The Swedish Infrastructure for Biological Mass Spectrometry

Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund

Infrastructure

    Infrastructure Details

    Acronym

    BioMS

    Name of national/international infrastructure this infrastructure belongs to

    BioMS is a geographically distributed infrastructure with established ties to EATRIS, and with collaborations with MAX IV, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (USA), PRO-MS, and similar entities.

    Description

    BioMS is a nationally distributed infrastructure for biological mass spectrometry and proteomics. The nodes offer specialized analytical techniques for the Swedish life science community demands. Currently BioMS has 3 nodes (Lund university, Gothenburg university including Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, and Karolinska Institutet). BioMS is funded by Vetenskapsrådet and the universities of the participating nodes.
    Currently BioMS has 3 nodes (Lund University, Gothenburg University - Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, and Karolinska Institutet).

    Equipment and resources

    The BioMS national infrastructure enables the cutting-edge mass spectrometry and related advanced technology platforms to be part of research projects across Sweden. BioMS has the hardware, software, and qualified scientists to provide project support.

    Services provided

    Current modules representing different mass spectrometry technologies include:
    Glycomics
    Glycoproteomics
    HDX
    Targeted Proteomics
    Proteogenomics
    Chemical Proteomics
    Lipidomics
    Protein structure analysis
    Quantitative clinical peptidomics

    Management of the infrastructure

    BioMS is governed by a national board with representation from academia and industry. The role of the BioMS Steering Committee includes:
    • Decision on the yearly budget distribution
    • Approval of business plan, strategic plan and annual report
    • Approval of policies for access to the infrastructure
    BioMS operations are managed by an operative group with represention from all 3 nodes. The role of the operative group includes:
    • Execution and coordination of the node activities including projects, knowledge transfer, coordination of instrument capacities etc
    • Preparation of business plan, strategic plan and annual reports
    • Education, outreach, marketing and administration

    UKÄ subject classification

    • Medical and Health Sciences

    Type of infrastructure

    • Equipment
    • Services

    Infrastructure programme

    • Infrastructure of national interest (Swedish Research Council)

    Contact information

    NameAnahita Bakochi, Johan Malmström
    LinksWebsite

    Terms of loan/booking

    Available for loan - internal and external

    A description of the User project must be submitted to bioms.se and approved prior to project work. User fees for Swedish projects are supported by grants and are kept low because of BioMS funding.

    Questions can be submitted through a web form on the home page of bioms.se