Metabolomics Core Facility

Sample Preparation and Submission

Consultation with Dr. Baniasadi is recommended prior to designing your experiment and preparing your samples.

Protocols for the extraction of polar metabolites from a variety of biological samples, including tissue (tumors/liver/brain/fat), bodily fluids (serum/urine/CSF), adherent cell lines, and suspension cells are available.

Submitting Samples

Please follow the following steps for submitting your samples:

Consultation, receiving protocol and extracting metabolites

  1. Please send an Hamid.Baniasadi@utsouthwestern.edu to Dr. Baniasadi with a brief description of your metabolomics project.
  2. Request a metabolite extraction protocol for sample preparation from the core if needed.
  3. Schedule a meeting with Dr. Baniasadi to discuss the protocol in detail.
  4. Extract metabolites based on the sent protocol/your own protocol.

Fill out submission form, submit iLab request, and label your samples

  1. Fill out the Sample Submission Form.
  2. Send an Hamid.Baniasadi@utsouthwestern.edu with the completed submission form to Dr. Baniasadi.
  3. Submit a service request via ilab.
  4. Send an Hamid.Baniasadi@utsouthwestern.edu to Dr. Baniasadi and request a service number.
  5. Label all your LC-MS vials with the provided service number.

Drop off/ship your samples

  1. Drop off your sample based on drop off instructions (internal users).
  2. For external customers, please ship your samples to the following address and send the tracking number to:

    ATTN: Dr. Hamid Baniasadi
    Ste. L4.256B
    2929 N. Stemmons Freeway
    Central Supply Warehouse
    Dallas, TX 75247