Mass Spectrometry Resource

Overview of Services

Mission:
The NIH/NIGMS-supported Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Core provides service, collaboration, training and advice on mass spectrometry-based analysis of biomolecules involved in metabolism, nutrition, obesity, diabetes, cancer and other pathophysiologic conditions.

The Core supports extensive research programs and mass spectrometry platforms for routine and custom-designed analyses focused on characterizing, identifying and quantifying lipids, carbohydrates, peptides, amino acids, many metabolic intermediates, and stable isotope labeled biomolecules found in in vitro and in vivo models.

Goals:

• Establish collaborative research projects with basic and applied investigators at Washington University and other Institutions
• Provide mass spectrometry-based analytical services
• Educate and train students/fellows/junior faculty in the use and applications of mass spectrometry
• Disseminate our research findings and inform the community about biomedical mass spectrometry

Leadership

Director: John Turk, MD, PhD; Professor of Medicine
Assistant Director: Fong-Fu Hsu, PhD; Research Professor of Medicine
Assistant Director: Kevin Yarasheski, PhD; Professor of Medicine
Staff Scientists: Jan Crowley, Robert Chott, Alan Bohrer, Haowei Song, PhD
Engineer: Robert Sanders
Administrative: Susan Schumacher

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. What is Mass Spectrometry? http://player.vimeo.com/video/68728880
2. Our Web-site: http://msr.dom.wustl.edu
3. National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
4. National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
5. Washington Univ. Department of Chemistry http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/
6. Washington Univ. Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Lipid Research http://endo.wustl.edu/
7. Washington Univ. Proteomics Laboratory http://proteomics.wustl.edu

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