ESPEN Intensive Course in Tracer Methodology in Metabolism April 4-5, 2020

A multi-professional faculty of well-known experts will help you to better understand the practicalities of tracer methodology enabling you to confidently engage in tracer studies or giving you a head start building your own tracer lab. The course will cover the following areas: - Tracers, its detection and principles of tracer methods: o Stable and Radioactive Isotopes o Types of mass spectrometers - Principles of methods used: o Whole body versus regional/organ o Isotope dilution versus incorporation - How to perform tracer studies - Use of D2O methods - Application of tracers in metabolic research: o Tracer methods in carbohydrate, fat, protein, amino acid and energy metabolism o Use of stable isotopes in proteomic research