Inside our cells chemical heroes victims and villains leave behind clues about our health. Meet Dr. Art Edison one of many metabolomics PIs who are on the case. Their quest? To tail and fingerprint small molecules called metabolites which result from the chemical processes that fuel and sustain life. Metabolites can shed light on the state of health nutrition or disease in a living thing -- whether human animal or plant. Funded by National Institutes of Health grant U24DK097209 the University of Florida Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics is sleuthing through these cellular secrets. Learn more: secim.ufl.edu/casefiles.