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Education Training Programs

As a mandatory task, the MS facility offers several education programs to the students at Queen’s University with free of charge. Many students (including undergraduates and graduates) have shown the great interests in the newly developed MS technologies and the continuing growth applications in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. During 2007-2008, we have delivered proteomics seminar, MS lectures and instrument demonstrations to a total of 396 students at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at undergraduate and graduate student level, and 10 graduate students have been technically trained for the instrument operation of MALDI TOF and quadrupole LC MS mass spectrometers. These highly qualified personnel with hands-on experience are now fully allowed to use the MS instruments independently. The facility has thus made an important contribution to the research training of graduate students and education programs of undergraduate students.

 Group laboratory demo

Mass spectrometry facility offers the exciting opportunity for a group of students at Queen’s University to understand the fundamental aspects of mass spectrometry and proteomics applications. 

  • Basic knowledge of MS instrumentation including EI, ESI, and MALDI ionization techniques and LC MS/MS analysis.
  • Experimental demonstration
  • MS spectrum data interpretation.

Individual instrumentation training

On-site training courses for analyzing small molecules / large biomolecules.

  • Mass spectrometric instrumentation and technical development
  • Sample preparation for MS analysis
  • MALDI TOF, Nanospray ESI and LC MS/MS
  • Database searching and manual data interpretation.

Education courses

MALDI MS introduction (pdf file)

Undergraduate course CHEM 397/398: Experimental Chemistry (pdf file)

Graduate module CHEM842 course: Applications of Modern Mass Spectrometry (pdf file)