Biological Mass Spectrometry Core

The Biological Mass Spectrometry Core houses eight mass spectrometers and multiple computer workstations for data analysis. The core provides project consultations as well as analytical services from sample preparation to data interpretation.

Current instrumentation capacity includes electrospray ionization, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization, and compound quantitation using the triple quadrupole, and high-resolution structural elucidation by quadrupole-Orbitrap. High-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometers are capable of both liquid and gas chromatographic separations for complex sample analysis, including metabolomics and lipidomics. The BMSC serves researchers from across the UT campus and multiple institutions across the country.

Instruments

• Thermo Fisher Exactive Plus HCD Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer (3 units)
• Thermo Fisher Q Exactive Plus Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
• Dionex Ultimate 3000 Inline Photodiode Array
• Thermo Scientific Trace 1300 GC with Matching Autosampler and Head Space Sampler
• MasCom GC-APPI Interface for Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers
• Finnigan TSQ Quantum Discovery Max Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• Thermo Scientific Exploris 120 Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
• Waters Xevo TQ-S Micro Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
• Waters Synapt G2-Si Quadrupole-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer with MALDI and ESI sources

Personnel