Metabolomics Center

Lab overview

The primary goal of the Metabolomics Center is to identify and quantify small molecules (metabolites) from various resources including but not limited to plants, animals, and human (BSL1) being. Multiple complementary analytical methods based on mass spectrometry, primarily GC/MS and LC/MS which are funded through the generosity of the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust (http://www.carvertrust.org/) and National Center for Research Resources (www. ncrr.nih.gov) , are utilized.

Service

Target metabolomics (alcohols, alkaloids, amines and polyamines, amino acids, fatty acids up to C30, organic acids, phenolics, sterols, sugars and sugar phosphates, etc.) and metabolite profiling are provided following the flow chart in the left.

Users (both on- and off-campus) are encouraged to discuss their projects with the center staff before using the services and instrumentation in their experimentation. Depending on instrumentation and user preference there are several categories of user/staff participation: user operation after the training by center staff, full service by center Staff, and collaborative projects where the investigator and the center staff partner in experimental design, experimentation, troubleshooting, and data analysis. For the latter two services, please talk with center staff for related user fee.

GC/MS, LC with DAD, and LC/Trap MS are open access to on-campus users after the satisfactory training from center staff.