Primary Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Hay | t.hay@uq.edu.au
Please contact Dr. Thomas Hay (t.hay@uq.edu.au) if you have any questions.
Duration: 6 weeks (30 hours per week); On-site at Long Pocket Campus
This project will apply high resolution mass spectrometry to acquire an the metabolite profile from a range of beef. The data set of tentative compounds will be screen for relative differences in key metabolites related to the increased umami sensory property. This project serves as an introduction to open-profile analytical chemistry and metabolomic analysis of samples.
Key activities student will undertake: Sample extraction and clean-up. Hands on training with LC-MS instrumentation. Training in data clean-up and processing. Training in feature annotation and reporting.
Expected outcomes: The student will gain experience in analytical chemistry and understanding mass spectrometry, as well as data analysis and reporting.
Suitability: Students with an interest in liquid chromatography, metabolomic analysis, food quality assessment and data science.
