Lipotype presents the awardees of the Lipidomcis Forum 2018

Henri Deda November 19, 2018

We proudly present the winners of best poster and best scientific talk award at the Lipidomics Forum 2018.

A short history of the Lipidomics Forum
The Lipidomics Forum is a joint effort of the ISAS Dortmund and the Research Center Borstel. The annual symposium is a series of conferences on lipid biology and lipidomics to provide a platform for international acknowledged scientists, students, and young researchers to interact. It does not only cover current research highlights but also offers tutorials on selected methodical topics.

The Lipidomics Forum has become a home for Lipotype. Besides a shared scientific background, we strive for the same goals such as global scientific excellence and exchange. This is why Lipotype began attending and supporting through awards the conference many years ago.

The awardees
The best poster award was won by Bing Peng (middle). She researchs blood platelets and their lipid composition which is critical for platelet integrity and functionality. She could show, that the lipidome changes upon platelet activation. Congrats, Bing Peng!

The best scientific talk award was won by Marcus Höring (right). His work aims at the intestinal lipid metabolism and the influence of gut microbia. He made use of isotope labeled fatty acids to achieve that. Congrat, Marcus Höring!

Ronny Herzog
Dr. Ronny Herzog, Head of Software Development and IT-Infrastructure, and the awardees.

Dominik Schwudke (top left) and Robert Ahrends (bottom left) have been organizing the Lipidomics Forum since its beginning. To say thank you, we gifted both a rafting weekend. We are certain, they will have as much fun as we have with our lipid raft.

Resources

Abstract book of the Lipidomics Forum 2018

Lipidomics Forum 2018

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Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology in Science journal

Henri Deda October 26, 2018

Every scientist dreams of a report in Science. For us, this dream has just come true. The research project of one of our customers has been published by the iconic journal Science.

The research project in 60 seconds
Cell membranes contain a vast range of distinct lipid species. Their chemical differences influence the physical characteristics of membranes, such as viscosity. Thus, the lipid composition affects biological functions.

To identify the lipids involved, the research group used genetic engineering to modulate the lipid composition of bacteria. They correlated bacterial growth rates with lipid composition. From that they concluded that the level of unsaturated lipids influences cellular respiration, the conversion of nutrients into energy (e.g. ATP).

Further biological research and physical modeling confirmed the results. In the end, they could replicate their findings in yeast mitochondria, the organelle responsible for cellular respiration in animals and plants. Thus, further highlighting the importance of lipidomics in fundamental research.

All science is just as good as the research which precedes it
This publication has been added to the Lipidomics Resource Center, an online tool to empower your lipid research. It features scientific publications, white papers and industry insights. The integrated live full-text search and in-depth tag filter system will help you identify information of your interest.

Lipids are essential to life. Make them essential to your research too!

Resources

Viscous control of cellular respiration by membrane lipid composition – Science, 2018
Itay Budin, Tristan de Rond, Yan Chen, Leanne J G Chan, Christopher J Petzold, Jay D Keasling

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New White Paper “Unlocking the Power of Multiomics”

Henri Deda October 18, 2018

Multiomics approaches harness synergies and eliminate shortcomings to effectively deliver what one omics science alone cannot achieve. Lipotype’s new white paper “Unlocking the Power of Multiomics” highlights why combining genomics with lipidomics makes for a great omics pair.

Genomics for genes, lipidomics for lipids
Being major players in cardiovascular disease research, genomics and lipidomics are perfectly suited for a joint multiomics approach. It matches the capacity to identify genetic predestinations with one or multiple snapshots of the lipid metabolic status.

Linking genotype with phenotype will be critical when it comes to clinical diagnostics and to the goal of identifying the onsets of a disease.

From genotype to phenotype: interconnected disease risk factors
In this study, a large number of SNPs (single-nucleotide polymorphisms) from genomes was drawn. They were then correlated with corresponding lipid species levels from human blood plasma. The blood plasma has been analyzed with Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology. The most important findings are the following.

First, the heritability of lipid species levels was quantified from the SNP correlations. Second, genetic predispositions influencing lipid species levels provide useful information for cardiovascular disease risk predictions. And third, lipidomics yields greater statistical power to identify SNPs with direct roles in lipid metabolism. Lipidomics outperforms traditional lipid panel measures used in clinical routine.

Resources

Lipotype White Paper: Unlocking the Power of Multiomics

Press release: Unlocking the Power of Multiomics – Lipotype releases new Multiomics White Paper

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Press Release: Lipotype and Lipoid celebrate their joint IFSCC 2018 Poster Success

Henri Deda October 9, 2018

Lipotype and Lipoid presented a joint poster featuring the core findings of their skin lipidome research at IFSCC 2018 in Munich. Overwhelmingly positive feedback resulted in placing the poster among the top 10 of all IFSCC 2018 posters.

A successful congress and a great poster
The International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists is dedicated to international cooperation in cosmetic science and technology. This year’s congress was about “Cosmetics: Science for Beauty and Lifestyle”.

