05 March 2012
Research Seminar - The uses (and abuses) of metabolomics in environmental and health science
Friday 9 March 2012 – Presented by Dr Oliver Jones
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Title: |
The uses (and abuses) of metabolomics in environmental and health science |
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Speaker: |
Dr Oliver Jones |
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Date: |
2012-03-09 |
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Time: |
4.00 pm |
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Location: |
223.01. Resources Room (Bundoora West campus) |
Abstract
Metabolomics can be defined as the analysis of the complement of small molecules (such as fats, amino acids, sugars etc) associated with metabolism. It is essentially the study of the complete metabolic phenotype (or metabotype) of a cell, tissue, or indeed organism. Metabolic profiles are context dependent, and change in response a range of stimuli.
As such, metabolomics has been found to be applicable to a wide range of fields, including the study of gene function, toxicology, plant sciences, environmental analysis, clinical diagnostics, nutrition, and the discrimination of organism genotypes. In this presentation Dr. Jones will introduce the concept of metabolomics and discuss its potential applications in a range of topics in biology, medicine and toxicology. All welcome.
Seminar coordinator: Leeanne Bickford Tel. +61 3 9925 7106