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First-time users. Browse our website to learn about our services and reach out to us by email at MassSpec@wustl.edu to schedule a meeting to discuss your project. You can also submit a Collaboration Request by scrolling down on this page. We will provide the best experimental and study design for your mass spectrometry needs through an in-person meeting, live video conference, or telephone call.

Returning-users. If you have worked with us before and know what you need, download and fill out a Sample Submission PDF Form from the options available for proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, or imaging MS samples. Email the completed form to MassSpec@wustl.edu and drop off your sample at our drop-off locations. Note that we cannot start work until a WashU CC# or purchase order is provided.

Drop-off Locations

CWE Campus:

Room 4200, 4444 Forest Park Ave, St. Louis, MO63108

Samples can be dropped off Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30pm

Proteomics Services

Metabolomics | Lipidomics Services

Imaging Services

Acknowledgement

Work performed by the MTAC should be acknowledged as shown below:

"Mass Spectrometry analyses were performed by the Mass Spectrometry Technology Access Center at the McDonnell Genome Institute (MTAC@MGI) at Washington University School of Medicine, supported by the Diabetes Research Center/NIH grant P30 DK020579, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences/NCATS CTSA award UL1 TR002345, and Siteman Cancer Center/NCI CCSG grant P30 CA091842."

Contact MassSpec@wustl.edu to get more information

Available Services Provided by WashU Mass Spec MTAC

Ask for a Project Consultation

Initiate a new project, start a new collaboration or request a services consultation to discuss your Mass Spectrometry needs.

Collaboration Request

Download Form

Select your service. Download the service PDF form and complete.

Download Service Form

Submit a Sample

Notify us of your sample submission by uploading your PDF form or email the form to us. Let us know if you have any inquiries.

Submit Sample Request*

*PDF upload requires Google Drive sign-in however MTAC does NOT collect, sell, or share your Google sign-in information. Alternatively, PDFs can be submitted to MassSpec@wustl.edu

Data Retention Policy

Fee-for-service data will be available for 30 days to provide sufficient time for customers to download the data for long-term storage. Please, plan ahead for data transfer and storage and let us know if you need additional time to download the data.

As a courtesy to our customers, we maintain a copy of the raw data for one year. This policy is intended for disaster recovery rather than as a long-term storage solution: We do not guarantee data availability beyond 2 months from the time the data are provided to the customer and there is not an efficient way to retrieve large data sets. Requests can be made to recover data within the 1-year window; however, fees apply for data recovery and delivery. Data older than 1 year is systematically deleted from the archival storage.

Sample Retention Policy

Unless as previously specified, we will maintain excess samples for at least 120 days after generation of your data. If you would like to have these materials returned, please contact after you receive your data, in order to schedule a day and time for pick up. For researchers outside of Washington University, please provide advanced notice for the return shipment of excess samples with a FedEx/UPS account number. Ultimately, after the 120 day window, excess materials will be destroyed.

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