UTMB Mass Spectrometry Facility

Overview

Mass spectrometry (MS) in combination with liquid chromatography (LCMS) is a powerful analytical technique used to identify and quantify a wide variety of analytes and has a wide range of applications across many scientific fields. The Mass Spectrometry facility (MSF) at UTMB provides expertise, instrumentation, and services to aid investigators both at UTMB and external users in protein characterization, proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics. We are a service-for-fee facility, and as such our fees are based on a cost-study approved rate for the desired protocols and services. More details on the services provided can be found in the links below.

Services

Equipment & Lab Space

The MSF is well-equipped to facilitate studies with a suite of LC-MS systems including the ThermoScientific Eclipse Orbitrap MS, ThermoScientific Fusion Orbitrap MS, SCIEX 6500 Qtrap, and SCIEX 7500 Qtrap. The MSF occupies approximately 2700 sq ft of research space and 745 sq ft of space for data analysis or offices on the second floor of the Libbie Moody Thompson Basic Science Building at the University of Texas-Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Samples can be dropped off at the facility from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday or shipped to the address below:

Physical Sample Drop Off Location
Room 2.234 Basic Sciences Building, L04569
Galveston, TX 77555-0635

Shipping Address
Mass Spectrometry Facility, L04565
UTMB Central Receiving
14^th and Strand
Galveston, TX 77555-1027

Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Funding

The MSF is supported in part by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) grants RP190682 and RP250644. Please acknowledge this funding in your publications.