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“The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways.
The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.” Freeman Dyson, Imagined Worlds, Harvard University Press (1997)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein, Letter to Carl Seelig (11 March 1952), Einstein Archives 39-013
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The “BioGeoChemistry and Analytics” department offers leading expertise in the description of complex systems in biology and organic geochemistry based on foremost knowledge in analytical chemistry (separation sciences, spectroscopy, spectrometry, hyphenation, small volume handling). The molecular diversity in various compartments of biogeo- and (eco) systems as well as their evolution in time and space is integrated and elucidated by means of comprehensive data acquisition and evaluation including non linear statistics and novel visualisation tools.
Environmental metabolomics approaches in organic geochemistry projects are related to early diagenesis as well as biotic and abiotic environmental processes.
Non targeted biological and life science metabolomics lead to describe phenotype responses of various organisms on a molecular level including pathway analyses.
Health and clinical metabolomics focus on the discovery of new disease related biomarkers (peptides and small molecules) from various body fluids and tissues. Emphasis is placed on determination of metabolite markers using non invasive sampling techniques and personal care in the fields of diabetes and insulin resistance, stem cells, transplantation and depressions.
