Instruments

Q Exactive: Staff Operated

Thermo Scientific Q ExactiveTM HF Hybrid Quadrupole-OrbitrapTM Mass Spectrometer combines a segmented quadrupole for high-performance precursor ion selection with a high-resolution, accurate-mass (HR/AM) ultra-high-field Orbitrap mass analyzer to deliver a superior combination of scan speed, resolving power, mass accuracy, spectral quality and sensitivity. Additionally, has Intact Protein Mode for characterizing intact proteins.

Thermo Scientific Q Exactive HF Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer combines a segmented quadrupole for high-performance precursor ion selection with a high-resolution, accurate-mass (HR/AM) ultra-high-field Orbitrap mass analyzer to deliver a superior combination of scan speed, resolving power, mass accuracy, spectral quality and sensitivity. In addition, has Intact Protein Mode for characterizing intact proteins. 

Exploris 480: Staff Operated

Exploris 480

Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 480  is a quantitative high-resolution, accurate-mass (HRAM) liquid chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) consisting of a 1200 bar LC connected to a quadrupole/orbitrap hybrid mass analyzer capable of up to 480,000 resolving power.

MALDI-TOF/TOF: Staff Operated

 AB Sciex 5800 MALDI-TOF/TOF is a tandem mass spectrometer used to identify and quantify proteins and also map the location of molecules. The ability to map molecules within an intact tissue sample – termed Mass Spectrometry Imaging – complements traditional microscopic techniques. 

Xevo TQ-S: Staff Operated

  

Waters Xevo TQ-S UPLC-nESI-Triple Quadrupole is a tandem mass spectrometer that can be used to validate potential biomarkers. The TQ-S can be connected to The Waters Atmospheric Pressure GC/MS with Agilent 7693 Autosampler to analyze volatile and semi-volatile compounds or to the Waters NanoAcquity Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatograph, which uses low flow rates (nL/min) and high pressures (5000-6000 psi) to separate small quantities of proteins. 
 

 

NovaSeq 6000: Staff Operated

NovaSeq

Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Sequencer is a next-generation sequencer used to determine the sequence of entire genomes (DNA), exomes (Exon), transcriptomes (RNA), miRNomes (miRNA), Cistromes (ChIP-Seq) extremely quickly. More than 20 billion sequencing reads can be generated in less than 24 hours. 

10X Genomics Chromium X: Researcher Operated

10X Controller

10X Genomics Chromium X runs all single cell assays, including new high-throughput assays for Single Cell Immune Profiling and Single Cell Gene Expression. 

Covaris: Researcher Operated

Covaris

Covaris E220 Ultrasonicator is capable of rapid and complete homogenization, tissue disruption and sample extraction. In addition, it can be used for DNA or chromatin fragmentation in sample preparation for the NovaSeq 6000 sequencer.

 

OFFGEL Fractionator: Researcher Operated

Agilent OFFGEL Fractionator separates proteins according to the pH at which they have no net charge, allowing researchers to simplify protein mixtures before mass spec analysis. 

 

SpeedVac: Researcher Operated

Thermo Scientific Express SC250EXP SpeedVac™ Concentrator System uses centrifugation, vacuum and heat technologies for removing solvents and concentrating samples.

 

Bioanalyzer: Researcher Operated

Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer is a microfluidic electrophoresis system used to measure the quantity, quality and average size of DNA, RNA or protein in a sample. Accurate sizing of samples intended for sequencing on the HiSeq 2500 can be accomplished with the Bioanalyzer. 

Qubit: Researcher Operated

 

Thermo Scientific Qubit 2.0 is a benchtop fluorometer for quantitation of DNA (dsDNA & ssDNA), RNA and protein. Target-specific fluorescent dyes are used to minimize quantitation of contaminating molecules. This system is more accurate for samples with low quantity particularly for sequencing on the HiSeq 2500. 

NanoVue: Researcher Operated

GE Healthcare NanoVue is a UV/Vis spectrophotometer that measures nucleic acids and proteins with sample volumes as low as 0.5 microliters. Measures: DNA, RNA, Oligonucleotides, Tm Calculation, Cy Dye DNA probe labeling, Protein UV & A280, BCA, Bradford, Lowry, & Biuret.