Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Core

The Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Core offers services, expertise, and collaboration for the research community at Augusta University, other academic institutions, and for-profit companies.

Our main instrumentation includes high field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), circular dichroism spectrometer (CD), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), and fluorimeter.

The core focuses on small molecule and biomolecular classification, specifically in medicinal characterization, metabolomics, and lipidomics.  The core affords investigators the ability to monitor chemical reactions, protein stability, and small molecule tissue analysis, to determine molecular structure, to access purity including trace metal content, or to study other properties of a wide variety of materials.

The core offers assisted instrument use to investigators or a data acquisition service. Consulting is available to assist with experimental design and data interpretation. University personnel who anticipate frequent use of an instrument may request training to become an independent operator. 

Contact Us

Analysis Facility

Health Sciences Campus

Science & Mathematics Building

CBAF@augusta.edu

Core Directors

photo of Dr. Guido Verbeck 

Guido Verbeck, PhD

Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director of the Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility 

Health Science Campus, GE 1029
Augusta University


Phone:  706-667-4148
Email core:  CBAF@augusta.edu
Email personal:  gverbeck@augusta.edu 

Portrait of Dr. Ashish Sarker

Ashish Sarker, PhD

Manager of the Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility

Health Science Campus, GE 3067
Augusta University


Phone: 706-667-4205 
Email core:  CBAF@augusta.edu
Email personal:  asarker@augusta.edu 

 

Reservations

Reserve an equipment:

  1. Go to  http://augusta.corefacilities.org
  2. Login in as an Internal Augusta University user.
  3. Log in with your Augusta University username and password.
  4. Click on ’list all cores’.
  5. Click on ‘Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility’.
  6. Click on ‘Schedule Equipment’
  7. Find the instrument you wish to reserve and left click on it.
  8. Double click on the calendar on a time you wish to reserve (ex. If you want to create a time for 1-4 PM, double click on the 1-2pm block), a new window ‘Create a new reservation” will open. Fill all information in and click ‘Next’ to open a new window called ‘Reservation details’.
  9. Adjust the time so that it accurately reflects the time you want.
  10. When done, click ‘Save Reservation’ on the bottom left.

 Request a service

  1. Go to http://augusta.corefacilities.org
  2. Login in as an Internal Augusta University user.
  3. Log in with your Augusta University username and password.
  4. Click on ’list all cores’.
  5. Click on ‘Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility’.
  6. Click on ‘Request Service’
  7. Find the service you want to request, and click ‘initiate request’ on the right side to fill in the service request form.
  8. When done, click ‘submit request to researcher’.
Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility
Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility
Equipment located in the Core Lab in the College of Science and Mathematics
Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility
Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility
Chemical and Biomolecular Analysis Facility
Tags labled by a mass spectrometer in the Core Lab

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