The Cleveland State Mass Spectrometry Facility offers a full range of HPLC/MS support for CSU investigators. In addition, the CSMFS provides analytical services to outside academic, medical and industrial institutes. These include:
- Availability of facility instrumentation for direct operation by CSU users
- Training of CSU faculty, students, and others in instrument operation and data analysis
- Assistance of investigators in their research projects on experimental design, method development, and problem-solving aspects
- Promotion of research collaboration between CSU and other institutions
- Analysis of samples by facility personnel; providing consulting and expert assistance in sample preparation, analysis, and data interpretation
- Assistance for scientists in grant applications, including:
- Serving of facility personnel as co-PIs or consultants
- Obtaining preliminary data
- Writing HPLC/MS experimental sections
- Writing support letters
- Co-Authorship on research publications
- Classroom education