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Research groups

The Michael Barber Centre comprises a number of research groups. Here are links to some of these.

Perdita Barran’s Lab

Surface Analysis Research Centre
(Nick Lockyer & John C. Vickerman)

MIB

University of Manchester
Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
Princess Street
Manchester M1 7DN
+44 (0)161 306 5200

Contact

The director of the Michael Barber Centre is Prof. Perdita Barran.

Please contact her directly for information about the centre, and about available studentships.

Professor Perdita E. Barran
The Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry
Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
The University of Manchester
131 Princess Street
Manchester
M1 7DN, UK

t: +44 (0) 161 275 0256
e: perdita.barran[at]manchester.ac.uk

Smelling Parkinson’s disease

Joy Milne was tested by researchers to see if she could detect people with Parkinson's through a tell-tale odour.

Prof. Perdita Barran on BBC Breakfast

Major Publications

  • Native mass spectrometry reveals the conformational diversity of the UVR8 photoreceptor
  • Discovery of Volatile Biomarkers of Parkinson’s Disease from Sebum
  • Mobilising ion mobility mass spectrometry for metabolomics
  • Rare-Earth- and Uranium-Mesoionic Carbenes: A New Class of f-Block Carbene Complex Derived from an N-Heterocyclic Olefin
  • Quartz Crystal Microbalance Assay of Clinical Calcinosis Samples and Their Synthetic Models Differentiates the Efficacy of Chelation-Based Treatments
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Industrial Collaborations

The Michael Barber Centre has several industrial collaborations.

Major industrial partners which provide part support of equipment, staff, postdocs and studentships are:

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We also have industrial collaborations in the form of CASE studentships and grants with:

Agilent, Allergan, Bristol Myers Squibb, UCB Pharma, SphereFluidics, Covance, FujiFilm and ThermoFisher

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