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Advanced Analytical Laboratory

Location

Room 108, 400 Discovery Dr.
College Station, TX 77843 (E-beam building)

Key Teaching and Research Missions

  • Teaching enhancement for the FSTC program
  • Quality control laboratory for the food processing pilot plant
  • Service to government, public, and private entities
  • Partner with other labs for training, quality control, expertise
  • Help companies through research and supply-chain evaluations
  • Train future scientists, quality control specialists, auditors

The Teaching and Research Lab Supports

  • Chemical and molecular approaches
  • Compliments our existing research labs
  • Food Safety
  • Training in advanced food analysis
  • Targeted analyses

Equipment Include

TSQ Altis LC-MS-QQQ

  • Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
  • UHPLC system
  • Sensitive, targeted quantitation.
  • Ultrafast selected reaction monitoring (SRM)
  • Simplicity and ease-of-use
  • Allows users of all expertise levels to acquire high quality results

Vanquish Flex UPLC

Stand-alone UPLC

  • UV-VIS detector
  • Fluorescence detector
  • Use for routine analysis, quality control

TSQ 9000 GC-MS-QQQ

Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

  • Sensitive, targeted quantitation
  • Robust, sensitive, highly efficient
  • Easy to use and configure

Trace 1310 Headspace GC

FID detector

  • Direct injection
  • Static headspace (headspace equilibrium)
  • Dynamic headspace (purge and trap)
  • Routine analysis, quality control

Proteinsimple Jess

Jess automates the protein separation and immunodetection of traditional Western blotting, eliminating many of the tedious, error-prone steps.

BGM-Labtech CLARIOstar Plus

The CLARIOstar Plus is a multi-mode microplate reader with advanced LVF Monochromators™, highly sensitive filters, and an ultra-fast UV/vis spectrometer.

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