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VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven
The VIB Metabolomics Core, headed by Bart Ghesquière.

Mass Spectrometry

Mass spectrometry provides crucial insights into the activity of protein and metabolic pathways. Using state-of-the-art high-resolution mass spectrometry, the fate of these labelled isotopes can be followed throughout metabolic networks, or protein content of cells and organelles and protein-protein interactions under healthy and perturbed conditions can be analyzed. Our researchers have access to help with experimental design, data analysis and visualization and specialize in high-end proteomics and metabolomics applications.

The VIB Metabolomics Core is headed by Bart Ghesquière (bart.ghesquiere@vib.be). The Proteomics Unit is headed by Pedro Magalhães (Pedro.magalhaes@vib.be).

 

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Using Our Facilities & Services

If you're interesting in tapping into our mass spectrometry expertise, devices or services for your research, browse our catalogue or get in touch with our experts below.

I am an Internal User

If you're a researcher at VIB, you can browse and book devices available through the VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven using the link below.

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Metabolomics Expertise

If you'd like to access the best in Metabolomics Expertise, please get in touch with head of the VIB Metabolomics Core Bart Ghesquière.

bart.ghesquiere@vib.be

Proteomics Expertise

If you'd like to access the best in Proteomics Expertise, please get in touch with proteomics unit lead Pedro Magalhães.

pedro.magalhaes@vib.be

VIB Metabolomics Core

Check out the metabolomics facilities available to our scientists via the VIB Metabolomics Core Leuven, headed by Bart Ghesquière.

VIB Metabolomics Core

Let's show you around!

Get to know some of the incredible tools and people driving mass spectrometry technology through this vlog with Bart Ghesquière (head of the VIB Metabolomics Core), Camila Takeno Cologna (project manager at the VIB Metabolomics Core), and Pedro Magalhães (head of the Proteomics Expertise Unit at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience).

Take a Virtual Tour

Check out what we have available at the VIB Metabolomics Core and Proteomics Unit at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience via our 360° virtual tour.

Virtual Tour
Proteomics expert Pedro Magalhães in a lab coat in a room full of computers and mass spectrometry equipment at the VIB Metabolomics Core

Proteomics Pipelines

Pedro Magalhães recently joined to develop in-house proteomics expertise at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience. Future proteomics applications and pipelines include: 

  • Shotgun analysis to identify and quantify the protein content in biological samples, encompassing cells and tissue lysates, gel bands as well as bodyfluids
  • Identification of post-translational modifications
  • Study of protein complexes/protein-protein interactions through affinity Purification/Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry
  • Low-amount samples analysis

In the Spotlight

Check out some recent collaborations between the VIB Metabolomics Core and labs at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Neuroscience.

Mitochondria metabolism sets the species-specific tempo of neuronal development

Science (2023) in collaboration with the Pierre Vanderhaeghen Lab

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