Lipotype and Lipoid chose the IFSCC to present their findings as the congress focuses on exploring what modern society wants from cosmetics and dermatology. This represents both companies’ consumer oriented research best, which was confirmed on-site by the great feedback of those who visited the poster. Ultimately, the IFSCC committee chose to rank the joint poster of Lipotype and Lipoid among the top 10 of all IFSCC 2018 posters.

The project in short
Lipoid conducted this novel study to investigate skin penetration properties of dermal formulations based on hydrogenated phospholipids. For the first time, the quantitative analysis of both exogenous phospholipids and endogenous skin lipids within a single measurement was demonstrated. The results confirm the properties of hydrogenated phospholipids to penetrate and accumulate in upper epidermal layers. Based on these findings, Lipoid will conduct further investigations to improve delivery and fixation of cosmetic actives.

About Lipoid
Founded over 40 years ago, Lipoid is leading in the development and industrial production of high quality lecithin and phospholipids not only for the pharmaceutical, but also for the cosmetic and dietetic industry. Lipoid is the only company worldwide offering the whole range of natural and synthetic phospholipids in industrial scale. Environmental protection and sustainability determines the company’s strategy within all phases of the value chain. This long-standing expertise, in combination with the exceptional quality of the products enables the customers to develop and market innovative products for the benefit of the general public.

Resources

Press release: IFSCC 2018 poster success – Joint poster selected Top 10 of all IFSCC posters

IFSCC 2018 poster: The effect of saturated phospholipids on human skin as assessed by shotgun lipidomic analysis

IFSCC 2018 poster ranking

Customer reference: Lipid analysis for skin penetration properties of saturated phospholipids

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Investigation of photodamaged dry facial skin from different ethnic groups

Henri Deda September 3, 2018

Lipotype put online a new skin lipidomics customer reference with Royal DSM about lipid analysis for the investigation of photodamaged dry facial skin from different ethnic groups.

The project in short
Even though decades of moisturizer development have passed, dry facial skin remains a major concern for consumers. Thus, DSM’s aim was to understand more precisely the underlying biochemistry, particularly of the maturation of the stratum corneum and its relation to facial photodamage, skin pigmentation and ethnicity. In contrast to traditional research of skin analyte composition, a more revolutionary ‘omic’ approach was applied.

What Lipotype did
With its mass spectrometry-based Shotgun Skin Lipidomics technology Lipotype delivered lipid analysis of the ceramidome, the entirety of ceramides. The results precisely highlight changes in ceramide composition and distribution which help to explain the differences in facial skin barrier function, hydration and stratum corneum maturation, but also the skin care need of the differently pigmented skin types.

About DSM
Royal DSM is a purpose-led global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living. With its innovative business solutions for human nutrition, animal nutrition, personal care and aroma, medical devices, green products and applications, DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value. DSM’s purpose is to create brighter lives for people today and generations to come.

Find the full customer reference

Customer reference Royal DSM: lipid analysis for investigation of photodamaged dry facial skin from different ethnic groups

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Got time in September?

Henri Deda August 27, 2018

We will attend numerous national and international events in September. Take your chance to experience Lipotype, study our research and discuss with us!

Meet Lipotype at…

11. – 14. September 2018
16th ESTP, Copenhagen, Denmark
Come and visit us at our booth 7!

The 16th ESTP congress is dedicated to metabolic diseases like diabetes and how they affect neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s.

Also, Prof. Kai Simons will hold a keynote presentation on the 12th of September at 9:00 am about “Lipid Rafts, Lipidomics and Health”. We highly recommend to listen to him.

 

18. – 19. September 2018
IFSCC 2018, Munich, Germany
We will visit the IFSCC 2018 and present the poster 216!

Exploring what modern society wants from cosmetics and dermatology – that’s what the IFSCC is all about. Besides presenting our own poster 216 in session 1, DSM’s poster 11 showcases Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology, too.

 

27. – 29. September 2018
7th European Lipidomics Meeting, Leipzig, Germany
We have been invited to give a talk but will exhibit at 7th ELM, too. Visit us at our booth!

The ELM gathers the most prominent lipidomics researchers from all over the world to discuss latest technological developments. We are honored that Dr. Christian Klose has been invited as a speaker. His presentation about “Predicting obesity by machine learning based on human plasma lipidomics data” will take place on September 29th at 10:00 am.

We will staff a booth to discuss with you about latest news in lipids and lipidomics as well as recent research. Besides that, we will sponsor the best poster award.

 

If you want to schedule an individual meeting drop us a line!

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Farther than fat – Lipidomics in biotech/pharma

Henri Deda August 8, 2018

Lipotype contributed to an article about lipidomics in biotech and pharma on Technology Networks.

The article in short

Interest in lipidomics has been reignited for both, academia and industry. To cope with that, the article sums up various aspects, developments and differences in lipidomics technology. Such as Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology.

