| The Rowett as your contract research partner
Routine analytical expertise for pharmaceutical, food and agricultural sectors includes:
• Clinical/biochemical markers by clinical autoanalyser (Kone, Technicon)
• Nutritional parameters and proximate analyses of most biological materials by a variety of established methods
• Peptide hormones and steroids by RIA
• Amino acids (conjugate and free) by latest HPLC technology
Specialist expertise to compliment nutrition and clinical intervention related studies includes:
• Human and mouse plasma leptin determination by ELISA methodology
• Plasma homocysteine determination by a gold standard HPLC method
• Plasma antioxidant profiles by HPLC
• Antioxidant capacity of drinks by Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)
• Lymphocyte DNA damage by COMET analysis
• Plasma and urine bone turnover markers by HPLC
Specialised analytical facilities include:
• Gas Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (GIRMS) to measure isotope ratios
• Genomics Suite incorporating a DNA microarray facility
• Proteomics Unit giving access to (i) Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption (MALDI) Mass Spectrometer to determine molecular weights of biomolecules and (ii) Liquid Chromatography (LC), Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) and Electrospray Ionisation (ESI) Mass Spectrometry to analyse large biomolecules
Unique facilities include:
• Human Nutrition Unit that supports design, management and delivery of volunteer intervention studies.
• RUSITEC (rumen simulation technique) to measure contribution of rumen protozoa to digestiontechnology | | |
