It's happening in less than a month! Chenomx is proud to be a silver sponsor at the first International Metabolomics Symposium taking place March 10-12, 2010, in Freising-Weihenstephanin, Germany.

This informative conference will focus on new analytic methods, late-breaking discoveries, as well as challenges and pitfalls in metabolomics studies. Leading scientists will discuss the value of Metabolomics in basic science applications, in diagnostics and in nutrition and food research.  

You can register for this 2-1/2 day conference and get more information by clicking here.

In the February 2010 issue BMC Biology, there was a study published by Fuchs et al. entitled A metabolic signature of long life in Caenorhabditis elegans.

This paper extensively used the patented "Targeted Profiling" technology of Chenomx NMR Suite to investigate what makes long-lived worms metabolically distinctive. They examined three classes of long-lived worms: dauer larvae, adult Insulin/IGF-1 signalling (IIS)-defective mutants, and a translation-defective mutant. The observed metabolic responses could be explained to a large degree by upregulation of gluconeogenesis and the glyoxylate shunt as well as changes in amino acid catabolism. These responses point to new possible mechanisms of longevity assurance in worms.

To see the abstract and sign-in to read this paper click here.

Also, I have been told that the link to the paper I mentioned in our January newsletter didn't work (i.e., the study published by Fannin et al. entitled Acetaminophen Dosing of Humans Results in Blood Transcriptome and Metabolome Changes Consistent with Impaired Oxidative Phosphorylation in the January 2010 issue of Heptology). If you would still like to read that abstract, please click here for the proper link.

If you have published any material using Chenomx NMR Suite, please do not hesitate to let us know so that we can mention it in this newsletter. We would love to see it!

For other publications, case studies, news, and application notes using Chenomx NMR Suite click here.

The XXI Winter Olympics have begun in Vancouver, BC, Canada and will run until February 28th.  Since Chenomx sells its metabolic profiling software and services around the world, we want to take a moment to wish all of the athletes representing your countries the best of luck throughout the competition. Let's hope for safe and exciting Games!

When using the Profiler module in Chenomx NMR Suite 6.1, remember to use the default layout to export files that you intend to open with statistical analysis packages. Use the transposed layout to export files that you intend to open in a spreadsheet program, or if you prefer the transposed layout.

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