Robert Ahrends, Dominik Kopczynski @ University of Vienna
About
The lipidomics lab at the University of Vienna conducts analytical approaches that aim to identify and quantify the complete set of lipids, defined as the lipidome in a given cell, tissue, or organism and their interactions with other molecules. Most lipidomics workflows are based on mass spectrometry, a technique that ionizes chemical species and sorts the ions based on their mass-to-charge ratio. This method has been proven as a powerful tool in system biology in concert with other Omics disciplines. The group is active as a strategic international partner of de.NBI.
Services
Services, search engines, quantification algorithms, visualization tools, and databases developed by the 'Lipidomics Informatics for Life-Science' (LIFS) partners within de.NBI established and hosted via the LIFS portal provide broad access to these specialized bioinformatics pipelines. The capacity building suggested by LIFS will dissect the molecular foundation of many different lipid-related dysfunctions. LIFS partners such as Nils Hoffmann and Dominik Schwudke are still members of the German Network for Bioinformatics (de.NBI) and, with us, members of theLSI (Lipidomics Standard Initiative). We will provide access to the described software, tutorials, and consulting services for lipidomics research and applications via the LIFS web portal. In particular, we develop and maintain the following software tools:
Lipid Creator
Lipid Space
Lipid Compass
Training: Most of the workshops will be offered in collaboration with the de.NBI LIFS partners at FZ Borstel and FZ Juelich (site Bielefeld).
Project Management
Universität Wien
Insitute of Analytical Chemistry
Ahrends Lab
Sensengasse 8/12
A-1090 Vienna
Contact:
Contact:
www.lipidomics.at