Metabolomics Services

All open access services include short discussion and consultation for suitable method, sample preparation/delivery guidelines and prices and delivery of the concentration or peak area data in excel report and transfer of raw files upon customer request. Separate paid services for statistical analysis. Paid services do not include experiment design, creating publication images or result interpretation. The analyses are always monitored with inhouse Quality control and missing values for certain metabolites or in certain samples can appear in all methods.

Services will be available via iLAB normally, but slight delays are possible during 2025.
Services
Profiling relatively quantitative, inhouse library

Matrix profiling (100-200 metabolites) with Identification and relative quantitation (peak area) of metabolites using HRMS and inhouse library for RTs of 470 run standards and m/z.

The exact number of detected metabolites is dependent on sample matrix and sample amount.

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Throughput approximately 150 samples per week. Service available in iLAB.

Collaboration article DOI:, check publication list for additional publications.

Sample types (minimum amount)
Biofluids
    Serum (15-110 µl)
    Plasma (15-110 µl)
    CSF (15-110 µl)
    Sweat (10 µl)
    Tears (10 µl)
    Whole blood (40µl)
Tissues (0.5-20 mg, suggested 20mg)
    Mouse heart (0.5 mg-)
    Spleen (20 mg)
    Brain (5-10mg)
    Muscle (2-20mg)
    Cecum
    Gut
    Skin (2-5mg)
    Mucus
Others
    Feces 30mg 
    Cells (10 000-2x10e6)
    Organoids 
    Spheres
    Bacteria, Yeast
    Extracellular vesicles (10 µl)
    Cell media (10-110µl)

Fluxomics (13C, 15N, dH)

Isotope enrichment analysis and metabolic flux analysis of central carbon metabolism, glucose, NADolome, glutamine and other pathways using 13C-, 15N- and dH-tracers.

Suitability (matrix protocol existing,  tracer analytics existing, experimental set up, adequate funding) of the workflow is evaluated before accepting the service request. 

Requires consultation and evaluation of the project and analysis suitability, in many projects requires intellectual input from core unit.

Sample types (minimum amount)
Biofluids (10µl)
Tissues
Cells (30000)
Organoids
Spheres
Extracellular vesicles

MS-imaging/spatial metabolomics - under development

MS imaging of small molecules

New projects are evaluated for feasibility including funding, sample type, metabolites of interest.

Contact:

 

 

Folates, quantitative

Quantitative LC-MS concentration measurement using internal standard with triple quadrupole or high-resolution orbitrap mass spectrometer.

Compounds











NOTE: Folate samples must be stored in amber coloured vials.

Sample types (minimum amount)

Whole blood (60 µl)

Tissues (20 mg)

Cells (1x10e6)

CSF (15 µl)

NAD metabolites, quantitative

Identification and absolute quantitation with internal standards using high resolution orbitrap mass spectrometer.

Throughput approximately 150 samples per week. Service available from iLAB.

Compounds.
 

(detected rarely)



(detected rarely)
(detected from blood and media)
(detected from cells)

(not provided currently)

Reduced prices are available if analyzing only NAD and NADH or NAD, NADH, NADP and NADPH.

Sample types (minimum amount)

Whole blood (60 µl)

Short chain fatty acids, quantitative

Identification and absolute quantitation with internal standards using high resolution orbitrap mass spectrometer.

Throughput approximately 150 samples per week.

Compounds.





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Sample types (minimum amount)

Biofluids

    Serum (110 µl)

    Plasma

    Whole blood

Tissues

    Cecum (20 mg)

Others

    Feces (10 mg)

    Cells

    Organoids

    Spheres

    Bacteria

    Extracellular vesicles

TCA metabolites, quantitative

Quantitative LC-MS concentration measurement using orbitrap  

Compounds.





(aKG)


Sample types (minimum amount)
Biofluids (serum, plasma) (110 µl)
Tissues (15 mg) (under development)
Cells (1.5x10e6) (under development)

Lipidomics, 1500 species, quantitative

Analysis of thousand lipid molecular species in a single method using the Lipidyzer platform.

More details Service available from iLAB.

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Sample types (minimum amount)
Biofluid (25 µl) 
Tissues (15 mg)
Cells (1x10e6), Nanovesicles (25ul)

 

 

Pharma products

For further information iLAB or contact core

Custom metabolites from library, relatively quantitative

Select metabolites from 450+ list. Direct orders via iLAB or for further information contact .

We are open to develop via collaboration new metabolomics analytical methods both for precision metabolomics and research purposes. Contact the head of the unit.

Custom metabolites, quantitative

We are open to develop via collaboration new metabolomics analytical methods both for precision metabolomics and research purposes. Contact the head of the unit.



As an example, these compounds have been quantitated from customer samples.





















 

Data analysis

Data analysis xx€/hour via iLAB
 

1. Missing Value imputationData normalisation (log transformation and auto scaling)

2. Univariate analysis methods: Fold Change Analysis, T-tests, Volcano Plot, One-way ANOVA and post-hoc analysis

3. Multivariate analysis methods: Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Partial Least Squares - Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA)

4. Clustering Analysis: Hierarchical Clustering, Heatmap

 

We offer also via collaboration help for metabolomics data analysis.
Contact the director of the unit.

Under development Ketoacids, quantitative

Opened spring 2025 

Quantitative LC-MS concentration measurement using internal standard with triple quadrupole or high-resolution orbitrap mass spectrometer.

Compounds.



Sample types (minimum amount)

Biofluids (110 µl)

Under development (Amino acids, carnitines, B-vitamins, quantitative)

Quantitative LC-MS concentration measurement using internal standard with MRM

Suitable for tissues, cells, and biofluids 






 

 

Sample types (minimum amount)

Biofluids (110 µl)

Tissues (15 mg)

Cells (1x10e6)

Expert consultation and teaching

We are open for consulting patient and clinical metabolomics work, teaching, seminar and conference talks. 

Contact the head of the unit.

Bioinformatics & Multi-omics

Multiomics data workflows:

HiLIFE bioinformatics multi-omics (Metabolomics, genomics, trasncriptomics, proteomics) data analysis service workflow is under development during 2025-2026

further information:

 

Multiomics analytical workflows 

From same sample: Metabolomics + Proteomics 

From separate samples: bulk Metabolomics + bulk RNA seq + bulk proteomics

further information:

 

General info

The compounds measured with the methods are listed under each method. If the sample amount is very low and/or the matrix is new the detectability of the compounds of interest must be checked with a test sample before running the actual samples.

Results are delivered in an excel file. Fluxomics and 450+ metabolites methods are relatively quantitative and the results are given as peak areas. In all other quantitative methods the results are given in µM or other suitable concentration unit.

The raw files are also available if required.

Leftover samples are discarded unless otherwise agreed.

Raw data and all processing files are stored for 3 months after reporting.