Course: Metabolomics

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Course title Metabolomics
Course code KBBV/CD138
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kanďár Roman, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Definition of metabolomics. Targeted and non-targeted metabolite analysis. Metabolites and their profiling. Fingerprinting and footprinting of metabolites. Human metabolomics. Sample preparation for metabolic studies, dried spot technique of biological sample (dried blood spot, dried plasma spot, dried urine spot, etc.). The methods used in metabolomics (liquid and gas chromatography with mass detection, capillary electrophoresis with mass detection, tandem mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The subject introduces the student to knowledge in the field of metabolomics. It builds on the knowledge of biochemistry and analytical chemistry.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Recommended literature
  • Alessandra Sussulini. Metabolomics: From Fundamentals to Clinical Applications. Cham: Switzerland, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-47655-1.
  • John C. Lindon; Jeremy K. Nicholson; Elaine Holmes. The Handbook of Metabonomics and Metabolomics. Oxford: United Kingdom, 2007. ISBN 978-0-44-452841-4.
  • Wolfram Weckwerth. Metabolomics ? Methods and Protocols. New Jersey: USA, 2007. ISBN 978-1588295613.


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