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Tracer Metabolomics Course

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Tracer Metabolomics Course

Target Audience:
VIB PhD Student
VIB Postdoc
VIB Staff Scientist
VIB Group leader & Expert
VIB Technical support
Flemish Academics & Reseachers
Non-Flemish Academics & Researchers
Industry professionals
Location:

Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

Duration:

8 & 9 February 2024

General context

Tracer metabolomics is a powerful technology to study and understand metabolic alterations underlying disease, treatment, mutations, etc. However, the interpretation of tracer metabolomics results is highly technical, as the metabolites’ abundances, tracer incorporation and positions on the metabolic map all have to be jointly interpreted. This two-days course will introduce researchers to the concepts needed to understand the results of a tracer metabolomics analysis, and then show how to interpret them. Spatial metabolomics will also be discussed.

Approach

This training will be a combination of lectures and hands-on training. There will be a guided tour in the Metabolomics Core. The participants will need to bring their own laptop.

Event intended for

This course is aimed at any scientific personnel that is interested in learning the basics of metabolomics, or those who have experience with regular metabolomics but wish to know more about tracer metabolomics. 

Extra information
  • Participation is free for VIB staff.
  • Registration fee for non-VIB academics is 200 euro including VAT.
  • Registration fee for industry is 800 euro including VAT.
  • Note that upon no-show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year and for VIB participants the reimbursement of the catering costs (€ 50) will be charged to the research group. Click here for more information.
 

Trainers

Bart Ghesquière
Group leader, VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven
Sam De Craemer
Data Analyst & Metabolomics Expert, VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven
Camila Takeno Cologna
Project Manager, VIB Metabomics Core Leuven

Program

Introduce theoretical concepts

  • Mass spectrometry and chromatography: an overview of most common methodologies
  • Regular and Tracer metabolomics
    • Theory
    • How to set up your experiment
    • A peek at how we produce a report from the raw data output
    • How to analyse the curated data report of your experiment
  • Introduction to Spatial metabolomics
  • Optional lab visit

Practical info

Location & Venue

08 February 2024 - 09 February 2024

Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium

Public transport

08 February 2024 - 09 February 2024

Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Public transport

Bus stop

Route description

08 February 2024 - 09 February 2024

Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Parking

Please use Parking West - Follow 'Dagcentrum Onco' to get to the O&N buildings. Take the stairs on you left after exiting Parking West. You are now in front of buidling O&N4 and on the left you find O&N5.

Map 0&N

 

Venue contact

08 February 2024 - 09 February 2024

Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg
Extra information

O&N5 8th floor room 404-28.08.184