UHPLC-MS/MS FOR FOOD AND HEALTH RESEARCH
The Department of Food Science received funding from the USDA to acquire a new UHPLC-MS/MS instrument to support research on food and health in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences. This instrument is located in A119 Babcock Hall and managed by Dr. Bolling and Dr. Rankin in the Department of Food Science.
This UHPLC-coupled high-resolution Orbitrap OE240 is appropriate for analysis of metabolites in plants, dairy, microbes and biological samples. Analysis is supported by user fees.
USER REQUESTS
Please contact Dr. Bolling (bwbolling@wisc.edu) to request instrument use.
In your request, please provide as much of the following information as possible:
- Compound names and description (structure, functional groups, molecular weight)
- Matrix description (food, animal, human, extract, etc.)
- Clean-up and extraction steps applied
- Method description and references
- UHPLC Column
- Mobile phases
- Internal standards
- Run time
- Detection method
Fee Structure
Sample Type | Technician-run | Solvents-supplied | Column Supplied | Vials/Plate Supplied | COST |
> 15 min runs | Y | Y | Y | Y | $251/sample |
< 15 min runs | Y | Y | Y | Y | $148/sample |
Hourly | Y | Y | Y | Y | $526/h |
Hourly (bulk, >50 h / y) | N | Y | N | Y | $100/h |