Australian Advanced Metabolic Signal Discovery, and Imaging Platform

该提案旨在建立澳大利亚先进的代谢信号发现和成像平台。该平台包括一台超高分辨率气相色谱质谱仪和一台成像质谱仪，用于升级现有的第二台高分辨率质谱仪。该设施将打破目前限制环境压力下植物和动物发育过程中代谢变化的发现和定位的障碍;宿主-微生物相互作用中交换的完整化学信号;以及与生态系统健康和动物发育异常相关的挥发性特征。研究结果将为创新战略提供信息，以增强生物适应性，气候适应能力以及植物，动物和生态系统健康。

This proposal aims to establish an Australian Advanced Metabolic Signal Discovery and Imaging platform. The platform consists of an ultra-high resolution gas chromatography mass spectrometer and an imaging mass spectrometry upgrade for a second existing high resolution mass spectrometer. The facility will break barriers currently limiting discovery and localisation of metabolic changes during plant and animal development under environmental stress; integral chemical signals exchanged in host-microbe interactions; and volatile signatures linked to ecosystem health and developmental anomalies in animals. Results will inform innovative strategies to enhance biological adaptation, climate resilience and plant, animal, and ecosystem health.