Digestive Disease Research Center
Contact Us
Ruby Welch – Grant Manager
Phone: 343-6231 ruby.welch@vanderbilt.edu
Nikki Hirsch – Exec. Secretary
Phone: 875-7498
nikki.hirsch@vanderbilt.edu
Bioanalytical/Mass Spectrometry core
Director: Richard Caprioli, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Mass Spectrometry: David Hachey, Ph.D., david.hachey@vanderbilt.edu
Associate Director of Proteomics: Kevin Schey, Ph.D., kevin.schey@vanderbilt.edu
For more information on this core visit the Mass Spectrometry website.
Core Services:
- Identification of oxidized lipids by GC/MS
- Proteomics for identification and characterization of proteins by MudPIT and LC-MS/MS techniques
- Determination of postranslational modifications of proteins & peptides by ESI/LC/MS & MALDI/TOF
- Quantification of protein expression by LC-MS/MS
- Quantification of micronutrients in physiologic fluids by GC/MS and ESI/LC/MS
- Development of novel analytical methods using mass spectrometry
- Interpretation & analysis of mass spectrometry data
- Education & training in mass spectrometry principles & operation
This Core provides cost effective, state of the art instrumentation to members for structural analysis of biological molecules and for qualitative and quantitative assays of nutrients and metabolites in physiologic fluids.
