Increase in Analysis costs
Along with everyone else, the mass spectrometry facility is feeling the effect of inflation and prices rises. For the first time since 2018 we have had to increase our mass spectrometry access charges. These are…
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End of the MALDI era at St Andrews
Our workhorse 4800 has given up after many years faithful service. Unfortunately there is just not the demand for MALDI proteomics to justify the costs in fixing it, so we will no longer be able to offer MALDI…
New Fusion Lumos
Our new mass spectrometer is installed and operational. With BBSRC 19Alert equipment grant funding we purchased a Thermoscientific Fusion Lumos orbitrap mass spectrometer with a standard HPLC (Vanquish) and nano LC…
New Mascot server
We have recently upgraded our mascot server hardware. The new link to the server is https://newbsrcmascot.st-andrews.ac.uk/mascot/ . The login and password will remain the same as before.
Facility fully open
The BSRC mass spectrometry and proteomics facility is fully open and able to analyse your samples. We aim to have at least one member of staff in the facility each day, and can always be contacted on massspec @…
Temporary suspension on on-line sample submission
We have had a few issues with the on-line sample submission that we set up at the start of the year. Whilst we sort out these problems we have reverted back to your previous paper submission. Links to the form to…
Proteomics Methods Forum
Sally recently attended a very interesting meeting/mini conference, the proteomics methods forum (PMF) . http://www.proteomicsmethodsforum.org.uk This year it was in Oxford, and hosted by Dr Roman Fischer. It was a…
Staff changes
Sabine’s contract finished at Christmas and she is moving onto pastures new. She made a huge contribution to the facility whilst she was here and will be missed.
Inspiring the next generation
The new public engagement officer at St Andrews, Dr Mhairi Stewart, has been inspiring us all to share Science in the local community. In the last 3 months we have taken time away from the mass specs to talk to school…
A Brand New Webpage
Welcome to the BSRC mass spectrometry and proteomics webpage. Please bear with us whilst we construct the site – it is the first website I have built and a bit of a learning curve.