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Charging Policy What is our policy for charging users? The Proteomics Core has a simple charging policy: No samples will be prepared or run until the information has been entered into our sample submission site. We charge for every sample run , regardless of whether an expected result is obtained. Th…

Computing and Data Analysis Continuous improvement in mass-spectrometry instrumentation means that proteomics facilities are generating a growing amount of data, and tackling increasingly complex datasets. The rise of quantitative proteomics in particular demands robust data analysis techniques to en…

Intact Mass What do we use to measure the mass of intact proteins? We do LC/MS analysis of intact proteins using a Q-TOF mass spectrometer with electrospray ionization. This means that samples must be free of detergents. An ideal solvent is 5% acetonitrile in water containing 1-5% formic acid or acet…

TMT Quantitation Introduction Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) technology is a powerful technique for comparing protein (and peptide) amounts between six to eighteen conditions. This technique involves labeling samples after digestion, meaning this technique can be used on in vivo samples, unlike SILAC. TMT or …

PTM Identification Introduction The presence or absence of post-translational modifications (PTMs), such as phosphorylation, on a protein are often as interesting as the presence of absence of the protein itself. The PTM ID service offers identification of PTMs on a protein from a purified protein or…

Co-IP Experiments Introduction One of the most common types of experiment submitted for analysis in the Proteomics Core is the Co-IP experiment. An antibody against endogenous or tagged protein is used to pull down a protein of interest. The goal of the experiment is to see what comes down with that …

Gel Band ID Introduction Identification of proteins from visible bands excised from Coomassie or silver-stained gels using mass-spectrometry is generally very successful. Almost all visible Coomassie bands contain enough protein for MS identification. Most silver-stain bands can be identified on our …

Cutting Gels Introduction Many proteomics samples are well suited for SDS-PAGE, including protein identification and PTM identification. We recognize that a gel approach may not be compatible with all samples, so please contact us if you have concerns about running your sample into a gel. We require …

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