The big picture: using wildflower strips for pest control
They may be beautiful, but these strips prove pretty deadly for every farmer's mortal enemy: aphids
METABOLOMICS EQUIPMENT
Bruker 600 MHz NMR with Samplejet autosampler.
Core instrument, utilised for high-throughput 1H NMR metabolomic profiling. Runs in automation 24/7.
Bruker 400 MHz NMR with BACS-60 autosampler.
Current 13C capability. Used for structure determination of isolated metabolites.
Bruker Daltonics Esquire 3000 Direct Infusion MS.
Core instrument, utilised for high-throughput ESI-MS metabolomic profiling. Returns nominal mass fingerprints in positive and negative ion modes.
Thermo Orbitrap Elite uHPLC-MS system.
Advanced high resolution accurate mass LC-MS instrument. System includes a Dionex uHPLC system that is configured for reversed-phase separation.
Anatune MSD Bench top GC-MS.
Configured with a GERSTEL autosampler. Used for targeted analysis and structure determination of non-polar analytes.
Buchi Speed Extractor.
Automated large scale solvent extraction with user-defined methods utilising sequential solvents together with temperature and pressure programming.
Dionex HPLC with automated fraction collection.
Used exclusively for natural product isolation for structure determination of “unknowns”. Automated fraction collection allows unattended repeated peak collection.
Large scale Freeze-Drying.
Utilised for lyophilisation of plant tissues prior to metabolomic analysis. Large scale capacity enabling processing of all experimental tissues together.
A range of grinding mills, optimised for plant tissues.
For fine milling of freeze-dried plant tissues, prior to weighing and metabolomic analysis.
Other resources.
Maldi-TOF MS, Leco Pegasus TOF GC-MS, Pyrolysis GC-MS, Bespoke Robotics, Software for multivariate statistics, Tissue and sample warehousing, natural product spectral libraries.