CURES Contact: Judy Westrick, LIC Director and CURES Member
The ESFC partners with the WSU Lumigen Instrument Center for elemental and small molecule analysis. New instrumentation includes state-of-the-art GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS systems for small molecule analysis that were added in 2016. The new system is being used to develop analytical methods for phenolic chemicals such as bisphenol A, octyl- and nonylphenols that are widespread environmental toxicants. These analytical platforms are being used by CURES members to develop reproducible analytical methods for environmental exposure analysis. Volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) can also be analyzed and are among a wide range of environmental small molecules, including solvents, fuel components and chemical intermediates of interest to Center investigators. Dr. Westrick of the ESFC was recently awarded an Erb Foundation grant to design and evaluate a real-time VOC source-water early-warning system for drinking water treatment plants.
The Lumigen Instrument Core enables CURES to expand our capabilities in GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS and strengthen our focus on xenobiotic and toxicant molecular analysis.
The LIC provides:
- Mass Spectrometry
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance & Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
- X-Ray Crystallography
- TEM/SEM Microscopy
- 'Small' Shared Research Instruments
And analysis of:
- Metals and trace elements
- Volatile organic chemical (VOCs)
- Environmental phenolic chemicals and potential endocrine disruptors
- Polycyclic aromatic hydricarbins (PAHs)
- Cyanotoxins
Interested in these services?