Dr. Christian Klose, Head of Research and Development at Lipotype, had been interviewed to explain how to address the needs and questions of academia and industry. In the end, two researchers from academia and he give brief insights into the future of lipidomics. Both, research- and technology-wise.

Read the full article

Lipidomics in Biotech and Pharma: Farther than Fat
Ruairi J Mackenzie

About Technology Networks

Technology Networks is an online scientific publication platform. Their articles and reviews provide insights into the latest research, industry news, and technologies. Covering a wide bandwidth of scientific communities, they provide detailed coverage of analytical chemistry, life sciences, drug discovery, and neuroscience. As they enable readers to easily find reliable, digestible, and high-quality content, Technology Networks draws the attention of researchers on the science that matters to them.

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A good month for public access to research

Henri Deda July 30, 2018

July has been a great month. Three new publications with Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology have been put out, and the Lipidomics Resource Center received its first major update. Read more about this!

One month – three publications

This month, three new publications with Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology were published!

Paper 1: Parkinson’s disease
In Parkinson’s, excessive contacts between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum lead to abnormal lipid trafficking. This stops the release of “sleep” peptides affecting sleep patterns of patients long before they experience motor dysfunctions…

Paper 2: vacciness
Adjuvants like the well-established AS03 are agents in vaccines that do not provide immunity but stimulate the immune system. However, the molecular mechanism behind AS03’s adjuvant effect had yet to be fully illuminated. These new results could be applied to design novel vaccine adjuvants…

Paper 3: cancer therapeutics
Oncogenic RAS proteins must localize to the plasma membrane to act. The recently described oxanthroquinone G01 disrupts that, affects levels of some lipids and synergizes with other compounds that affect oncogenic RAS proteins. G01 could become a new anti-RAS therapeutic…

As always: access the Lipidomics Resource Center to study more publications!

The first major Lipidomics Resource Center update

We strive for scientific excellence, and therefore must hold on to the fact that all science is just as good as the research which precedes it. Therefore, we created the Lipidomics Resource Center which provides access to lipidomics publications and whitepapers to empower your research. However, that is just not enough. Therefore we added a completely new category: “products”!

There is a whole universe of research which you cannot access through reading scientific publications. And that is most of industry research. However, this type of research is reflected by product development and patents. The new category “products” gives you access to exactly this kind of hidden information.

Lipidomics is no longer a thing of the lab. It is out in the world. Now, you can learn about it!

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Parkinson’s Disease, Fruit Flies and Lipotype

Henri Deda July 10, 2018

What happened

Do fruit flies suffer from Parkinson’s? Not exactly. But patients who suffer from this neurological disease experience disturbed sleep patterns long before motor dysfunctions. This can be modelled in fruit flies. Researchers from the Netherlands and Germany showed that excessive contacts between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in Parkinson’s flies lead to abnormal lipid trafficking. This prevents the release of “sleep” neuropeptides, which affects sleep patterns.

Lipotype performed lipid analysis on fruit fly heads and various organelles. The results clearly supported the researchers’ hypothesis: in Parkinson’s fruit flies the lipid PtdSer is transferred from the endoplasmic reticulum to the mitochondria, and converted to PtdEtn at a higher rate, when compared with healthy flies. This was proven through Lipotype Shotgun Lipidomics technology.

Read the full publication

ER Lipid Defects in Neuropeptidergic Neurons Impair Sleep Patterns in Parkinson’s Disease – Neuron, 2018
Jorge S Valadas, Giovanni Esposito, Dirk Vandekerkhove, Katarzyna Miskiewicz, Liesbeth Deaulmerie, Susanna Raitano, Philip Seibler, Christine Klein, Patrik Verstreken

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Job Perspective: Lipotype Lab Assistant

Henri Deda July 3, 2018

Dresden, Germany | Full/Part-time | Begin: preferably today

Are you interested in a position with competitive pay in a friendly atmosphere with career perspectives?

Is that you?

We are looking for a lab assistant who will be involved with lipid analysis and is willing to become an expert in mass spectrometry. You should be an organized person with experience in laboratory work who gets a kick out of performing reproducibly and precisely.

Lipotype – Lipidomics for a better life

Lipotype is a spin off company of the MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, founded by no other but Kai Simons. We are serving pharma, cosmetics and nutrition companies as well as academia worldwide. Most excitingly, we are engaged in R&D aiming at increasing global health. You can be part of a team that is moving health and prevention into unexplored territory. Join the lipid revolution!

A fantastic workplace atmosphere

Down-to-earth, driven, enthusiastic – just a few of the attributes visitors use to describe us. Our offices are cheerful with plants and other accents of green, and “strategically placed” exercise balls encourage communication. All of us contribute to Lipotype.

Please send your application to . If you have further questions, please contact Evi Kluge (). You can open and read the  PDF Document  here.

Join our Lipotype team to realize our joint vision of lipidomics for a better life!

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