Mass Spectrometry Resource for the Study of Biological Complexity

History of MSCSB (1999 - present) previous 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | next

Mass Spectrometry Resource for the Study of Biological Complexity at Virginia Commonwealth University

This proposal was bolstered by matching funds provided by the Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences, Dr. Stephen D. Gottfredson, and by the support of a Research Assistant Professor to serve as Director of the MSRC from Dr. Thomas F. Huff. The CRIF proposal was funded and a Micromass ESI-QtoF2 became the second instrument at the MSRC. Dr. James C. Hannis filled the MSRC Director position with the arrival of the Micromass ESI-QtoF2 and subsequently resigned to take a position in industry.

Through a combination of the CRIF award, the Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and matching funds, an LC Packings UltimateTM Capillary /Nano LC System was procured.

Dr. Muddiman left VCU in May 2002 to take a position at the Mayo Clinic, Inc., and left a Micromass LCT MS for the MSRC.

The position of MSRC Director was filled in August 2002 with Dr. Lambert Ngoka, who came to this position after being the Coordinator of Research Programs/Manager, Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Facility at the General Clinical Research Center, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Dr. Ngoka brought an outstanding level of experience in biomedical applications of mass spectrometry. Prior to his work at the University of Florida, he did postdoctoral work with Dr. Michael L. Gross at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Catherine E. Costello at Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Klaus Biemann at MIT, and a Ph.D. at the University of California at Davis with Dr. Carlito B. Lebrilla.

With support from VCU Life Sciences, a Thermofinnigan LCQ Deca XP Plus (with Bioworks 3.0, Biomass Deconvolution software, and an ESI Nanospray source) was recently added to the MSRC.

A Perceptive Voyager DE Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption MS was donated to MSRC by the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute of the National Institutes of Health through an arrangement with Dr. John B. Fenn of the Department of Chemistry (2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and inventor of ESI MS).

next page

Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Virginia Commonwealth University
Date last modified: 8/22/08
For Scientific Matters Contact Us
For Website Matters Contact Us