Jun 5, 2008

IAB launches a Metabolome Consortium to push forward its leading metabolome analysis platform

IAB launches on June 10 a ”The Metabolome Consortium”which aims to promote the use of IAB's own metabolome analysis methods based on capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry (CE-TOFMS) and the related metabolomic database by other groups such as pharmaceutical industries. The CE-TOFMS methods were developed by Dr.Tomoyoshi Soga's research group under the direction of Dr. Masaru Tomita.