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Tracer Raman-Driven Mass Spectrometry Imaging (TRaMaSI): a new platform for on-tissue Tracing of Nutritional and Biochemical Trajectories

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Decoding nutrient pathways within our bodies

Understanding how nutrients navigate through the complex landscape of the human body remains a challenge. Organs and tissues have distinct cravings for specific nutrients, especially during physiological and pathological conditions. Yet, the precise journey these nutrients undertake within our bodies is still a mystery. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the TRaMaSI project aims to decode this mystery by developing a cutting-edge chemical-spatial workflow. This approach combines tracer metabolomics, mass spectrometry imaging and stimulated Raman spectroscopy. By mapping the anatomical coordinates of nutrients and understanding their biochemical journey in tissues, TRaMaSI seeks to shed light on physiological and pathological processes. Focusing initially on acute kidney injury, this project promises groundbreaking insights into nutrient fate.

Objective

Unlocking the mysteries surrounding nutrient fate within the human body has remained an enigmatic pursuit. Our organs and tissues crave specific nutrients, especially in physiological and pathological conditions. Yet, the intricate journey these nutrients embark upon within our bodies remains largely unclear. The aim of my ambitious project is thus to create an innovative chemical-spatial workflow capable of (1) providing the anatomical coordinates of nutrients of interest across tissues (and organs) and (2) understanding the biochemical route these nutrients undergo in the respective tissue areas of the target organ. For this, I will use a complementary approach relying on advanced techniques such as tracer metabolomics, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) and Stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SRS). I will benchmark this technological platform onto a model of acute kidney injury (AKI) to identify and localize the predominant biochemical pathways. The amalgamation of SRS and MSI with tracer metabolomics is groundbreaking given the current technological landscape and provides an innovative and feasible solution to the posed challenge.

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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships

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VIB VZW
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€ 191 760,00
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SUZANNE TASSIERSTRAAT 1
9052 ZWIJNAARDE - GENT
Belgium

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Vlaams Gewest Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Arr. Gent
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