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The Rothamsted Metabolomics Centre (MeT-RO)

Reference	MET20482
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Michael Beale
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Mr Paul Verrier, Dr Jane Ward
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Plant Biology & Crop Science
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	1,461,648
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	27/09/2004
End date	26/09/2008
Duration	48 months

Abstract

Metabolomics is one of several technologies that will contribute to our quest to understand the function of all genes. MeT-RO will build and operate a high-throughput primary and secondary metabolite fingerprinting service for plants and microbes. We will develop and utilise a large-scale analytical chemistry facility generating NMR, GC, GC-MS, HPLC and LC-MS data at Rothamsted. Data will be managed in LIMS system at Rothamsted and transferred electronically to our partners at the University of Aberystwyth and UMIST and used to construct a metabolomics database from which comparative information will be extracted with chemometric, machine learning and other bioinformatic tools. MeT-RO and its partners will act as foci for research training in metabolomic technology while contributing data and interpretation tools towards systematic functional genomics, as well as to many other applications in the food, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. (Joint with MET20483 and MET20484)

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	Crop Science, Microbiology, Plant Science, Technology and Methods Development
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Initiative in Plant and Microbial Metabolomics (MET) [2003-2005]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

Associated awards:

MET20483 The Rothamsted Metabolomics Centre (MeT-RO)

MET20484 The Rothamsted Metabolomics Centre (MeT-RO)

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