Horizon 2020
Milestone Update: Steroid Hormone Analyses started
The Ultradian Platform for Metabolomics at the University of Bergen has completed the development of the 3rd Generation Steroid Hormone Assay.
Figure. 24-hour profile of 18OH-cortisol in microdialysate sampled from subcutaneous abdominal fat tissue in a healthy individual.
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Published: 25.05.2018
As of March 2018, we are in full production mode analyzing microdialysate samples collected from the clinical studies. This is an important milestone in Ultradian project.
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The steroid assay is based on liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The method is able to determine hormones at very low levels in just 10 碌L sample in a high-throughput setting. A wide range av mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids and androgen steroids can be quantified.