Equipment

TMIC has access to over $5 million in state-of-the-art metabolomics infrastructure. We are constantly monitoring the status and output quality of all our machines to guarantee consistent results. Our staff and technicians are all fully trained in the maintenance and use of our state of the art equipment.

Instrumentation

Agilent 5695 GC-MS system

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  • Minimum sample volume of 30 µL
  • Lower limit of detection ~500 nM
  • 20-70 metabolites identified and quantified
  • Capable of analyzing biofluids (urine, blood, CSF, bile, rumen, saliva, etc.), tissue extracts (plant or animal), beverages, foods or food products

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Waters GC-TOF-MS system

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  • Minimum sample volume of 30 µL
  • Lower limit of detection ~500 nM
  • 20-70 metabolites identified and quantified
  • Capable of analyzing biofluids (urine, blood, CSF, bile, rumen, saliva, etc.), tissue extracts (plant or animal), beverages, foods or food products

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Varian 500MHz NMR with Cold Probe

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  • Minimum sample volume of 100 µL
  • Lower limit of detection ~5 µM
  • 20-70 metabolites identified and quantified depending on sample using 1D NMR
  • Capable of analyzing biofluids (urine, blood, CSF, bile, rumen, saliva, etc.), tissue extracts (plant or animal), beverages, foods or food products

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Varian 600MHz NMR with Cold Probe

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  • Minimum sample volume of 100 µL
  • Lower limit of detection ~5 µM
  • 20-70 metabolites identified and quantified depending on sample using 1D NMR
  • Capable of analyzing biofluids (urine, blood, CSF, bile, rumen, saliva, etc.), tissue extracts (plant or animal), beverages, foods or food products

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Gold Beckman HPLC with UV detector

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  • Minimum sample volume of 30 µL
  • Lower limit of detection ~100 nM
  • 20-40 metabolites identified and quantified depending on sample
  • Capable of analyzing biofluids (urine, blood, CSF, bile, rumen, saliva, etc.), tissue extracts (plant or animal), beverages, foods or food products

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ABI 4000 Q Trap LC-MS/MS

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  • Minimum sample volume of 20 µL
  • Lower limit of detection ~5 nM
  • 100-160 metabolites identified and quantified depending on sample
  • Capable of analyzing biofluids (urine, blood, CSF, bile, rumen, saliva, etc.), tissue extracts (plant or animal), beverages, foods or food products

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Bruker 12 Tesla FTICR-MS with a dual nano-electrospray and MALDI source

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Waters Synapt HDMS

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Bruker Ultraflex III MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometer

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UPLC 4000 QTRAP

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