Purchase of GC/MS

The Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University working with biomarkers for health, metabolic and nutritional status in farm and companion animals. Increasing focus on non-invasive methods in animal science increases the demand for analytical techniques dedicated to urine metabolomics and to this end the Department intends to buy a GC/MC. Especially bovine urine poses analytical challenges, and the purchase will have to meet several criteria enabling longitudinal studies on urine and other biofluids from multiple animal species. Robustness is mandatory in longitudinal studies, and is challenged in complex matrices like bovine urine. The GC/MS must enable large versatility (operation in different modes), high selectivity, and high throughput (short run times). The analytical platform must enable analysis of carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, proteins, organic acids, and lipids (e.g. steroids) in complex matrices.