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Dunn School of Pathology

Central Proteomics Facility

Introduction - The Central Proteomics Service was established to serve the Medical Sciences Division of Oxford University. The service has two facilities, one located in the Sir William Dunn Pathology School and serving the South Parks Rd. community and the other located at the Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Headington.

Remit - The facility provides proteomics and mass spectrometry services and collaborations to researchers working in Oxford University's Medical Sciences Division . The facility is happy to work with other departments, universities, research organisations and commercial companies. The facility can provide technical advice and assistance in designing experiments and writing grants etc.

Announcements -

• May 2008: Data will be archived in triplicate for 5 years on OUCS's HFS file server.


• May 2008: Please note price rises - see charging section for details.


• PLEASE AVOID SUBMITTING SAMPLES CONTAINING NP-40, TRITON AND OTHER DETERGENTS CONTAINING POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL CHAINS. THESE CAN CONTAMINATE THE HPLC SYSTEM AND BE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. IN ADDITION THEIR PRESENCE GREATLY REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PROTEINS IDENTIFIED IN A SAMPLE. IF IN DOUBT PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR SAMPLE AND WE CAN ADVISE ON SUITABLE ALTERNATIVES.

What Proteomics Can Tell You - If you're working with proteins, proteomics can help you characterise them.

• It can identify a single protein to several thousand proteins.


• It can tell you which proteins are in a complex with your protein of interest.


• It can identify and quantify posttranslational modifications.


• It can quantify the difference in protein expression between two or more states.


• It can check the molecular weight of your protein.

Please contact us to see if we can help.