Resources

The LIPID MAPS consortium provides a range of tools and resources to facilitate lipid research. Find out more below, explore using the navigational tabs above or go to our search page.

  • 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
  • Tools
    Online and downloadable tools for drawing lipid structures and working with mass spectrometry data
  • Protocols
    Techniques for lipidomics and macrophage cell culture
  • LIPID MAPS presentations
    Presentations from the LIPID MAPS consortium.
  • Links
    Other online resources, journals and communications tools
  • Downloads
    Download or programmatically access the lipid structures database