Metabolon and SJTU Open Metabolomics Lab in China

Metabolon, Inc. has announced that it has opened a new metabolomics lab in Shanghai, China in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU).

The SJTU-Metabolon Joint Metabolomics Laboratory is a partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the oldest and most prestigious public research universities in China.

Metabolon has licensed its proprietary metabolomics platform technology to SJTU to enable a world class biochemical profiling laboratory at the university.

SJTU has funded the laboratory and personnel already trained by Metabolon and will work with academic and commercial scientists within China or other Asian countries to perform biochemical profiling experiments with Metabolon’s technology.

“We are very pleased to be bringing the science of metabolomics to a large untapped market such as China and the Asian continent as a whole,” said Metabolon president and CEO John Ryals, Ph.D.

Ryals continued, “Our partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University is further proof of Metabolon’s efforts to bring personalized medicine and metabolic biomarker research to all parts of the globe.”

“Metabolomics is an important field of study that holds great promise for plant biology, medical and nutrition needs,” said Shanghai Jiao Tong University spokesperson Professor Dabing Zhang.

Zhang continued, “We are excited to work with a company on the cutting edge of such promising healthcare technology.”