Executive Summary

United Kingdom

Institute	Areas of Lipidomics Expertise	Lipid Class - Survey	Technology - Survey	Organisms and cellular Systems - Survey
European application laboratory Thermo Electron (United Kingdom)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics,		APCI, APPI, Biostatistics, CI, Cluster Analysis, Data Processing, Database Setup, EI, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, FTICR, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Infrared Spectroscopy, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, MALDI, nano ESI, NCI, Orbitrap, Quadrupole, Raman Spectroscopy, Reversed Phase, Triple Quadrupole, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,
Glycobiology Institute Oxford University (United Kingdom)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Chemical Synthesis of Lipids (Probes/Tools/Agents), Glycomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Transport, Lipids in Inflammation, Lipids in Microbiology, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome,		Cell Sorting, Chemical Synthesis, Enzymatic Assays, Fluorescence Microscopy, Ion Exchange, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, MALDI, Multicolor Analysis, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, oligosaccharide profiling, QqTOF, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Thin layer chromatography, TOF,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Mouse, Urine,
Institute for Cancer Studies University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Genomics of the Lipidome, 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, Proteomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty Acids and Conjugates [FA01], Fatty alcohols [FA05], Glycerophosphates [GP10], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositol trisphosphates [GP09], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Monoradylglycerols [GL01], Oxidized glycerophospholipids [GP20], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Sphingoid bases [SP01],	APCI, APPI, Capillary Electrophoresis, CI, Confocal Microscopy, dHPLC, DNA Sequencing, EI, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, FTICR, GC, GC-MS coupling, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Ion Exchange, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, MALDI, Microarrays, nano ESI, NCI, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Quadrupole, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Thin layer chromatography, TOF, Triple Quadrupole, Two dimensional Electrophoresis, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Mouse,
Mass Spectrometry Facility The School of Pharmacy (United Kingdom)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipids and Nutrition, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Proteomics of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	Bile acids and derivatives [ST04], Isoprenoids [PR01], Polyprenols [PR03], Secosteroids [ST03], Steroid conjugates [ST05], Steroids [ST02], Sterols [ST01],	ESI, Gel Electrophoresis, Ion Exchange, Ion Trap, LC, LC-MS coupling, MALDI, nano ESI, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, QqTOF, Quadrupole, Reversed Phase, Size Exclusion, Solid Phase Extraction, TOF, Triple Quadrupole,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Mice, Mouse, Rats, Urine,
School of Chemistry University of Southampton (United Kingdom)	Analytical Tools in Lipidomics, Bioinformatics related to the Lipidome, Chemical Synthesis of Lipids (Probes/Tools/Agents), Glycomics of the Lipidome, Lipid Metabolism, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Transport, Lipids and Nutrition, Lipids in Inflammation, Mapping of the Lipidome, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Trafficking, Metabolomics of the Lipidome, Nutrigenomics of the Lipidome, Pharmacology and toxicology of the Lipidome, Signalomics of the Lipidome,	CDP-Glycerols [GP13], Ceramides [SP02], Diradylglycerols [GL02], Docosanoids [FA04], Eicosanoids [FA03], Fatty aldehydes [FA06], Glycerophosphocholines [GP01], Glycerophosphoethanolamines [GP02], Glycerophosphoglycerols [GP04], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphates [GP05], Glycerophosphoglycerophosphoglycerols (Cardiolipins) [GP12], Glycerophosphoinositol bisphosphates [GP08], Glycerophosphoinositol monophosphates [GP07], Glycerophosphoinositols [GP06], Glycerophosphoserines [GP03], Oxidized glycerophospholipids [GP20], Oxygenated hydrocarbons [FA12], Phosphosphingolipids [SP03], Triradylglycerols [GL03],	Atomic Force, Biostatistics, Cell Sorting, Chemical Synthesis, Cluster Analysis, Confocal Microscopy, Data Processing, Database Setup, DNA Sequencing, Electron Microscopy, Electron Spin Resonance, Enzymatic Assays, ESI, Fluorescence Microscopy, FTICR, Gel Electrophoresis, Immuno Assays, Infrared Spectroscopy, LC, LC-MS coupling, Light Microscopy, Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Microarrays, Multicolor Analysis, nano ESI, Near Field, Normal Phase, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, QqTOF, Quadrupole, Raman Spectroscopy, Real Time PCR, Reversed Phase, SNP Analysis, Solid Phase Extraction, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Triple Quadrupole, UV-Vis Spectroscopy,	Biopsy, Blood, Human Cell Lines, Human Primary, Mice, Yeast,