Helsinki Metabolomics Center

Helsinki Metabolomics Center (HMC) is a mass spectrometry-based metabolomics analytical services (metabolomics, lipidomics and fluxomics/isotope tracing) providing core facility of Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. Member of the Biocenter Finland on RCF roadmap with lighthouse status, and HiLIFE national infrastructure platforms. Offers services with open access policy nationally and internationally to both academic and non-academic customers in many diverse scientific fields.

Center provides analytics on research area for basic, biomedical, preclinical and clinical research:

  • Targeted isotope tracing/fluxomics
  • High-throughput LC-MS global metabolomics/lipidomics
  • Targeted quantitative custom metabolites and small molecules
  • MS-imaging

HMC is collaborating regarding personnel change and unified analytical workflows for omics and data integration:

  • Meilahti Proteomics Unit (HiLIFE)
  • Meilahti Biodata (HiLIFE)
  • FIMM Digital Microscopy and Molecular Pathology Unit (HiLIFE)
  • Biocenter Kuopio Metabolomics, University of Eastern Finland
  • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
Helsinki Metabolomics Center News
Organizational changes from 2025

Helsinki Metabolomics Center (former FIMM Metabolomics & Viikki Metabolomics Unit (ViMU) of the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences) is hosted by the Faculty of Medicine. 

ViMU customers, contact Helsinki Metabolomics center (). Those ViMU´s old methods available after 2025 will be provided via iLAB once they been successfully developed to instrumentation and implemented to iLAB.

Users can now impact on the coming services for single cell and spatial metabolomics by filling a survey form.
Events

FALL 2025 

Clinical Metabolomics course for graduate students (KLTO)
Laboratory moving 11/2025-1/2026

Possible delays in reply to requests and providing services. We apologize! 
Biocenter Finland Metabolomics Platform