Metabolites in blood exist in a state of dynamic equilibrium, making efficient sample processing and handling after blood sampling key to biologically relevant analyses. In this webinar we discuss a method for evaluating room temperature quenching, lipid removal and metabolite isolation from plasma samples and how this protocol can be automated using the Agilent Bravo Metabolomics Sample Prep Platform.

Experts, Jennifer Van Eyk, Erika J. Glaer Chair in Women's Heart Health; Director, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, and Weston Spivia, Research Associate III, Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Cedars Sinai will share their work and discuss the benefits of this method, including its ability to minimize post-sampling variability and its compatibility with downstream LC-MS/MS analysis of metabolites.

Key Learning Objectives

• Why efficient sample processing and handling after blood sampling is key to biologically relevant analyses
• A method for plasma protein precipitation and subsequent metabolite extraction using the Bravo automated workstation can minimize post-sampling variability
• How the automated plasma processing and metabolite extraction is compatible with downstream LC-MS/MS analysis of metabolites

Who Should Attend
Researchers involved in extracting and isolating metabolites from large number of plasma samples

Certificate of Attendance
All webinar participants can request a certificate of attendance, and a learning outcomes summary document for continuing education purposes.

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.