Dr. Michael Bereman, Assistant Professor and Leader of the Proteomics Group within CHHE Systems Technologies Core has been awarded an instrument grant from Thermo Scientific, the industrial leader in LC MS/MS technology to develop peptide adducts assays in biological fluids, implement his system suitability protocols protocols (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24496601) to monitor performance of such assays, and the overall evaluation of instrument software design in collaboration with Thermo Scientific.   Thermo Scientific has awarded Dr. Bereman a TSQ Quantiva Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer and LC system for these studies (state of the art technology).  This instrument is the gold standard for targeted proteomics and has a linear range of detection spanning 6 orders of magnitude.  This instrument grant significantly adds to the analytical capabilities of the CHHE, Department of Biological Sciences and the Bereman Laboratory.