Russell Research Group

Home Built / Custom Built / Modified Instruments
Name	Type	Ionization	Functions / goals	Location
Hybrid Ion Mobility MS (.jpg)	Variable temperature mobility cell coupled with quadrupole and TOF mass analyzers	MALDI/ESI	Study of gas phase conformation at different collision gas temperatures	Room1165
Positive and Negative Ion Mobility- TOF(.jpg)	Tandem mass spectrometry technique using surface-induced dissociation as the fragmentation tool	MALDI	Exploring novel instrument designs to improve SID proteomics applications	Room1165
Photodissociation TOF/TOF(.jpg)	Tandem mass spectrometry technique using photodissociation as the fragmentation tool	MALDI	Implementing new designs to improve peptide sequencing capabilities with PD technique	Room1163
Ion mobility-TOF (custom built by IonWerks)(.jpg)	Ion mobility - TOF	MALDI	To study gas phase conformations of biological molecules such as peptides and proteins	Room1165
LC-QStar (to be modified for ion mobility studies)(.jpg)	LC-Q-IM-Q-TOF	ESI	To study gas phase conformations of biological molecules such as peptides and proteins	Room 1165
High Resolution PDCIG Ion Mobility TOF	1.25m long drift tube with mobility resolution capabilities above 100	MALDI	High resolution for structural charecterization with increasing separation capabilities	Room 1162
Multi-quadrupole mass spectrometer	q-TOF	ESI/Nano ESI	Direct infusion-LC mode, performing top-down proteomics on intact proteins. Can be used in modular drift cell and ion-ion reactions	Room 1160