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The Peptidomics NanoEngineering Core at the Houston Methodist Research Institute is a core facility that designs and fabricates NanoTraps for protein/peptide biomarker discovery. We are an active research laboratory that continuously develops new methods to improve our results. Our service provides customized NanoTraps for specific biomarker detection.
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Peptidomics NanoEngineering Core The Peptidomics NanoEngineering Core provides customized designs, fabricates NanoTraps, and
Targeted Peptide Biomarker Extraction and Quantification (e.g., Hepcidin-25) Our customized NanoTrap design allows us to capture specific peptides in biological serum and then quantify the peptides using an internal standard. For example, we have successfully quantified hepcidin-25 from human serum, plasma, and urine with a high degree of accuracy and reproducibility. We can quantify any peptide biomarker given the appropriate internal standard. The internal standard is typically an isotope-labeled version of the desired peptide.
assists with peptides identification and molecular
Peptide and Protein Identification
weight determination. Some of the key equipment
Our Thermo Scientific™ Velos Pro is a sensitive, high resolution, and fast ion trap mass spectrometer that can analyze the most complex proteomic and bioanalytical samples. The high resolution (60,000), accurate data quality (<1 ppm), and sensitivity of the instrument, make it ideal for the identification of low-level proteins in complex samples.
in the facility include Spectroscopic Ellipsometers, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer, and Ion Trap mass spectrometer. NanoTrap Fabrication The well-characterized NanoTraps can be fabricated to have different pore sizes (3-10 nm), pore structures (2D-, 3D-, or random), and surface modification (positive/negative charge, metal ions). This platform is inexpensive, high-throughput, and user-friendly. Only 10 ul of serum/plasma sample are required for a single assay, and 150 samples (i.e., 50 samples in triplicate) can be processed processed on a single NanoTrap chip.
M-2000 Ellipsometer
Our Specialized Services
Equipment
• Bruker Microflex LRF MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer
• NanoTrap design and fabrication
• Thermo Scientific™ Velos Pro ion trap mass spectrometer
• On-chip sample fractionation and
• Thermo Scientific™ Dionex Ultimate 3000 system
• Nanoparticle insertion
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• J.A. Woollam Co. M-2000VI spectroscopic ellipsometers
• Peptide and protein identification
1. The NanoTrap chip is used in combination with a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer (Bruker, MicroFlex) or an ion trap mass spectrometer (Thermo Scientific™ Velos Pro). The samples (e.g., serum, plasma, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid) are analyzed by mass spectrometry after they have been processed on a NanoTrap chip.
• Brewer Science Cee 200X automatic spin coater
• Unknown low molecular weight protein/
• Thermo Scientific™ programmable oven
• Nordson AP-600 March asher
• Lindberg BLUE M vacuum oven
• Thermo Speedvac SPD 111V with RVT 4104 trap and OFP400 pump
• Fisher Scientific sonic dismembrator
2. Data management: In addition to providing protein/peptide expression data, the facility also coordinates support for the analysis of data that is derived from these assays.
data analysis
peptide biomarker discovery • Targeted peptide biomarker extraction and quantification (e.g., Hepcidin-25)