A novel approach in improving lipidomics throughput for population profiling
- Research Opportunity
- PhD students
- Department / Centre
- Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
- Location
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
| Primary Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Peter Meikle | peter.meikle@baker.edu.au | 85321770 | Personal web page |
| Co-supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Kevin Huynh | kevin.huynh@baker.edu.au | Personal web page |
Summary This study aims to generate a novel approach in comprehensive lipidomic profiling using high resolution mass spectrometry approaches in conjunction with computational biology.
Project Details
*Lipids are key biological molecules essential to life. Lipidomics is the characterisation and study of the complete lipidome of a biological system (fluid, cell, tissue, organism). In humans, plasma is an easy to obtain bio-fluid where lipids have been demonstrated to be perturbed in various disease settings.
*Diseases can affect everyone differently, in order better understand the relationship between lipids and disease, larger population studies are needed. Clinically related studies in the field have been limited, owing to the limitations in the rate where plasma samples can be profiled in a comprehensive manner. This study aims to generate a novel approach in comprehensive lipidomic profiling using high resolution mass spectrometry approaches in conjunction with computational biology.
*Type of student: PhD. Needs to be technology/computation oriented.
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Department / Centre
Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health
Research Node
Baker Heart and Diabetes InstituteMDHS Research library
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