In the period from April 20 to May 4 2022, as part of training on a project in the field of metabolomics, Ana Boban, mag.chem., stayed at the Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) in San Michele all’Adige in Italy. The host and mentor at the training was Dr Urska Vrhovsek, head of the Metabolomics Unit and our collaborator on the project.

Ana Boban acquired knowledge and gained practical experience in profiling aromas and lipids from grapes and wine. She became familiar with advanced analytical instruments and methods. She actively participated in aroma profiling with a targeted metabolic approach using SPE-GC-QqQ-MS/MS and a untargeted approach with SPME-GCxGC-TOF-MS in samples of must and experimental wines of the Maraština variety from our project. In addition, the PhD student worked on lipid profiling with a targeted metabolic approach using UPLC/QqQ-MS/MS in grape skin samples of the Maraština variety from different growing areas. The analyzes included sample preparation, familiarization with the way the instrument works, chromatogram analysis, and identification and quantification of numerous chemical compounds.