{"id":15,"date":"2022-05-06T22:24:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2024-01-15T18:38:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T18:38:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.viu.ca\/duncan\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Welcome to the VIU metabolomics group!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"alignwide\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-128\" style=\"max-width: 700px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-128 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"700\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_128\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_128\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; 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Metabolites are small biomolecules such as lipids, sugars, and amino acids that are involved in all biological processes. Profiling an individual\u2019s dynamic metabolome can help understand fundamental biological processes, and provide objective disease diagnosis. However, the structural diversity of metabolites in biology is vast and includes non-polar molecules such as cholesterols and highly polar molecules like amino acids. To complicate matters further, the natural abundance of metabolites found in biology can range by several orders of magnitude. Research projects in our group focus on new ways to measure metabolites in biological samples and use mass spectrometry imaging to map the distributions of metabolites directly in tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in joining the group please contact Kyle for more information at kyle.duncan@viu.ca. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"720\" data-height=\"1000\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kyle_D_Duncan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by Kyle_D_Duncan<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Recent News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-295 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2023-07-26T21:52:21+00:00\">7\/26\/2023 9:52 PM<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\">We are hiring a postdoc to apply nano-DESI mass spectrometry imaging to cancer biology! Contact Kyle for more info!<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-183 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-06-28T11:34:00+00:00\">6\/28\/2022 11:34 AM<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\">There are open position(s) for enthusiastic graduate students!<\/h2><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-1 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-06-28T09:18:37+00:00\">6\/28\/2022 9:18 AM<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title has-medium-font-size\">We are live! 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