Metabolomics

Biography

Masujimas research is primarily focused on analytical development in the fields of analytical chemistry and pharmacology. Constantly performing research from new perspectives, the professor recently established a new method (1) in direct cellular analysis which uses video-imaging and mass spectrometry, simultaneously. (2)Through this new method of analysis, the professor made it possible to view the movements of a single cell, not even 1 pl (3) in volume, and to directly analyze the thousands of types of molecules that lurk inside the cell at the exact moment that a change occurs, enabling a faster and more precise method of pinpointing exactly what those moving molecules are. This new method has been praised as something which will contribute greatly to the acceleration of life sciences and medicine, and in September of this year, was awarded the 2008 Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry Award.

Abstract

Abstract : Single-cell metabolomics— Past, current, and future