ABOUT US

The MPRC Peptide Synthesis Facility, formerly known as The Protein Core, was established as a shared research resource on the Mayo Rochester campus in 1984. Daniel McCormick, Ph.D. is the facility's founder and current director. The facility, along with the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and the Clinical Research Unit are part of the Mayo genomic and proteomic effort. The facility is housed in Guggenheim 1633 and comprises part of the Mayo Proteomics Research Center (MPRC). The facility provides services in peptide synthesis to Mayo investigators and also conducts research and development of new methods in the field of solid phase peptide synthesis.