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A new biological mass spectrometry facility for the centre for chemical biology

ReferenceREI18461
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Emma Raven
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Paul Cullis, Professor Ian EPERON, Professor Gordon Roberts
Institution University of Leicester
DepartmentChemistry
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 150,448
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 27/06/2003
End date 26/06/2005
Duration24 months

Abstract

The objectives of this proposal are to establish a new, high throughput, biological mass spectrometry facility for the Centre for Chemical Biology. This facility will play an essential part in the development of chemical biology in the post-genomic era in Leicester by making it possible for us to take advantage of the speed and sensitivity of modern mass spectrometry in proteomics, in chemogenomics and in supporting structural biology, combinatorial chemistry, and the development of novel biocatalysts. The application involves a number of major projects within three major themes of Proteomics, Molecular Engineering of Proteins, and Combinatorial Chemistry and Chemogenomics. Specifically, the new facility will be used to study multiprotein complexes involved in the regulation of gene expression, and complexes of cytoskeletal proteins, to identify changes in protein expression in disease states and as a screening tool in directed evolution experiments aimed at the molecular engineering of redox proteins. It will also provide an essential supporting facility for our work in combinatorial chemistry and chemogenomics and in structural biology.

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Committee Closed Committee - Biomolecular Sciences (BMS)
Research TopicsX – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research PriorityX – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative Research Equipment Initiative 2002 (REI) [2002]
Funding SchemeX – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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