BASF Metabolome Solutions GmbH
About us
In a world of increasing regulatory requirements and rising cost for innovation, reliable and efficient analytics-services are key to successful R&D in the chemical industry. We are your trusted partner delivering the best services in mass spectrometry-based biological analytics. We support your innovation with our differentiating technologies, more than 22 years of expertise and a strong service model.
Facts and Figures
Originally founded as a technology start up, today BASF Metabolome Solutions GmbH provides professional R&D services:
- established in 1998 as joint venture with Prof. Lothar Willmitzer, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology
- Located at Berlin Biotech Park, close to Berlin center
- Approx. 50 highly experienced staff
- > 40 state of the art LC-MS and GC-MS equipment, 24/7 ready
- High throughput analytics with > 50,000 samples/year capacity
- 1000m² laboratory and 900m² greenhouse space with 6 climate-controlled bays and 4 Phytotrons
- Fully digitalized LIMS and data handling
- Certified for operations under GLP and GMO safety level S2
Milestones
Through its history BASF Metabolome Solutions contributed substantially to innovations in R&D at BASF and external customers in the pharmaceutical and health industry, for example:
- Execution of the largest metabolomics project in industry
- 50,000 genes profiled in plants for trait gene discovery
- BASF Agro Science Award 2008 for Metabolite Profiling platform facilitating herbicide mode of action research
- BASF Innovation Award 2015 for MetaMap® Tox, the world largest metabolite profiling database for toxicology
- Identification and validation of metabolic biomarkers for several human health and biotech R&D applications
- First ever Metabolite Profiling data generated under GLP in 2018