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Ecometabolomics has long been a cornerstone of biodiversity research at iDiv. To strengthen this approach, the Ecometeor platform was established to integrate advanced metabolomics techniques and expertise into iDiv’s research, with the goal of uncovering the chemical mechanisms underlying ecological patterns and processes in plants, insects, soil, water, and even the atmosphere. Although the platform has now ceased operations at iDiv, excellent opportunities to continue and expand this research are open to iDiv at the mass spectrometry core facility MS-UL at the Faculty of Chemistry of Leipzig University and in MetaCom in the Institute of Plant Biochemistry in Halle. Here, we highlight the key achievements of Ecometeor in advancing our understanding of chemical diversity within ecosystems and show emerging directions for applying metabolomics to biodiversity research in the future.
