Mass Spectrometry Lab UCDHSC Anesthesiology Research - Clinical Nutrition Research Unit
Mass_Spectrometry_Services
The CNRU Mass Spectrometry Core Facility is equipped with today's most advanced scientific equipment.

RECIPES FOR SAMPLE BUFFERS

The following are recipes for the buffers typically used to load samples onto the isoelectric focusing strips. These buffers may also be used to lyse cells. At the CNRU Mass Spectrometry Core Facility we typically first try the Chaotropic Buffer for our sample preparation.

CHAOTROPIC BUFFER

    7M Urea (2.1 g urea dissolved in 3ml water)
    2M Thiourea (760 mg)
    *50 mM DTT
    4% CHAPS (100 mg)
    **0.2% ampholytes
    Nanopure H2O to 5ml

STANDARD BUFFER

    8M Urea (24g dissolved in 25 ml water)
    *50 mM DTT (385 mg) 4% CHAPS (2g)
    **0.2 % Carrier ampholytes
    Nanopure (adjust to 50 ml)

MODIFIED O'FARRELL BUFFER

(Gorg et al 2000)

    9M Urea (27g dissolved in 25 ml water)
    *1% DTT (0.5 g)
    4% CHAPS (2g)
    **0.2% Ampholytes
    Nanopure to 50 ml

AMPHOLYTES

Use pH 3-10 for all ranges except pH 6-11 (in which case use Amersham's 6-11 ampholytes). Ampholytes should have a final concentration of 0.2%. For 1 mL of buffer, add 5 ul of ampholytes. For 5 mL of buffer, add 25 ul of ampholytes.
* DTT is added just prior to use
** Carrier ampholytes will be added by us just prior to focusing.
Nutrition Research and Mass Spectrometry Services
Clinical Research Department Services
Clinical Research And Development Personnel
Contact the clinical nutrition and mass spectrometry medical lab
Read our research papers and check our educational research
Clinical research reports and research projects
See our state of the art laboratory instruments for chromatography, electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry.
We offer proteomics  and metabolics workshops and educational research.
Get started using our clinical research services.