DEPARTMENT OF BIOANALYTICS

DEPARTMENT OF BIOANALYTICS

Medical University of Lublin

Collegium Pathologicum 

ul. Jaczewskiego 8B

20-090 Lublin

Tele: +48 81448 7330

Head of the Department 

Prof. Emilia Fornal

Professor of Chemical Sciences

Tel. 0048 81 448 65 09

e-mail: emilia.fornal@umlub.pl

Emilia Fornal Group, February 2024

About Department

Our main research and teaching focus is on the development of new bioanalytical methods. We specialise in the application of mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography in diverse fields, including drug development, biomedicine, forensic toxicology, targeted and untargeted metabolomics, proteomics, pharma/biopharma, chemistry, biology, clinical research, and food sciences. Our team is multidisciplinary involving chemists, medical doctors, biologists, biotechnologists, laboratory diagnosticians, and pharmacists. We work with state-of-art mass spectrometers (Thermo Orbitrap Exploris 480, Agilent 6550 iFunnel Q-TOF LC/MS, Agilent 6470 QQQ LC/MS) and a wide range of data processing tools (Mass Hunter, Discoverer, Mass Profiler Professional, Spectrum Mill, Protein Metrics, Skyline, Simca). We perform analyses of small and large molecules (metabolites, drugs, peptides, proteins, xenobiotics) in various matrices (plasma, saliva, urine, tissues, food, and environmental samples).

Areas of research interests and analytical expertise

  • Clinical applications
  • Food composition and quality
  • Food authentication
  • Nutrition 
  • LC/MS based metabolomics
  • LC/MS based peptidomics and proteomics
  • Drug analysis and toxicology
  • Drug metabolism
  • Endogenous metabolites
  • Qualitative and quantitative analyses
  • Biomarker discovery
  • and other

Anyone interested in cooperation, method development and/or analyses is welcome to discuss the project scopes and timeframes. Please contact Professor Fornal directly.