Advanced Metabolomics Services for Academic & Industry Research
Comprehensive untargeted and targeted metabolomics, lipidomics, and bioinformatics solutions, delivered by Canada’s national metabolomics centre.
Why TMIC?
The Metabolomics Innovation Centre is funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation's Major Science Initiatives program (CFI-MSI) to provide cost-competitive access to cutting edge metabolomics technology to the Canadian and international science communities. TMIC offers the most diverse suite of technologies and techniques at a single facility globally, with standardized, validated workflows (ISO-17025, ISO-15189) to accelerate your research.
National Network Across Canada
Supported by 9 nodes across Canada, providing broad metabolomics expertise, collaborative strength, and research capacity.
Built for Academia & Industry
Scalable solutions for discovery, validation, and translational research in Canada and internationally.
Expert Scientific Support
Guidance from study design through bioinformatics and interpretation.
Advanced Technology Access
TMIC hosts the world's most comprehensive set of separation and mass spectrometry instrumentation (LC-MS, CE-MS, GC-MS, GCxGC-MS, Imaging-MS, 700mhz NMR...)
Our Services
Absolute quantification of metabolites
Biomarker validation studies
Clinical and translational research applications
High-throughput sample analysis
Discovery-based metabolic profiling
Hypothesis generation
Comparative metabolic phenotyping
Pathway enrichment analysis
Broad lipid class detection and quantification
Targeted, untargeted, and global lipidomics workflows
Ideal for biomarker discovery and disease research
Broad detection with quantitative precision
Enhanced sensitivity through Chemical Isotope Labeling (CIL)
Ideal for discovery and validation studies
Featured TMIC Solutions
Global Metabolomics (CIL-LC-MS)
TMIC’s Chemical Isotope Labeling technology to provide both extensive coverage of chemical space and highly accurate relative quantitation of detected metabolites.
TMIC GIGA
Delivers extensive profiling of over 2,000 metabolites with quantitative targeting, offering precise compound levels for advanced metabolic research.
Bile Acids
This service utilizes advanced analytical techniques to measure bile acid levels, assess their synthesis, and understand their metabolic pathways
Untargeted by GCxGC-TOF-MS
Utilizing multidimensional gas chromatography to enable separations and detection of gas-phase molecules that are difficult to detect using liquid chromatography-based methods
MS Imaging
Enables detailed mapping of distributions and concentrations of various molecules accross a range of samples, from tissues to environmental samples.
These featured solutions represent just a portion of TMIC’s 70+ comprehensive metabolomics services.
Accelerating Your Research
Not Sure Where to Start?
Contact TMIC today with your project description to learn which service is most suitable for your needs.
