Proteomics and metabolomics

PFTPLUS

Technical and scientific expertise

  • 13C metabolomics studies
  • Identification of peptides by mass spectrometry

Main equipment

  • Hypoxia station (cell culture at 0.1-21% O2)
  • Bioenergetic analyser
  • Microdialysis
  • Two-dimensional (2D) gel run platform
  • Associated equipment for 2D-DIGE (Two-Dimensional DIfference Gel Electrophoresis) studies
  • Microscale liquid chromatography
  • Multiplex immunoassay system

Applications

  • Real-time measurements of oxygen consumption rate (OCR) and extracellular acidification rate (ECAR)
  • Metabolite monitoring: e.g. lactate, pyruvate, urea, glutamate
  • Monitoring of radiolabelled nutrient/metabolite flux: e.g. glucose, lactate, pyruvate, palmitate

Services available to

  • UCLouvain students, clinicians and researchers
  • In the context of UCLouvain partners