine.ch

+41 79 123 45 67