CART
From the expertise of those laboratories, an ISO 17025 accredited platform for mass spectrometry has been set up as a service for research, agencies, industry, the Center for Analytical Research and technology (CART).
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ts main focus is related to chemical substances entering the food chain. It encompasses trace organic chemical residues, environmental contaminants (historical and emerging), endocrine disrupting substances and more recently neo-formed contaminants. The CART has been selected as the Belgian European Reference Laboratory for the analysis or dioxins and associated pollutants. A Proteomics/metabolomics platform has been established in association with the GIGA research Center and is now driving a regional platform with the University of Mons (UMONS)
The CART, initially Center for the Analysis of Trace Residues has extended its area of expertise to other types of samples and contamiants including pesticide and drug residues in the environment, followed by manufacturing processes. The name changed (not the acronym) to: Center for Analytical Research and Technology, with the aim of gathering the analytical forces of ULiege in a future Institute of research in Analytical Sciences, true strong point outlined by the Institution.
In 2003, following the emergence of so-called "omics" methods, it was decided to launch a proteomic platform, jointly managed by CART and GIGA, associated with the UMONS proteomics platform and the Biomed Hub to form an Interuniversity platform. More recently, a high-field spectrometer dedicated to MALDI imaging was integrated into two European projects, a Virtual Lipid Institute (Eurlipids) and a European Infrastructure Network (EU_FT-ICR MS),. Two EOS projects were also obtained, one on the coupling of separation methods with mass spectrometry, the other on the analysis of secondary metabolites with biological effect.
In parallel, the creation of a molecular imaging platform, unique in Belgium, is initiated, complementary to the activities of CMMI (Gosselies). This multimodal molecular imaging platform concerns the different observation dimensions: from micrometer to atom. Different techniques are used: force spectroscopy (AS Duwez), Raman spectroscopy (G. EPPE) and MALDI imaging (E. De Pauw, European network). This platform is also complementary to CAREM's materials approach.
CART | Center for Analytical Research and Technology
Bâtiment B6c, Allée du 6 Août, 11
(Parking P48) 4000 Liège
n° phone +32 (0)4 366 34 33
n° fax : +32 (0)4 366 43 87
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