The Michigan Center for Structural Biology (MCSB) provides state-of-the-art instrumentation to Michigan researchers examining the molecular structure and function of biomolecules. The mission of the center is to facilitate major advances in understanding of structure and catalystic mechanisms and to foster commercial application of the knowledge, especially in the areas of nutrition, aging, drug discovery and disease mechanisms/treatment.

• X-ray crystallography
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) 600MHz, 700MHz, 900MHz
• Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) 95GHz/9GHz
• Single molecule spectroscopy
• Laser-based spectroscopy (femtosecond system with Raman and photo-echo capabilites)
• Protein tailoring and production
• Amino acid analysis, oligonucleotide synthesis, DNA sequencing, protein purification, peptide sequencing
• Three-dimensional structure analysis is aided by a beamline at the synchrotron facility at the Argonne National Laboratory to expedite access for Michigan investigators.

MCSB Website

CONTACT:

Mr. Tom DeKoning, Marketing Manager, CTA Corp CTACorp@vai.org

Shelagh Ferguson-Miller, Ph.D., Director, Professor, Biochemistry Department fergus20@msu.edu