In-vitro sub-cellular sampling of metabolites in biological samples
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Raghu, Deepa; Qi Xia; Linwen Zhang; Vertes, Akos; Reeves, Mark
- Source
- 2013 Microsystems for Measurement and Instrumentation: Fulfilling the Promise (MAMNA) Microsystems for Measurement and Instrumentation (MAMNA), 2013. :28-30 May, 2013
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Computing and Processing
Materials
Mass spectroscopy
Ionization
Laser ablation
Metabolomics
Graphical models
Distribution functions
- Language
Chemical analysis of metabolites directly from cell samples at sub-cellular level in ambient conditions is essential to understand the biochemical pathways in these organisms. In order to achieve this goal we combine near-field ablation with mass spectrometry. As a first step towards the integration of near-field ablation with mass spectrometry, we will report preliminary results of the chemical analysis of Arabidopsis Thaliana.