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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:
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
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Hours |
Location |
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8am-5pm |
8th Floor SouthWest Tower, |
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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| Susan Schumacher |
General Core administration
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314 362-2602
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sschumac@wustl.edu
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| Robert Sanders |
MS Hardware & Software
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314 362-8190
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rsanders@wustl.edu
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| Jan Crowley |
Metabolites
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314 362-7878
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jcrowley@wustl.edu
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| Fong-Fu Hsu, PhD |
Complex lipids/lipidomics
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314 362-0056
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fhsu@wustl.edu
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| Kevin Yarasheski, PhD |
Metabolomics
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314 362-8173
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key@wustl.edu
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| John Turk, MD, PhD |
Executive decisions
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314 362-8190
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jturk@wustl.edu
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| Service List |
| ► Custom Designed Sample Analyses (7) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endogenous receptor ligands | Inquire | ||
| GC-APCI-quadrupole-time of flight MS methods |
(e.g., vitamins) |
Inquire | |
| Identifying/characterizing unknown or novel biomolecules, compounds, drugs | Inquire | ||
| Lipidomic, metabolomic, peptidomic profiling |
(untargeted, comparative) |
Inquire | |
| Post-translationally modified peptides and proteins | Inquire | ||
| Prokaryotic biomolecules |
(e.g., bacteria) |
Inquire | |
| Protein, lipid or metabolite flux measures using heavy isotope-labeled precursors |
(in vitro or in vivo) |
Inquire | |
| ► Other (3) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Consultation |
Experimental design/planning, appropriate control samples, interpreting mass spectra, sample preparation, acquiring authentic biomolecules and heavy isotope-labeled internal standards |
Inquire | |
| Specialized Services |
MS instrument repairs, maintenance |
Inquire | |
| Training |
Instrument operation, data analysis-processing-software, sample preparation, library/database searches for identifying candidate biomolecules |
Inquire | |
| ► Routine Sample Analyses (10) | |||
| Name | Description | Price | |
| Glycerolipids | Inquire | ||
| Most central carbon metabolic-lipid intermediates | Inquire | ||
| Peptides | Inquire | ||
| Phospholipids | Inquire | ||
| Polyols | Inquire | ||
| Prostanoids | Inquire | ||
| Short and long chain fatty acyls | Inquire | ||
| Sphingolipids | Inquire | ||
| Sterol lipids | Inquire | ||
| Synthetic molecule/compound | Inquire | ||