Executive Summary

Appendix 2: Lipidomics expertise survey results ordered by country and Institute (Expertise level ≥ 2; 0 = weak, 3 = strong; LEP as per 01.01.2008)
Austria

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
IMB Biochemistry - Yeast Genetics Group University of Graz (Austria)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipids in Microbiology, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01],	Confocal Microscopy, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, Gel Electrophoresis, Light Microscopy, Thin layer chromatography,	Yeast,
Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Graz University of Technology (Austria)	Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism,		Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Cluster Analysis, Data Processing, Database Setup, Fluorescence Microscopy, Light Microscopy, Microarrays, Real Time PCR,	Human Cell Lines, Mice, Mouse,
Institute for Molecular Biotechnology Graz University of Technology (Austria)	Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Transport, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking,	Sterols [ST01],	DNA Sequencing, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Light Microscopy, Real Time PCR, Thin layer chromatography, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Eubacteria, Yeast,
Institute of Biochemistry, Cell Biology Group Graz University of Technology (Austria)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Transport, Lipids in Microbiology, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Sterols [ST01],	Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, MALDI, Thin layer chromatography, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Yeast,
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University Graz (Austria)	Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Transport, Lipids and Nutrition, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,

Belgium

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Div. Pharmacology - Dep. Mol. Cell Biology K.U.Leuven (Belgium)		Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty aldehydes [FA06], Fattyamides [FA08], Isoprenoids [PR01], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Polyprenols [PR03], Sphingoid bases [SP01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Chemical Synthesis, Enzymatic Assays, GC, Gel Electrophoresis, Ion Exchange, LC, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Normal Phase, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Eubacteria, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Mouse, Rats,
Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Endocrinology (LEGENDO) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,		DNA Sequencing, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Light Microscopy, Microarrays, nano ESI, Real Time PCR, Thin layer chromatography,	Biopsy, Human Cell Lines, Mice,

Denmark

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Biochemistry and Nutrition Group, Biocentrum-DTU The Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Chemical Synthesis of Lipids (Probes/Tools/Agents), Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Standard Bank, Lipid Transport, Lipids and Nutrition, Mapping of the Lipidome, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome,	Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Docosanoids [FA04], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty esters [FA07], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols (Cardiolipins) [GP12], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Octadecanoids [FA02], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Sphingoid bases [SP01], Sterols [ST01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	APCI, Chemical Synthesis, CI, Cluster Analysis, EI, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, GC, GC-MS coupling, Immune Affinity, Ion Exchange, LC, LC-MS coupling, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Near Field, Normal Phase, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, Two dimensional Electrophoresis, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Biopsy, Blood, Mice, Rats, Stool,

Finland

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Institute of Biomedicine/Käkelä Group University of Helsinki (Finland)	Mapping of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,
Institute of Biomedicine/Somerharju group University of Helsinki (Finland)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Chemical Synthesis of Lipids (Probes/Tools/Agents), Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Standard Bank, Lipid Transport, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Acidic glycosphingolipids [SP06], Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Glycerophosphates [GP10], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols (Cardiolipins) [GP12], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Sterols [ST01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Chemical Synthesis, Cluster Analysis, Confocal Microscopy, Data Processing, Database Setup, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, Fluorescence Phosphorescence Spectroscopy, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Normal Phase, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, Triple Quadrupole,	Human Cell Lines,
Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Glycomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Standard Bank, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome,	Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Docosanoids [FA04], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols (Cardiolipins) [GP12], Glycerophosphonocholines [GP16], Glycerophosphonoethanolamines [GP17], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Isoprenoids [PR01], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Octadecanoids [FA02], Oxidized glycerophospholipids [GP20], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Sphingoid bases [SP01], Sterols [ST01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	APCI, Biostatistics, Cluster Analysis, Data Processing, Database Setup, ESI, GC, GC-MS coupling, Ion Exchange, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, Microarrays, nano ESI, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, QqTOF, Quadrupole, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Thin layer chromatography, TOF, Triple Quadrupole,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, medicinal plants, Mice, Rats, Urine, Yeast,

