Under a NEDO contract and jointly with Kobe University, Shimadzu Co. has introduced an automat that can simultaneously analyze 150 cell metabolites at high sensitivity. Sample pretreatment is included and allows for high throughput. Analysis is based on a triple quadrupole liquid chromatography mass spectrometer. The system can be combined with a multi-omics analysis package within the open platform GARUDA” that can display huge volumes of data on a metabolic map automatically.”

NEDO news release, May 25, 2018