Dr. Vincen Wu

Vincen Wu has a background in virology and natural products research, which led him to join the Takats Lab for his PhD at Imperial College London. During his time there, he focused on the instrumentation and optimization of DESI mass spectrometry imaging as a point-of-care diagnostic tool. This work was subsequently applied to investigate the heterogeneity of cancer metabolism within tumor microenvironments. Currently, he is focusing on characterizing novel MS/MS fragmentation technology to further propel advancements in the fields of metabolomics and lipidomics, ultimately leading to in-depth compound identification.

Education

• PhD in systems medicine at Imperial College London, lab of Professor Zoltan Takats
• Master in medical biotechnology at Wageningen University, thesis in the lab of Gorben Pijlman
• Bachelor in biotechnology at Wageningen University.

Selected Publications

• external page High Resolution Ambient MS Imaging of Biological Samples by Desorption Electro-Flow Focussing Ionization
• external page Faster, More Reproducible DESI-MS for Biological Tissue Imaging