France

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Biological Chemistry Laboratory Biological Chemistry LaboratoryNational Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA) (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipids in Microbiology, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty ethers [FA10], Steroids [ST02], Sterols [ST01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Enzymatic Assays, ESI, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, LC, LC-MS coupling, Reversed Phase, Thin layer chromatography, Two dimensional Electrophoresis, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	A thaliana, Agricultural Crop, Arabidopsis, Eubacteria, S cerevisae, Y lipolytica, Yeast,
IMBL-Lipid Signaling (UMR 585 INSERM / INSA-Lyon) INSA-Lyon and CNRS / INSERM / Univ Lyon1 (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipids and Nutrition, Membrane Microdomains, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Docosanoids [FA04], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty aldehydes [FA06], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Oxidized glycerophospholipids [GP20],	Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM), Cell Sorting, Confocal Microscopy, EI, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, GC-MS coupling, Immuno Assays, Ion Trap, LC, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, NCI, Normal Phase, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography,	Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Urine,
INSERM U467/IFR94 Proteomics Platform Faculté de Médecine René Descartes Paris 5 (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Diradylglycerols [GL02], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Sterols [ST01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Cell Sorting, Confocal Microscopy, DNA Sequencing, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, MALDI, Multicolor Analysis, nano ESI, Normal Phase, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, TOF, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Mice, Mouse, Urine,
INSERM U586 (Obesity Research Unit) INSERM, (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Other [GL00], Other [GP00], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Electron Microscopy, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Real Time PCR, Thin layer chromatography, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Mouse, Rats,
INSERM U671 INSERM (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Transport, Lipids and Nutrition, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty esters [FA07], Sterols [ST01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Cell Sorting, Confocal Microscopy, DNA Sequencing, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Light Microscopy, Real Time PCR, Thin layer chromatography,	Biopsy, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, humans, Mice, Mouse, Rats,
Institute of molecular and cellular pharmacology CNRS UMR6097 (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Signalling, Lipids in Inflammation,		Confocal Microscopy, DNA Sequencing, Fluorescence Microscopy, Light Microscopy, MALDI, Microarrays, Real Time PCR,	Human Cell Lines, Mice, Mouse,
Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire CNRS UMR 5200 Université V. Segalen Bordeaux 2 (France)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Diradylglycerols [GL02], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Glycerophosphates [GP10], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols (Cardiolipins) [GP12], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates [GP09], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphonocholines [GP16], Glycerophosphonoethanolamines [GP17], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Glyceropyrophosphates [GP11], Hydrocarbons [FA11], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Confocal Microscopy, Enzymatic Assays, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Immune Affinity, Ion Exchange, LC, Microarrays, Normal Phase, Real Time PCR, Size Exclusion, Thin layer chromatography,	Agricultural Crop, Arabidopsis, Mice, Yeast,

