Translating metabolomics to the clinics & quality control | Jennifer Kirwan

Jennifer Kirwan is Head of the Metabolomics Platform
at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (Germany)

Favorite metabolite
Melatonin, a close relative of tryptophan, Jennifer Kirwan’s favorite metabolite at MetSoc last year and the metabolite chosen by our previous guest David Wishart!

Papers we discussed in this episode
Translating metabolomics into clinical practice
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Identification and validation of small molecule analytes in mouse plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: A case study of misidentification of a short-chain fatty acid with a ketone body

Her past and present activities in the metabolomics community include

• mQACC consortium, promoting best QA/QC practices in untargeted metabolomics. Learn more in the consortium’s recommendations here.
• Precision medicine and pharmacometabolomics task group of the Metabolomics Society
• German society for metabolome research (DGMet)

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Finally available - Alices first book
The STORY principle - A guide to the biological interpretation of metabolomics
Also featuring some of the Metabolomists from Season 1
Available on Amazon and the biocrates webshop