CRIF MU: Acquisition of a Multi-User GC-MS Instrument

该奖项由2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（Public Law 111 - 5）资助。凭借化学研究仪器和设施多用户计划（CRIF：MU）的这一奖项，杰克逊州立大学（JSU）化学系将获得一台多用户GC-三重四极杆质谱仪。 光谱仪将促进/加强以下研究活动：（1）四氢异喹啉衍生神经毒素生物合成和代谢的立体化学;（2）多环芳烃的光化学反应机制;（3）烷氧基的大气化学;（4）11-脱氧瘘管素-3和合成类似物的合成;（5）光诱导核酸碱基激发、氧化和核苷酸释放;（6）阴离子超分子配合物。质谱（MS）是一种用于探测紧密结构细节并获得大量有机、生物有机和有机金属分子的分子组成的技术。预计这项研究也将对环境产生积极影响。 MS是发展最快、使用最广泛的分析仪器技术之一。 正因为如此，这是重要的研究生和本科生在这个HBCU，三个博士课程之一，接触到的技术。 该仪器将支持许多研究人员和学生在JSU和其他人在地铁杰克逊MS地区。 它将是教学和研究的一个组成部分。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).With this award from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Multiuser Program (CRIF:MU), the Chemistry Department at Jackson State University (JSU) will acquire a multi-user GC-triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The spectrometer will enable/enhance research activities such as: (1) stereochemistry of biosynthesis and metabolism of tetrahydroisoquinoline-derived neurotoxins; (2) photochemical reaction mechanism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; (3) atmospheric chemistry of alkoxy radicals; (4) synthesis of 11-deoxyfistularin-3 and synthetic analogues; (5) light-induced nucleic acid base excitation, oxidation and release from nucleotides; and (6) supramolecular complexes of anions. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique used to probe intimate structural details and to obtain the molecular compositions of a vast array of organic, bioorganic, and organometallic molecules. This research is also expected to have a positive effect on the environment. MS is one of the fastest growing and most widely used analytical instrumentation techniques. Because of this, it is important for graduate and undergraduate students at this HBCU, one of three with a PhD program, to be exposed to the technique. This instrument will support many researchers and students at JSU and others in the metro Jackson MS area. It will be an integral part of teaching as well as research.