The New Mexico Center for Environmental Health
Sciences (NMCEHS) is pleased to announce the opening of a new UNM Mass
Spectrometry Facility in Clark Hall in the Dept of Chemistry. NMCEHS was
one of several units that contributed to the purchase of the mass
spectrometry equipment and support for facility staff. An ABI 4700 MALDI/TOF/TOF
and a Micromass MS spectrometer have been purchased. The ABI instrument is
particularly useful for proteomics studies. Mass spectrometry proteomics
services will be available to NM NIEHS Center members through the Center's
Biotechnology Facility Core (FC2). For more
information, contact the Center's FC2 Core Leader,
Larry Sklar
Through its funding from the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), our center provides services and
facilities to its members through a variety of "Facility Cores" such as:
Environmental Assessment and
Exposures: this core is operated through the Lovelace
Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) and is lead by Dr. Jacob McDonald.
The core provides a range of field, laboratory, and consulting capabilities
to help solve environmental exposure and industrial hygiene problems related
to air, water, and soil.
Biotechnology: This core offers services related to
biotechnology and genetic polymorphisms and helps facilitate genomics-based
research through microarray-based assays of gene expression. Dr. Larry
Sklar of the UNM Cancer Research Center is the core's overall leader.
Biocomputing and
Bioinformatics: Lead by Dr. Tudor Oprea of the UNM School of
Medicine's Office of Research, this core offers computational and computing
support for genomics and, structural analysis of compounds in assessing the
effects of toxic chemicals on cell physiology, structure, and function.
Biostatistics:
Lead by Dr. Christine Stidley of the UNM School of Medicine, this core
provides expertise throughout the course of a study or research project,
from study design, through coordination of studies, to the final data
analysis and report.
