John L. Holmes Mass Spectrometry Facility

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
What the facility does

Supporting research in science, engineering and medicine and offering services to numerous external users

Areas of expertise

The John L. Holmes Mass Spectrometry Facility routinely provides accurate mass measurements on organic samples ionized by electron ionization (EI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) on its Concept and Q-TOF instruments. With the 2015 addition of the Biological and Proteomic Analysis Facility, we are now able to routinely analyse biological samples on an ETD orbitrap mass spectrometer.

Research services

Infusion samples (EI/ ESI/ Accurate Mass), GC-MS, LC-MS, LC-MS/MS, MALDI-TOF MS

Sectors of application
  • Aerospace and satellites
  • Agriculture, animal science and food
  • Automotive
  • Chemical industries
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Fisheries and aquaculture
  • Forestry and forest-based industries
  • Healthcare and social services
  • Life sciences, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment
  • Manufacturing and processing
  • Mining, minerals and metals
  • Ocean industries
Specialized lab Equipment
JHL Facility Kratos Concept-Accurate Mass EI
  Micromass Global, Accurate Mass ESI LC-MS, LC-MS/MS
  HP MSD, GC-MS
  Micromass Q-TOFII LC-MS and MS/MS
  Waters Synapt Ion Mobility-MS and MS/MS
Berezovski Lab Waters Synapt G2 Ion Mobility-MS with CE Interface
  Orbitrap Fusion EDT Mass Spectrometer
  Orbitrap Q-exactive Mass Spectrometer
Title URL
Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Group http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/cmsg/index.html