How can we see biology in action; inside a single cell or across the human brain? Advances in metabolomics and molecular imaging are making that possible, turning chemistry into a functional readout of health, disease, and ageing.
This seminar brings together two speakers who are pushing the field to both extremes of scale, from single cells to whole organs.
«Metabolomics and spectroscopy at scale: scaling up & scaling down»
Professor Roy Goodacre from the University of Liverpool will focus on scaling down metabolomics, demonstrating how infrared and Raman spectroscopy can be used to determine metabolism at the single-cell level.
His talk will also address broader questions of metabolic diversity in human populations, including what large-scale metabolic patterns can reveal about ageing and health variation.
«How can we get a window on brain function through combining imaging and metabolomics?»
Academy Research Fellow Alex Dickens from the University of Turku will show how metabolomics can be extended from cells to whole organs, using PET and mass spectrometry imaging to study brain function.
Using multiple sclerosis and brain development as case studies, he will discuss how integrating imaging and metabolomics helps reveal molecular dynamics underlying complex neurological states.
This seminar is arranged by associate professor Veronika K. Pettersen from CANS on the occasion of Gaute Hovde Bø's PhD defense on January 30th, in Tabletten, Pharmacy Building, and is given by his opponents.
Details about the PhD defence:
10:15 Trial Lecture: «One cell, many views: integrative single cell omics for investigating cellular heterogeneity.»
12:15 PhD defense: «The Infant Fecal Metabolome as a Functional Readout of the Gut Microbiome: From Analytical Methods to Biotic Interventions. »
When: 29.01.26 kl 13.15–15.00
Where:
MH2 auditorium cerebellum
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Zielgruppe: Studenten, Besøkende, Invited, Enhet, Ansatte
E-mail: veronika.k.pettersen@uit.no