Proetomics is a cutting-edge technology that examines the entire protein complement (proteome) or sub-proteome of a species related to its healthy and abnormal states. Since introduced in the early 1990s, it has soon become a core technology in life science. The typical applications of proteomics include high throughput protein expression profiling and quantitation, protein post-translation modification, protein-protein or protein-ligand interaction, for example, for the understanding of the signal transduction, biomarker discovery and identificaiton of new drug targets.

The Proteomics Core Facility at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences was opened in the spring of 2003 and updated in June of 2006, thanks to the support of NIH ND INBRE funded through the National Center for Research Resource (NCRR). UND COBRE ( Center of Biomedical Research Excellence) in Pathophysiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases also contributed to the establishment at the early stage of the proteomics core facility.

The proteomics core facility provides investigators both inside and outside INBRE with instrumentation, expertise and training. It functions as a technical platform that helps develop a highly interactive and collaborative biomedical research group, and increases the competitiveness of the investigators through the services and the research resources of the core facility. The facility is also responsible for providing an opportunity to undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows within the state to learn this important cutting-edge technology.

The Proteomics Core Laboratory is located on the UND campus in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences building. The hours of operation are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.