Acquisition of a MALDI-TOF/TOF Mass Spectrometer for the University of New Orleans

该合同支持采购基质辅助激光解吸/电离串联飞行时间（MALDI-TOF/TOF）质谱仪。这种质谱仪将提供新的仪器功能，例如执行真正串联质谱实验的可能性和全自动数据库搜索，这些在现有的老一代质谱仪上是不可用的。拟议的研究项目需要所需仪器的能力，包括蛋白质组学、光催化杀菌剂和鱼类的表型变异。新的质谱仪也将被泽维尔大学（历史上黑人学院和大学的成员）的学生和研究人员使用。该奖项还为卡特里娜和丽塔飓风后正在进行的新奥尔良主要重建工作提供支持。获得新的质谱仪将增加课堂上质谱仪的使用。

This award supports the acquisition of a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF/TOF) Mass Spectrometer. This mass spectrometer will provide new instrumental capabilities, such as the possibility to perform true tandem mass spectrometry experiments and fully automated database searching, which are not available on the existing older generation mass spectrometers. The proposed research projects require the capabilities of the requested instrumentation and include proteomics, photocatalytic bactericides, and phenotypic variation in fish.The new mass spectrometer will be used also by students and researchers from Xavier University (a member the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - HBCUs). This award also provides support for the major rebuilding effort underway in New Orleans following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Acquisition of the new mass spectrometer will allow increased classroom use of mass spectrometers.