Lipidomics update - April, 2018
The lipidomics update provides an overview of developments in lipid research. Each month we offer a fresh collection of research, news and events for the specialist and the interested non-specialist alike.
LIPID MAPS® highlights
LIPID MAPS Annual Meeting 2016: Lipidomics Impact on Metabolic, Cancer, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Diseases - Register now to ensure your spot!
Early Registration deadline: March 25, 2016
Lipid of the month
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 fatty acid that is a primary structural component of the human brain, cerebral cortex, skin, sperm, testicles and retina. It can be synthesized from alpha-linolenic acid or obtained directly from maternal milk or fish oil. It's systematic name is 4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z-docosahexaenoic acid. DHA is the most abundant omega-3 fatty acid in the brain and retina. DHA comprises 40% of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in the brain and 60% of the PUFAs in the retina. Fifty percent of the weight of a neuron's plasma membrane is composed of DHA.
Events calendar
22nd International Symposium on Plant Lipids
July 3-8, 2016
57th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids
September 23 - 27, 2016
Research library
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Chemoenzymatic Assembly of Bacterial Glycoconjugates for Site-Specific Orthogonal Labeling.
J Am Chem Soc. 2015 Oct 7;137(39):12446-9. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b07146. Epub 2015 Sep 23.
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MS-DIAL: data-independent MS/MS deconvolution for comprehensive metabolome analysis.
Nature methods 12, 523–526 (2015) doi:10.1038/nmeth.3393