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- Regents Hall 362
- 1520 St. Olaf Avenue
- Northfield, MN 55057
- 507-786-3104 (voice)
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- Dr. Bob Hanson
  Professor of Chemistry
  Department Chair
  Edolph A. Larson and Truman E. Anderson, Sr. Chair of Chemistry
  hansonr@stolaf.edu
  507-786-3107

Tetrahymena Proteomics

Doug Beussman - Associate Professor of Chemistry

Research Students

James Jaffee
Jacob Nelson

Micheal Marty, James Jaffee and Jacob Nelson

This project includes collaborating with Dr. Cole in the Biology Department and a research group at Drake University on the identification of proteins isolated from Tetrahymena thermophila, using proteomic methods. Isolated proteins will be digested and analyzed using mass spectrometry techniques with the MALDI-TOF/TOF instrument and screened against a database of proteins predicted to exist based on the genome. Peptides from potentially identified proteins will be fragmented in the mass spectrometer in order to sequence the peptides for confirmation of protein identification.