Metablys is a new project at the Research Institute for Chromatography focusing on metabolomics.
The discipline of metabolomics aims at the comprehensive measurement of the smaller molecules (metabolites) present in a cell, tissue, biological fluid, etc. and the concomitant detection of the metabolic responses to various stimuli, e.g. disease, pharmaceutical treatment, genetic modification, ... This holistic approach, simultaneously measuring hundreds of species, is revolutionary since it allows to reveal differences between conditions without a priori knowledge. The information retrieved from a metabolomics experiment can be used in drug development, biomarker discovery, plant biotechnology, … and the discipline therefore targets the pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology markets.
Metablys is equipped with state-of-the-art GC-MS and LC-MS instrumentation as well as all necessary software tools to allow non-targeted and follow-up high throughput targeted measurements.
R.I.C. has a long standing tradition in delivering solutions to its customers. Apart from offering our metabolomics approach to our clients and partners, Metablys further aims at providing the metabolomics and proteomics researchers with the tools necessary to conduct its research.
Please contact Dr. Koen Sandra at koen.sandra@richrom.com or koen.sandra@metablys.com if you are interested in these new activities offered by R.I.C.