Facilities and Services

Mission/Aims

The Mission of the Proteomics Core Facility is to provide instrumentation, services, training, and collaborative supports to UCR researchers in the area of proteomics and biological mass spectrometry. Specific goals are to:

Make high throughput MS technology accessible to all researchers on campus in characterization of cellular proteins from all organisms.
Maintain instruments in good function to maximize the usage and to minimize the unit cost.
Provide training and consultation on the use of equipments, experimental designs, and interpretation of results.
Allocate sufficient amount of efforts to collaborative resesrch to support individual projects and grants.
Establish functional work relationship with instrument vendors to keep technologies most current.

Proteomics

SONGQIN PAN
Proteomics Academic Coordinator

To understand how thousands of cellular proteins are affected during growth or as a result of drug treatment or environmental stresses, technically advanced approaches such as mass spectrometry (MS) have become essential research tools. In the Proteomics Core, state-of-the-art mass spectrometers such as Q-TOF (nano-ESI) and Q-STAR (MALDI) permit unprecedented sensitivity and accuracy in identifying protein sequences and their abundance. These technologies permit the Proteomics Core to support researchers in understanding molecular details such as protein modifications and components of protein complexes.

On a broader scale, the facility is capable of profiling and quantifying the expression of hundreds of proteins within tissues or cells under differing conditions. As with the other Cores, extensive training and expertise are available to facilitate new advances in biology.

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