Professor Jane Thomas-Oates
E-mail: jane.thomas-oates@york.ac.uk
Biological Mass Spectrometry
As an emeritus professor, I continue to supervise existing PhD students, participate in collaborative research in the Department, and to contribute to publication of research results. However, I am no longer accepting new undergraduate project students, or Masters or PhD students.
My group's research has been focused on the structural analysis of biologically-active molecules in order to understand better their mechanism of action at the molecular level. Our primary technique is mass spectrometry, which we use in conjunction with a wide variety of other analytical techniques, including chemical, enzymatic and separations strategies, principally for application in proteomic and metabolomic studies. The group's research has an emphasis on pursuing long-term, integrated studies of biological systems, which means that multidisciplinary collaborations are of prime importance; we are very fortunate in having a range of ongoing projects with a set of long-term and expert collaborators.
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Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer (FT-ICR) - one of the Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry research instruments in use by the JTO group
Using these approaches, we are currently working on characterising:
- plant metabolites
- cell surface glycoconjugates
- biomolecules from archaeological samples
- characterisation of biologics
