Resources overview

The LIPID MAPS_® consortium provides a range of tools and resources to facilitate lipid research.

• LIPID MAPS_® publications
  Publications related to projects funded through the LIPID MAPS_® consortium since 2003, organized by year published.
• Lipid classification
  LIPID MAPS_® has developed the first internationally accepted lipid classification, nomenclature, and structural representation systems
• Standards
  Lipid standards, with MS/MS spectra, available to the scientific community
• Experimental data
  Defining the "lipidome": results from standardized time course lipidomics, gene expession and other data on the mouse macrophage
• Databases
  Browse the annotated lipid structures database and the proteome database of lipid-associated proteins
• Pathways
  Lipid metabolism and signaling pathways based on LIPID MAPS_® data and the wider literature
• LIPID MAPS_® REST Service
  Fast web-based and programmatic access to lipid structure data and lipid-related gene/protein information
• Tools
  Online and downloadable tools for drawing lipid structures and working with mass spectrometry data
• Protocols
  Techniques for lipidomics and macrophage cell culture
• Lipidomics services
  Fee for service lipidomics analysis
• Tutorials and instructions
  Definitions, categories, and functions of lipids; author recommendations; bioinformatics tools tutorials
• Links
  Other online resources, journals and communications tools
• Downloads
  Download or programmatically access the lipid structures database