Services provided by the OSU Mass Spectrometry Center are detailed below. Please contact the indicated staff members for information on sample preparation and analysis requests.

For larger projects, please contact Dr. Claudia Maier or Dr. Fred Stevens prior to sample submission. For other inquiries, please contact [email protected].

Staff Information

Jaewoo Choi, [email protected] 541-737-1775 (small molecules, untargeted metabolomics, lipidomics)

Liping Yang, [email protected] 541-737-1772 (targeted small molecules, proteomics)

Luke Marney, [email protected] 541-737-1776 (MALDI imaging, Natural products)

IMPORTANT Notice regarding publications and OSUMSC

NIH/USDA funded research projects that use the Oregon State University Mass Spectrometry Facility (OSUMSC) and publish mass spectrometry results need to acknowledge the NIH/USDA instrument Grant (see below) in the publications using NCBI My Bibliography and/or during uploading of the manuscript to the publisher.

Bruker Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry Quadrupole Time-of-Flight System - NIH # 1S10OD032323-01

ABSciex ZenoTOF 7600 – USDA # 2024-70410-43767

Waters Xevo TQXS Mass Spectrometer - NIH # 1S10OD026922-01

Thermo Orbitrap Fusion Lumos -NIH # 1S10OD020111-01

Waters Ion Mobility ToF Mass Spectrometer – NIH #1S10RR025628-01

Applied Biosystems 4000Qtrap- NIH # 1S10RR022589-01

ABSciex Triple ToF 5600-NIH #1S10RR027878-01

Capabilities & Services Provided:

Effective September 1, 2025, all orders and billing go through Research Equipment & Lab Management System (RELMS). RELMS is a transaction processing system for facilities to manage users, create orders, and bill for services. Customer will be receiving a “Welcome email” from RELMS letting you know that your account has been created (Please ask our staff). If you would like to order a service, please go to MSC in RELMS to place the order. Before samples are submitted, you need to setup an account and payment source from these Qualtrics forms on this page (internal user) or (external user).

Please email [email protected] prior to sample submission.

We provide mass spectrometry services for the analysis of diverse small and large biomolecules.

• Analysis of small biomolecules (natural products, metabolites, lipids, carbohydrates)

• Quantitative analysis of small molecules in complex mixtures
  • pharmacokinetic analyses
  • metabolomics applications

• Targeted Small Molecules Assays
  • Amino acids
  • Bile acids analysis
  • Biogenic amines
  • Chiral oxylipins
  • Fatty acid analysis
  • Fungicides analysis
  • Oxylipins, eicosanoids, bioactive lipids
  • Phytosterols
  • Plant hormones
  • Short chain fatty acids
  • Sugars

• Untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics in plasma, urine, tissues, saliva, plants etc.

• Mass spectrometric analysis of proteins and peptides (proteomics applications)
  • Analysis of peptides originating from in-gel digestions of protein bands or spots of 1D or 2D gels
  • Analysis of complex peptide mixtures by UPLC-MS/MS and UPLC-MS^E (shotgun proteomics, DDA, DIA)
  • Label-free quantification
  • Top-down characterization of proteins
  • Parallel Reaction Monitoring (PRM) mass spectrometry for targeted quantification
  • Characterization of posttranslational modifications (CID, ETD, HCD,EThcD, ETciD)
  • Molecular weight determinations of recombinant and isolated proteins

• Mass spectrometric characterization of other biopolymers and synthetic polymers

• Mass spectrometric characterization of organic syntheses products

  Please use analytical form (Internal ¦ External).

  • Accurate and high resolution mass determinations
  • Elemental composition

Shipping address:

ADDRESS FOR SAMPLE SUBMISSION:

OSU Mass Spectrometry Center
c/o <Name of Intended Recipient>
2750 SW Campus Way

RM 0085, Agricultural and Life Sciences

Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Fee Schedule

(Effective on December 1, 2023)

Academic rate / Non-profit rate

Non-Academic rate / Profit rate

PLEASE NOTE: Charges will be determined by the complexity and the techniques required to run the samples.

Statutory Authority: ORS 351 Please direct questions regarding fee structures to [email protected] .