Equipment

Current instrumentation, methodologies and workflows

The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. Currently the following instruments are operational at the facility:

• MALDI TOF TOF  (4700 Proteomics analyzer, Applied Biosystems)
• Electrospray Ion Trap Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Mass spectrometer (LTQ FT, ThermoFinnigan), equipped with nanoElectrospray source.
• Triple Quadrupole (Quantum AM ThermoFinnigan) equipped with nanoElectrospray source.
• Automatic Gel Slicer, with gel documentation and DIGE capabilities (ProPicII, DIGILAB Genomic Solutions)
• Automatic Digestor (ProGest, DIGILAB Genomic Solutions)
• Automatic MALDI Spotter (ProMS, DIGILAB Genomic Solutions)
• Database search servers: MASCOT and SEQUEST Cluster. The Sequest cluster is running on a dedicated 8 node double processor server.

Laboratory tour (PPT)