• Identification and detection of various classes of small molecules, metabolites, and lipids in various biological matrices
• EMBL-MCF mass spectral library from over 700 metabolites
• Lipidomics profiling platform for comprehensive analysis of lipid species from multiple lipid classes (e.g. glycerols (TGs, DGs), phospholipids, free fatty acids, etc)
• Relative quantitation of metabolites and lipids using internal standards
• Analysis of drugs and related metabolites

We provide services for mass spectrometry-based analysis of small molecules, metabolites and lipids.

We perform targeted and untargeted measurements of various classes of molecules ranging from small metabolites to lipids in a variety of biological matrices.

Further services

• Global untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics profiling
• Targeted metabolomics profiling
• Free fatty acid analysis
• Metabolite and lipid identification using MS and MS/MS analysis
• Drug and drug metabolite analysis
• Consultation of experimental study design
• Data processing incl. metabolite & lipid identification (level 1 confidence), visualization, and statistical analysis
• Data archiving and sharing/publishing

As per EMBL Internal Publication Policy (No. 63); if the facility services were used in work described in a publication, the facility must be acknowledged. For acknowledgment, the following statement must be added:

We acknowledge the support of the EMBL Metabolomics Core Facility (MCF) in the acquisition and analysis of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data.

In addition, if a staff member of the Metabolomics Core Facility contributes substantially to a published work, the staff member should be included as an author in the published work.

More information on this topic can be found here: Recommended guidelines & Acknowledging and citing core facilities

Metabolomics Core Facility
EMBL Heidelberg,
Meyerhofstraße 1,
69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Tel: +49 6221 387-8705

E-mail: mcf@embl.de