The Molecular Structures Group (MSG)

The Molecular Structures Group manages shared instruments and computers used for determining molecular structure across the KU-Lawrence campus. Members of the staff include specialists in the four techniques currently represented in the group, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, x-ray crystallography, and molecular graphics and modeling; and technical personnel. They work collaboratively with faculty and students, acquire data for users, train users to operate the instruments themselves, help with planning experiments and interpreting the data, and frequently are co-authors on publications and investigators on grant proposals. Instrument operation and maintenance are underwritten by user fees. Instruments and services in the various laboratories are described on the web pages below:

• Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
• X-ray Crystallography Laboratory
• Molecular Graphics and Modeling Laboratory
• Analytical Proteomics Laboratory
• Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory

• COBRE
• Protein Struture Laboratory
• Protein Production Core Laboratory
• Biomolecular NMR Laboratory

• Instrumentation Design Laboratory
• Higuchi Biosciences Center
• Microscopy Laboratory (login required)
• High Throughput Screening Laboratory
• DNA Sequencing Laboratory

MSG Policy Statements

• MSG Policy on Access and Priorities
• MSG Policy on Publications and Acknowledgment