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Proteomic & protein analysis by mass spectrometry (MASSPROT)

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Picture credit : Yvan Flamant - MASSPROT Woluwé

Technical and scientific expertise

  • Proteomics: scientific and technical advice and support at all stages of sample preparation and mass spectrometry experiments in areas such as:
    • identification and expression changes of proteins
    • identification and quantification of proteins from complex samples
    • localisation of post-translational modifications even in complex samples
    • analysis of intact proteins
  • Bioinformatics: advice and data analysis using appropriate IT tools and software

Main equipment

Mass spectrometry, chromatography, two-dimensional electrophoresis techniques:

  • Orbitrap Fusion Lumos Tribrid Mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)
  • Orbitrap Exploris 240 Mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific)
  • Synapt G2si spectrometer (Waters)
  • Acquity MClass nano UPLC System (Waters)
  • Ultimate 3000 RSLN nano HPLC System (Thermo Scientific)

Get an overview of the platform’s facilities via a virtual tour.

Applications

  • Measurement of intact protein masses for quality control
  • Identification of purified proteins on gel
  • De novo sequencing of peptides for protein identification
  • Quantification of differential protein expression
  • Identification of covalent modification sites by peptide fragmentation/dissociation

Services available to

  • UCLouvain students and researchers
  • Non-UCLouvain parties

  • 1 September 2023
    HDx-MS technology now available at MASSPROT (De Duve Institute)
    With the acquisition of a new instrument dedicated to deuterium-hydrogen exchange, funded by the Fondation Contre le Cancer, the MASSPROT mass spectrometry platform is moving towards the study of protein structure.
  • 21 August 2023
    Mass spectrometry to detect Alzheimer's disease
    The MASSPROT platform is contributing to the characterisation of proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease.