Facilities and Infrastructure

Metabolic Solutions' state-of-the art analytical laboratory is located in scenic southern New Hampshire, less than 1 hour from the academic centers of Boston. Our 6,000 square foot laboratory features:

Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)

• GLP compliant policies and procedures (SOPs)
• 21 CFR Part 11 compliant electronic records
• Complete sample tracking
• Continuous 24/7 monitoring of all freezers and refrigerators
• Emergency generator backup
• Secure sample and data storage areas
• 3rd party calibration services on laboratory equipment including balances, hoods, ovens, pipettes and meters.

Instrumentation

• Four (4) Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometers (IRMS) equipped with autosamplers
  • Finnegan BreathMat^plus
  • Europa 20/20 Stable Isotope Analyzer coupled with a ¹³C and ¹⁵N sample combustion unit
  • Europa Hydra Hydrogen Stable Isotope Analyzer
  • Europa PDZ Automated Breath Carbon Analyzer (ABCA)
• Two (2) Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) systems equipped with autosamplers
  • Agilent 6890 GC coupled with a 5973 Mass Spectrometer
  • Hewlett-Packard 5890 GC coupled with a 5971 Mass Spectrometer
• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) equipped with an autosampler
  • Waters 2695 HPLC coupled with a 486 Tunable Absorbance Detector
• Liquid Scintillation Counter (LSC)
  • Packard TriCarb 2100TR (¹⁴C and ³H)
• H₂/CH₄ analyzer
  • Quintron Microlyzer Model SC
• Karl Fischer titrator Mettler DL18