# Biomolecular Analysis Core (BMAC)

> **NIH NIH P30** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $126,663

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - Biomolecular Analysis Core:
The Biomolecular Analysis Core (BMAC) serves as a key analytical core for NORC investigators and combines
the mass spectrometer instrument inventories and expertise of the Washington University (WU) Metabolomics
and Mass Spectrometry (MS) facilities to provide centralized, standardized, and cost-effective metabolomics
analyses. The major goal of the BMAC is to provide state-of-the-art mass spectrometry (MS) and
metabolomics profiling to NORC investigators to study the molecular mechanisms of the pathogenesis of
nutrition-related diseases, including obesity and diabetes, and their risk factors and complications. Specific
objectives of the BMAC are: 1) To perform MS analytical services to quantify target analytes, obtain spectra for
structural identification, and assist in interpreting mass spectra in a reliable, cost-effective manner; 2) To
develop new MS methods for NORC investigators; 3) To provide and maintain functional MS systems for use
in nutrition- and obesity-related studies; and 4) To provide training to students and fellows in principles of MS
and use of MS systems. The services offered by the BMAC reflect the evolving bioanalytical needs of NORC
investigators, including targeted metabolomic services to broadly survey multiple metabolic pathways and to
quantify pathway metabolites, and high-throughput, quality-controlled measurements of analytes in large
sample sets from clincal studies.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9926268
- **Project number:** 5P30DK056341-20
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** DANIEL S ORY
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $126,663
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9926268

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9926268, Biomolecular Analysis Core (BMAC) (5P30DK056341-20). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9926268. Licensed CC0.

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