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Metabolomics Workshop

Hosted by the Mayo Clinic CTSA

Friday, April 16, 2010
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
David Geffen Auditorium, Gonda Building, Subway Level

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Workshop sessions
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. — Optional tours
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. — Collaboration incubator/networking

Metabolomics at Mayo Clinic

Metabolomics is the systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind. Mayo Clinic is a leader in this emerging field and will present its novel data in metabolomics at this first-ever workshop.

View presentations from the workshop >>

Workshop goals

  • Provide new information and data from Mayo Clinic's CTSA metabolomics core through lectures by Mayo Clinic and visiting faculty
  • Provide education on emerging metabolomics methodologies and its application in basic, translational and clinical research
  • Present data on use of metabolomic tools and biomarkers in clinical research
  • Expose researchers to methods of incorporating metabolomic analyses into research

Who should attend?

  • Translational science investigators, KL2 and other K-award scholars and research fellows interested in this emerging field

Why attend?

  • Network with colleagues and world-recognized experts in the field
  • Tour the Mayo Clinic CTSA metabolomics core facility
  • Learn about new techniques

Who will be presenting?

Invited external faculty include:

  • Christopher Newgard, Ph.D., director, Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Distinguished Professor, Duke University Medical Center
  • Eric Ravussin, Ph.D., director, Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University
  • M. Daniel Raftery, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
  • D. Grahame Hardie, Ph.D., Professor of Cellular Signaling, University of Dundee, Scotland

Several Mayo Clinic faculty members will also be presenting.

Registration details

Registration is closed. View presentations from the workshop >>

Contact

Jacquelyn Gosse
507-266-0681