About MSP

Personnel & Contact Information

Instrumentation

Instrument Reservation

Instrument Use Policies

Services & Procedures

Protocols

Sample Submission

Fees

Proteomics Workshop

Publications & Documents

Computational Proteomics

Proteomics Software at MSI

Proteomics References

Useful Links

MCP Publication
Guidlines Draft

Contact Information:

MSP-St. Paul (map)
University of Minnesota
43 Gortner Laboratory
1479 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (612) 625-2280
Fax: (612) 625-5780

46 Gortner Laboratory
Phone: (612) 625-6283

MSP-Minneapolis (map)
University of Minnesota
5-194 MCB
420 Washington Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-2279
or (612) 624-2674
Fax: (612) 625-2163

Email: webmaster

About the Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics

Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics

The Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics facility provides support, equipment, and expertise for analyzing complex protein mixtures. Mass spectrometric data can provide intact protein molecular weight as well as protein identification by peptide mass fingerprint or MS/MS data, combined with protein database searching. In addition, some mass spectrometers provide accurate mass measurement for organic molecules and relative protein quantification via isotope labeling techniques (e.g., iTRAQ™).

The center also has equipment to help with complex protein separation and differential expression of protein between two samples. The facility has the capability of traditional 2D SDS-PAGE, DIGE, PF (2D liquid chromatofocusing) and high throughput spot picking, digestion, and desalting.

Software Licenses

We have licenses for these softwares:

The Consortium is supported by:

• NSF Grant 9871237: Mass Spectrometry for Biological Sciences
  (Dr. Gary Nelsestuen, P.I.)
• NSF Grant CHE0078192: Data System Upgrades for Mass Spectrometry
• NIH Grant RRR15808: Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
• The College of Biological Sciences
• The College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
• The Agricultural Experiment Station
• The University of Minnesota Graduate School
• Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
• Office of the Senior Vice President for the Academic Health Center
• The State of Minnesota
• NSF Major instrumentation grant 0215759 "Acquisition of Instrumentation for
  a Proteome Analysis Core" (D. Bernlohr, P.I.)
• NSF instrumentation grant (V. Kapur, P.I.)