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VGN Proteomics Facility
Open House
July 31, 2007

The UVM/VGN Proteomics Facility hosted an Open House on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at the University of Vermont. The day began with registration, refreshments, and displays by vendor-sponsors.  The sponsors of the open house included Shimadzu, Sigma Aldrich, Thermo-Fisher, and Waters. 

The program began with a welcome from the Vermont Genetics Network (VGN) Director, Dr. Judith Van Houten. Next, Dr. Dwight Matthews, Director of the VGN Proteomics Facility, gave a presentation titled “Proteomics at UVM.” He introduced the topic of proteomics and provided introductory information how mass spectrometers are used in protein and peptide analysis, and how the mass spectrometry data can be used to make protein identifications.

Following Dr. Matthews’ presentation, the attendees had a break to visit with the vendor representatives and to network among themselves. After the break, Dr. Bin Deng, VGN Proteomics Facility Manager, gave a presentation titled “Hot Topics in Proteomics Research.”  Highlights from his presentation included recent developments and progress towards biomarker discovery for the early diagnostics of human diseases, phosphoproteins identification, and new instrumentation of mass spectrometers and new technologies in proteomics.

A lunchtime seminar was presented by Shimadzu proteomics specialist, Dr. Rachel Martin. She discussed Shimadzu’s latest MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry technology for the biomarker discovery and for tissue imaging.

During lunch, vendor contributed door prizes were awarded to attendees.

The Open House ended with a tour of UVM/VGN Proteomics Facility and instrumentation by Dr. Deng.  After the tour Dr. Deng provided a tutorial on use of proteomics software to attendees interested in learning to use the analysis software to explore results of their data.

The Open House was a successful introduction of the UVM/VGN Proteomics Facility to researchers at UVM and from other institutions in the state.  We thank our corporate sponsors of this event and look forward to next year’s Proteomics Open House!