Germany

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences/Plant Biochemistry Georg-August-University (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Standard Bank, Lipid Transport, Lipids in Inflammation, Lipids in Microbiology, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Diradylglycerols [GL02], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty aldehydes [FA06], Fatty esters [FA07], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates [GP09], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Octadecanoids [FA02], Oxidized glycerophospholipids [GP20], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	APCI, CI, EI, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Ion Exchange, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, NCI, Normal Phase, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, TOF, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Agricultural Crop, Algae, Arabidopsis, Yeast,
department of cellular and molecular pathology DKFZ(German Cancer Research Center) (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipids in Inflammation, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking,	Acidic glycosphingolipids [SP06], Basic glycosphingolipids [SP07], Ceramides [SP02], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05],	Biostatistics, Cell Sorting, Cluster Analysis, Confocal Microscopy, Data Processing, Electron Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Light Microscopy, Microarrays, nano ESI, Real Time PCR, Thin layer chromatography, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Biopsy, Mice, Mouse, Rats,
Department of Physiological Chemistry University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Glycomics of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Proteomics of the Lipidome,	Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty esters [FA07], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Other [FA00], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Steroids [ST02], Sterols [ST01],	Biostatistics, Confocal Microscopy, Data Processing, DNA Sequencing, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, Gel Electrophoresis, Immune Affinity, Ion Exchange, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Normal Phase, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, Thin layer chromatography, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary,
Dept. of Neonatology, Lipid Metabolism and Developmental Physiology Group Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Transport, Metabolomics of the Lipidome,	Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Other [FA00], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03],	Biostatistics, Cell Sorting, Data Processing, dHPLC, ESI, Fluorescence Phosphorescence Spectroscopy, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Normal Phase, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, Triple Quadrupole, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	bird lungs, Blood, Human Primary, induced sputa, lung lavage fluid, Rats,
Institut for Food Chemistry University of Muenster (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Chemical Synthesis of Lipids (Probes/Tools/Agents), Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipids and Nutrition,	Ceramides [SP02], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Other [SP00], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Sphingoid bases [SP01],	APCI, Chemical Synthesis, CI, EI, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Phosphorescence Spectroscopy, GC, GC-MS coupling, Immune Affinity, Infrared Spectroscopy, Ion Exchange, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, Triple Quadrupole, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Human Cell Lines, Human Primary,
Institute for Clinical Chemistry University of Regensburg (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Transport, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Lipids in Skin Care, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking,	Bile acids and derivatives [ST04], Ceramides [SP02], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Sphingoid bases [SP01], Steroids [ST02], Sterols [ST01],	Capillary Electrophoresis, Capillary Electrophoresis, Cell Sorting, Confocal Microscopy, Data Processing, Database Setup, dHPLC, DNA Sequencing, EI, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Flow FRET, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, High Troughput Microscopy, Immuno Assays, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Microarrays, Multicolor Analysis, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Real Time PCR, Size Exclusion, SNP Analysis, Thin layer chromatography, Triple Quadrupole, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Stool, Urine,
Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Glycomics of the Lipidome, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains,	Docosanoids [FA04], Fatty aldehydes [FA06], Glycerophosphates [GP10], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates [GP09], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Other [GL00], Oxidized glycerophospholipids [GP20], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Atomic Force, Electron Spin Resonance, Fluorescence Microscopy, Infrared Spectroscopy, MALDI, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Thin layer chromatography, TOF, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Biopsy, Blood,
LIPIDOMIX GmbH LIPIDOMIX GmbH (Germany)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome,	Docosanoids [FA04], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fattyamides [FA08], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates [GP09], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Octadecanoids [FA02],	Database Setup, ESI, LC, LC-MS coupling, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Solid Phase Extraction, Triple Quadrupole,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Primary, Mice, Rabbits, Rats, Urine,

Hungary

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Dept. Biophysics and Cell Biology University of Debrecen (Hungary)	Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking,		Atomic Force, Cell Sorting, Confocal Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, FLIM, Flow FRET, Fluorescence Microscopy, Fluorescence Phosphorescence Spectroscopy, Gel Electrophoresis, High Troughput Microscopy, Light Microscopy, Multicolor Analysis, Real Time PCR,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Mouse, Urine, Yeast,
Laboratory of Molecular Stress Biology Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, HUng. Acad. Sci. (Hungary)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,
Laboratory of Nutritional Bioactivation and Bioanalysis Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen (Hungary)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Genomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Standard Bank, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Lipids in Skin Care, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome,

Italy

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
Department of Cell Biology and Oncology Mario Negri Sud Institute (Italy)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Transport, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Acidic glycosphingolipids [SP06], Bile acids and derivatives [ST04], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates [GP09], Glycerophosphoinositolglycans [GP15], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Isoprenoids [PR01], Neutral glycosphingolipids [SP05], Sterols [ST01],	Cell Sorting, Confocal Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, Gel Electrophoresis, Immune Affinity, Immuno Assays, Ion Exchange, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, MALDI, Multicolor Analysis, Normal Phase, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, Two dimensional Electrophoresis,	Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Mouse, Rabbits, Rats, Yeast,
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Physiopathology, University School of Medicine University of Perugia (Italy)	Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Standard Bank, Membrane Microdomains, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,			Blood, Human Cell Lines, Mouse, Rats,
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Biochemistry University of Perugia (Italy)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Transport, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty aldehydes [FA06], Fatty esters [FA07], Glycerophosphates [GP10], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols (Cardiolipins) [GP12], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03],	Confocal Microscopy, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, LC, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Multicolor Analysis, Normal Phase, Reversed Phase, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography,	Blood, Human Cell Lines, Rats,
ISOF/BioFreeRadicals Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Chemical Synthesis of Lipids (Probes/Tools/Agents), Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Standard Bank, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome,	Ceramides [SP02], Docosanoids [FA04], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty esters [FA07], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Octadecanoids [FA02], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Chemical Synthesis, EI, Electron Spin Resonance, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, GC, GC-MS coupling, Infrared Spectroscopy, LC, LC-MS coupling, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Raman Spectroscopy, Reversed Phase, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Blood, erythrocyte membranes, Human Cell Lines, Tetrahymena,