The UCLA Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory is a vibrant intellectual community dedicated to the advancement of the science and training of students through innovative research and educational endeavors. As of May 2007 there are nine full-time members including two faculty, one visiting scientist, two senior technicians, two post docs,and two rotation Ph.D. students in additional to a number of undergraduates. Our publication record is easily accessed via the web using Faull, KF and Whitelegge, JP as search descriptors. NSF and NIH Shared Instrument Grants over the past four years had led to the acquisition of several new instruments that complete the suite of available instrumentation. The availability of electron impact (EI), chemical (CI), matrix assisted laser desorption (MALDI), atmospheric chemical ionization (APCI) and electrospray (ESI) ionization methods together in one facility is a feature of this Laboratory that is vital to the variety of chemical and biochemical research at UCLA. The Laboratory is also equipped a range of modern equipment necessary for the successful operation of a wet biochemical laboratory, including gas (capillary) and liquid chromatography (analytical, micro- and nano-bore) capability and gel electrophoresis.

---Professor Kym F. Faull

Los Angeles

2007