About Us
Welcome to Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Center
The Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Center in the Schools of Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is a campus-wide shared facility dedicated to advancing the use and application of mass spectrometry in basic and/or translational research at all levels, from first-time users to experts in the field. The center is supported by the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Health Science and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
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Seminars
Proteomics at Pitt
WIP Seminar Presents:
The Next Generation
Antibody Technologies
Yi Shi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
Wednesday, 09/11/2019
12pm - 1pm
BST S373 Conference Room
Events
October 16-18, 2019
University of Pittsburgh
ASMS 2019
June 2-6, 2019
Atlanta, GA
October 17-19, 2018
University of Pittsburgh
October 18-20, 2017
University of Pittsburgh
May 17-18, 2017
University of Pittsburgh
October 19-21, 2016
University of Pittsburgh
May 19-20, 2016
University of Pittsburgh
October 7-9, 2015
University of Pittsburgh
April 2, 2015
Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh
June 15-19, 2014
Baltimore Convention Center
June 19-20, 2014
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
October 1-3, 2014
University of Pittsburgh
Recent Publications
The N-cadherin interactome in primary cardiomyocytes as defined by quantitative proximity proteomics.
Li Y, Merkel CD, Zeng X, Heier JA, Cantrell PS, Sun M, Stolz DB, Watkins SC, Yates NA, Kwiatkowski AV.
J Cell Sci., 2019 Feb 11; 132(3). doi: 10.1242/jcs.221606. PMID: 30630894
Measuring biological age in mice using differential mass spectrometry.
Bell-Temin H, Yousefzadeh MJ, Bondarenko A, Quarles E, Jones-Laughner J, Robbins PD, Ladiges W, Niedernhofer LJ, Yates NA.
Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Feb 11;11(3):1045-1061. doi: 10.18632/aging.101810. PMID: 30745468
Synaptic proteome compensation and resilience to psychosis in Alzheimer's Disease.
Krivinko JM, Erickson SL, Ding Y, Sun Z, Penzes P, MacDonald ML, Yates NA, Ikonomovic MD, Lopez OL, Sweet RA, Kofler J.
AM J Psychiatry, 2018 Oct 1; 175(10): 999-1009. doi:
10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17080858. Epub 2018 Jul 19. PMID: 30021459; PMCID: PMC6167138.
A human APOC3 missense variant and monoclonal antibody accelerate apoC-III clearance and lower triglyceride-rich lipoprotein levels.
Khetarpal SA, Zeng X, Millar JS, Vitali C, Somasundara AVH, Zanoni P, Landro JA, Barucci N, Zavadoski WJ, Sun Z, de Haard H, Toth IV, Peloso GM, Natarajan P, Cuchel M, Lund-Katz S, Phillips MC, Tall AR, Kathiresan S, DaSilva-Jardine P, Yates NA, Rader DJ.
Nat Med. 2017 Aug 21. doi: 10.1038/nm.4390. Epub ahead of print