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Tractable Tandem Ion Mobility Technology using Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations and Photodissociation

Award Number: R01GM140129
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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Tractable Tandem Ion Mobility Technology using Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations and Photodissociation - Project Summary In addition to concentration, the orientation and conformation of proteins, carbohydrates, metabolites, and nucleic acids are essential characteristics differentiating healthy and diseased states. In fact, broadly available advances in mass spectrometry (MS), with unparalleled levels of selectivity, speed, and sensitivity, have armed researchers with new biological insights and prompt additional questions regarding molecular and biophysical parameters that differentiate disease states but transcend MS measurements. Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is a gas-phase separation technique that directly complements MS measurements and expands understanding regarding molecular shape and dynamics in biological systems. However, comparatively low sample utilization and separation efficiencies have hindered its broad adoption in the bioanalytical and clinical communities. With recent, broadly available technological advances in the field of printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing a new class of ion mobility separation is enabled that largely alleviates the drawbacks of its predecessors. The Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations (SLIM) framework achieves this goal by establishing a dynamic electric field capable of confining ionized molecules for expanded periods of time along with a means to efficiently fractionate the different classes prior to analysis using MS. Contemporary SLIM experiments achieve impressive levels of gas-phase ion separation, but focus only on one dimension of separation due to restrictions largely imposed by the underlying PCB electrode arrangements and control electronics. To cast the SLIM platform into multiple separation dimensions and achieve new levels of biologically relevant diagnostics, the present effort aims to develop and disseminate an economical tandem IMS platform that integrates a series of innovative, simplifying strategies. These include the integration of a low-cost electrode switch that expands the experimental versatility within the SLIM platform and a series of ion compression strategies aimed at creating high-density ion populations. Most importantly, and prior to MS analysis, we will exploit the highly compressed nature of the ion beams within the SLIM by subjecting these species to high intensity ultraviolet photons to induce molecular disruption and yield more information regarding the target biological system. Concurrent efforts using laser irradiation and a new class of UV-C light emitting diodes will be compared with the latter offering considerable cost-savings. The third, composite goal of this project is to address the duty cycle issues of existing SLIM concepts by fully multiplexing the tandem SLIM-ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) platform. With the added functionality of IMSn and the extended, multi-channel SLIM paths, the separation power of the system is anticipated to represent the state-of-the-art. At the conclusion of the proposed research we expect to realize a fully functioning, high-efficiency SLIM-UVPD framework capable of interfacing to all mass analyzers classes and ready to address a suite of biological problems ranging from metabolomics to structural biology.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $293,116 )
2024	2024	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	4	12/28/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$263,805
2024	2024	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	4	6/17/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$29,311
														Subtotal = $293,116

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $294,070 )
2023	2023	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	3	2/20/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$29,407
2023	2023	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	12/15/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$264,663
														Subtotal = $294,070

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $294,954 )
2022	2022	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	1/7/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$265,458
2022	2022	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	2	6/30/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$29,496
														Subtotal = $294,954

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $485,776 )
2021	2021	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	1	8/23/2021	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$199,900
2021	2021	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY	240 FRENCH ADMINISTRATION BLDG	PULLMAN	WA	99164	WHITMAN	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	12/28/2020	NEW	$285,876
														Subtotal = $485,776

Grand Total All Awards = $1,367,916

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Tractable Tandem Ion Mobility Technology using Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations and Photodissociation

Award Number: R01GM140129

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 12/31/2024

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