Major Instrumentation Core

Director: Zhang, Jian, Ph.D.

Summary:

The Major Instrumentation Core has been established to provide technical services and consumable supplies necessary for the operation and maintenance of a variety of major instruments that support biomedical research at Xavier University. The long term goal of the Major Instrumentation Core is to enhance the overall biomedical research capabilities at Xavier University by making available essential instrument-based platforms for various research projects. To achieve this goal the Major Instrumentation Core has set the following specific aims:

1). support biomedical research projects on campus by providing essential analytical instrumentation,
2). maintain and operate existing instruments,
3). acquire new instruments, and
4). provide technical support for user community of the core.

People:

• Director: Zhang, Jian, Ph.D.
  

Member: Zhang, Qiang
Role: Assistant Manager, Major Instrumentation Core, Instrument Specialist

Resources:

Instruments

• 90 MHz NMR Spectrometer ( NMR instrument )
  

  1H and 13C NMR

• Agilent 1050 Series HPLC-UV System ( High performance liquid chromatography instrument )
  

  Located in NCF Science Complex Room 320.

• Agilent 1100 Series HPLC-UV System ( High performance liquid chromatography instrument )
  

  Located in NCF Science Complex Room 307.

• Agilent 6890/5973 GC/MS System ( Gas chromatography detector )
  

  Located in NCF Science Complex Room 320.

• Beckman-Coulter DU 800 UV-Vis Spectrophotometer ( UV/vis spectrophotometer )
  

  Located in NCF Science Complex, Room 320.

• Hitachi Model S4800 FESEM ( Field emission scanning electron microscope )
  

• Shimadzu 2401PC UV-Vis Spectrophotometer ( UV/vis spectrophotometer )
  

  "Wavelength range - 190 to 900nm (performance guaranteed range). Extendable to 1,100nm through the use of the optional photomultiplier. (The measurable range may be restricted in the shorter wavelength side depending on the type of photomultiplier used.)
  
  Monochromator system - UV-2401PC: Single monochromator with a high-performance blazed holographic grating in the aberration corrected Czerny-Turner mounting."

• Shimadzu HPLC/UV-Vis/Fluorescence System ( High performance liquid chromatography instrument )
  

  Shimadzu LC 20AT HPLC/UV-Vis/Fluorescence System

• Thermo LTQ-Orbitrap LC/MS/MS System ( Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry platform )
  

  Located in NCF Science Complex Room 320.

• Thermo Nexus 470 FT-IR ( Fourier transform infrared spectrometer )
  

  FT-IR
  Frequency Range: 400-5000 cm-1
  *Spectral Resolution: 0.125 cm-1
  *Beamsplitters: KBr (375 - 7000 cm-1)

Services

• Consultation ( Support service )
  

• Proteomic sample service ( Material processing service )
  

  Service includes direct technical support by running proteomic samples on the LTQ Orbitrap instrument.

• Training and education ( Training service )
  

Web Links:

• http://www.xula.edu/rcmi/majorinstcore.php