UTHSCSA Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance (CSPR)

Welcome

The Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance is a component of the UTHSCSA Center for Macromolecular Interactions (CMMI) and offers collaborative and fee-for-service opportunities for the study of molecular interactions using surface plasmon resonance. The facility offers experimental design, sample throughput and data analyses, as well as grant and manuscript development.

Mission

Our mission is to provide researchers with state-of-the art capabilities for the characterization of protein-protein, protein-lipid, protein-nucleic acid and protein-small ligand interactions. Our facility provides for the complete characterization of a macromolecular interaction in solution. This includes a description of the kinetics, thermodynamics and assembly state of the interaction.

Funding

Funding for the UTHSCSA Center for Macromolecular Interactions is provided by the UTHSCSA Executive Research Committee, the UTHSCSA Cancer Therapy and Research Center (P30 CA054174), The Department of Biochemistry and user charges.