Sebastian Brandt's microtube plasma unites sample delivery and ionisation for the first time in combination with a nano-electrospray - so that a large number of complex analytes in a sample, including cholesterol, can be examined more reliably and efficiently than before.
Elen Tolstik is looking for biomarkers to improve the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. In order to find the molecular fingerprint of these diseases, she examines proteins and lipids in healthy and sick mice.