Working with us
Quality data results from quality sample handling and processing. Metabolon’s commitment to your study’s success is centered around our proven sample preparation and handling methods. Our experience protecting the integrity of metabolite samples for the most accurate and reproducible results is unmatched. Leveraging this experience, we created the complimentary Metabolon Study Success Sample Handling Kit, purpose-built to support sample collection, shipping, traceability, and, ultimately, quality results for your study.
Coverage encompasses the biochemical breadth and diversity that you can detect in your samples. To fully understand your biological systems, you must be able to capture not only endogenous metabolites, those produced by the host, but also exogenous. We have developed robust, standardized methods for working with a range of solid and liquid samples from humans, animals, insects, and plants.
Solid Samples (50 to 100 mg, depending on sample type):
Liquid Samples (150 to 300 µL):
When you’re ready to ship your samples to Metabolon, our Client Success Team will work with you to select the best option for ensuring your samples arrive safely. When your samples arrive, they are immediately logged into our customized laboratory information management system (mLIMS™). This system ensures traceability, sample quality, and quick turnaround.
Samples are stored in carefully monitored, temperature-controlled -80°C freezers backed by generators or other sample-appropriate storage until they are ready for processing in our labs.
Our hyper-focus on quality control means that approximately 20% of received samples are reserved for quality control. Additionally, our laboratories have the following certifications and accreditations:
Additionally, Metabolon has a New York State Department of Health Clinical Laboratory permit to perform certain clinical metabolomics testing.
We can offer you the complete mixture of coverage, competency, comparability, and capacity because of our commitment to quality. We operate using procedures established in our Quality Management System to ensure that our complex deliverables are accurate and consistent. At every stage, we deliver robust quality assurance and quality control with a rigorous data governance program and adherence to valued U.S. federal and international standards and regulations.
Once you see the full value of metabolomics, the only remaining question is: who does it best? While many laboratories have metabolite profiling or analytical chemistry capabilities, comprehensive metabolomics technologies are extremely rare.
Accurate, unbiased metabolite identification across the entire metabolome introduces signal-to-noise challenges that very few labs are equipped to handle. Also, translating massive quantities of data into actionable information is slow, if not impossible, for most because proper interpretation takes two things that are in short supply: experience and a comprehensive database.
Using our robust platform and visualization tools, our experts are uniquely able to tell you more about your molecule and develop assay panels to help you zero in on the results you need.
Coverage
Ability to interrogate thousands of metabolites across diverse biochemical space, revealing new insights and opportunities
Comparability
Ability to integrate the data from different studies into the same dataset, in different geographies, among different patients over time
Competency
Ability to inform on proper study design, generate high‐quality data, derive biological insights, and make actionable recommendations
Capacity
Ability to process hundreds of thousands of samples quickly and cost‐efficiently to service rapidly growing demand
Request a quote for our services, get more information on sample types and handling procedures, request a letter of support, or submit a question about how metabolomics can advance your research.
Corporate Headquarters
617 Davis Drive, Suite 100
Morrisville, NC 27560
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 110407
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone
+1 (919) 572-1711
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International Headquarters
Metabolon GmbH
Zeppelinstraße 3
85399 Hallbergmoos
Germany
