Dr. Ina Huppertz, user of EMBL's Metabolomics Core Facility, discusses her targeted metabolomics project. It is crucial to consider several aspects of experimental design, for example the appropriate experimental controls, quality controls, sample measurements, data normalization approach and metabolic pathways of interest, before planning for the first metabolomics experiment and sample collection.
Read more about metabolomics experimental design via https://www.embl.de/mcf/metabolomics-core-facility/sample-preparation/guide-to-sample-cleanup-and-storage/index.html.