Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150101715

Funded Activity Summary

Developing next generation technologies for unmasking the lipidome. Recent discoveries suggest that the number and structural variety of lipids in nature may be far greater than previously imagined. This complexity arises from the presence of structurally similar, but functionally distinct, lipid isomers that are not readily distinguished using current lipidomics technologies. This project aims to develop unique instrumentation that combines ion mobility and mass spectrometry to enable the rapid separation, identification and quantification of isomeric lipids. These next generation technologies will be deployed in the hope of unmasking the molecular diversity within the lipidomes of two important mammalian cell types, thus providing fundamental new insights into the structure and function of lipids within living systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $434,700.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Analytical Chemistry | Medical Biochemistry: Lipids | Analytical Biochemistry | Analytical Spectrometry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences |

Other Keywords

Analytical Biochemistry | Analytical Chemistry | Analytical Spectrometry | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences | Medical Biochemistry: Lipids

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