UCSF

Instrumentation

Mass Spectrometers

ThermoElectron LTQ-Orbitrap - nanospray infusion or LC/MS or LC/MSMS of peptides and proteins with CID or ETD
ThermoElectron LTQ-FTICR - nanospray infusion or on-line LC/MS with CID, IRMPD, or ECD
ABI 4700 MALDI-TOF-TOF - automated MS and MS/MS analysis of peptides
MDS Sciex/ABI QSTAR Elite Q-TOF - LC/MSMS of peptide digests with iTRAQ/SILAC quantitation
MDS Sciex/ABI QSTAR XL Q-TOF - LC/MS analysis of proteins and peptides
MDS Sciex/ABI QSTAR Pulsar Q-TOF - LC/MS analysis of proteins and peptides
*PE-Biosystems Voyager Elite STR MALDI-TOF - linear or reflectron MS of biomolecules
*Sciex API 300 triple quadrupole - low resolution infusion or LC/MS

* open for training for outside users within UCSF

Off-line Chromatography

autosampler injection port
Amersham Biosciences Akta HPLC system - Large scale sample preparation using ion exchange/size exclusion/affinity/hydrophilic interaction/reversed phase chromaography
Beckman Gold HPLC system - Reversed phase sample preparation
Ultimate HPLC system with Probot (DionexLC Packings) - Reversed phase sample separation for LC-MALDI

On-line nanoLC-MS

Waters NanoAcuity LC system
Famos autosampler/Ultimate HPLC system(Dionex/LC Packings)
Spark autosampler/Eksigent nanopump
Spark autosampler/Eldex syringe pump
Agilent Technologies 1100 series nanoHPLC system