High Throughput Single-Cell Metabolomics

Recognizing the importance of cellular metabolism and the complexity of cell-cell heterogeneity, SpaceM has emerged as a promising technology with high potential for investigating single-cell metabolomics. SpaceM is expected to grant broad access to single-cell metabolomics, enabling investigations across diverse cellular models. Additionally, addressing the challenge of reproducibility, we present HT-SpaceM, a high-throughput method showcasing robust reproducibility in identifying metabolites in 10 cell lines, highlighting the promise of the SpaceM method in understanding cellular metabolism and disease.

Presenter: Shawn Owens, Ph.D. (Imaging Mass Spectrometrist, SpaceM, BioInnovation Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark)

Shawn began his mass spectrometry imaging journey over 10 years ago, at the University of California- Santa Barbara- where he earned his PhD. With his degree in hand, he began a journey that led him through roles in industry- first at Bruker for nearly 5 years, followed by a year at BASF in New York. Eager to explore new horizons, Shawn embarked on a transformative journey in a startup, joining SpaceM in Copenhagen, Denmark- where he assumed the role of R&D Team Leader and Mass Spectrometrist, a role he has held for the past 18 months.