The CRF MS Core is situated in the Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences in the Queen's Medical Research Insitute and provides analytical expertise in the field of small molecule quantitation, focussed on targeted quantitation and Mass Spectrometry Imaging, with support available from experimental design, sample preparation through to data analysis.

The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art LC and GC instrumentation linked to triple quadrupole analysers. Particular specialisations include steroid biochemistry, drug discovery workflows and tryptophan and kynurenine metabolite analysis.

We also have a workflow for Imaging mass spectrometry that includes a Cryostat, MALDI spraying capability, Synapt G2Si ion mobility instrument, with DESI and MALDI imaging capacity.