Mass Spectrometry: Recent Advancements in In Situ Metabolomics
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Metabolomic Profiling Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 2353
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past decade, metabolomics has advanced to the point where a variety of targeted and untargeted methods are available for characterization of the metabolome.
In situ metabolomics involves the removal, ionization, extraction, and identification of metabolites in tissue or cultures. There are now a variety of tools available for in situ metabolomics including liquid extraction surface analysis (LESA), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI), and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS).
Increasingly, these modalities are being adapted to sample at smaller scales, with increased spatial resolutions, improved sensitivity, and better capability to assign structure through orthogonal methods. For example, many in situ methods can now be applied to decipher metabolic profiles at the single cell scale with femtomolar sensitivities.
This Special Issue on “Recent Advancements in In Situ Metabolomics” is devoted to analytical methods that employ in situ mass spectrometry sampling methods for metabolomics.
Papers are invited which address sample preparation, application of new and available sampling modes, data analysis strategies, and any aspects of in situ metabolomics which improve workflows. We also invite manuscripts dealing with other pertinent challenging issues including automated (high-throughput) approaches toward metabolite extraction and identification, novel data processing methods, and metabolite annotation pipelines. Reviews and perspectives of the challenges of in situ metabolomics are also welcomed.
Sincerely,
Dr. Mike Taylor
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- in situ metabolomics
- spatial-omics
- sample preparation
- mass spectrometry imaging/ imaging mass spectrometry
- single-cell metabolomics
- reviews and perspectives
