4 Topic Commentaries

The New Reality of Peptide Analysis

The New Reality of Peptide Analysis

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  Joshua J. Coon, PhD

  Mass spectrometry and proteomics

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  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  The field is about making instruments designed to measure the mass of molecules.

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  Mia Huang, PhD

  Chemical glycobiology; mass spectrometry

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  Scripps Research

  We use chemistry-based techniques to capture the molecules so we can identify them using mass spectrometry.

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  Alan W. Partin, MD, PhD

  Urology; quantitative glycoproteomics

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  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Glycoproteins play essential roles in cancer development, and we found several glycoproteins made by aggressive prostate cancer.

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  Kevin T. Uno, PhD

  Paleoproteomics; LC–MS/MS peptide analysis

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  Harvard University

  We can use these peptide fragments to explore the relationships between ancient animals.

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