
Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Omics Analysis
Contacts
Staff
Faculty Scientific Advisers

Xudong Yao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- x.yao@uconn.edu
- 860.486.6644
Location
Campus Address
Chemistry Building, Room 403
Storrs Campus
Storrs Campus
Mailing Address
55 North Eagleville Road
Storrs CT 06269-6030
Instrumentation

DRAT/Electrospray-Time-of-Flight (DART-TOF) Mass Spectrometer
- AccuTOF-DART (JEOL)

Electrospray/Nanospray Quadrupole-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer
- QStar Elite (AB Sciex)

Gas-Phase Chromatography-Electron Impact -Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
- GC-MSD 5975 (Agilent)

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer: Quantiva
- Quantiva (ThermoFisher)

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer: 4000 QTrap
- 4000 QTRAP (AB Sciex)

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer: API 2000
- API 2000 (AB Sciex)

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer: Quattro II
- Quattro-II (Waters)
Services and Rates

Biopolymers: Proteins
Services include:
- LC-MS of purified proteins for molecular weight determination
- LC-MS of protein mixtures
- LC-MS/MS of single protein digest
For detailed information: https://msomics.chemistry.uconn.edu/biopolymers/

Biopolymers: Nucleic Acids
Services include:
- LC-MS for molecular weight measurements
- LC-MS/MS for nucleic acid modifications
For detailed information: https://msomics.chemistry.uconn.edu/biopolymers/

Organics Analysis
Analysis services provided by MS Specialists include:
- Hi-Res on QStar Elite Mass Spectrometer
- Hi-Res on DART-TOF Mass Spectrometer
- LC-MS on Quattro II
- LC-MS/MS on API 2000
For detailed information: https://msomics.chemistry.uconn.edu/organics/

Proteomics Services
Services include:
- Analysis of proteome samples separated by SDS-PAGE on LC-MS/MS on QStar Elite; data analysis via Mascot
- Proteome samples as protein mixtures
For detailed information: https://msomics.chemistry.uconn.edu/omics/