Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics

The mission of the Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics (iBAM) of the BOKU-Department of Agricultural Sciences is to perform cutting edge scientific research and to develop advanced methods in the field of (bio‑)analytical chemistry. The iBAM with its Christian Doppler Laboratory is pursuing a highly interdisciplinary approach for the determination of chemical contaminants including mycotoxins and allergenic proteins in food. By employing metabolomics based approaches the iBAM studies entire biological systems with a special emphasis on plant-fungi interactions. As a regular organiser of interlaboratory comparison studies our measurements are always accompanied by appropriate quality assurance measures. An integral part of our mission is to make our knowledge publicly available through publications, scientific and public presentations, conferences in combination with high-quality teaching and training of graduate and postgraduate students.