We apply mass spectrometry to identify and characterize microorganisms through their molecular fingerprints, supporting applications in diagnostics and environmental and biological analysis.
Selected publications
All publications→- 2012
Viable Staphylococcus aureus Quantitation using N-15 Metabolically Labeled Bacteriophage Amplification Coupled with a Multiple Reaction Monitoring Proteomic Workflow
, Carrie L. Pierce, Jon C. Rees, Facundo M. Fernández, John R. Barr*, Mol. Cell. Proteom., 2012, 11, M111.012849
- 2011
Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Using N-15-Labeled Bacteriophage Amplification Coupled with Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
, Carrie L. Pierce, Jon C. Rees, Facundo M. Fernández*, John R. Barr*, Anal. Chem., 2011, 83, 2286-2293.
- 2007
Ambient generation of fatty acid methyl ester profiles from bacterial whole cells by direct analysis in real time (DART) mass spectrometry
, Carrie Y. Pierce, John R. Barr, Robert B. Cody, Robert F. Massung, Adrian R. Woolfitt, Hercules Moura, Herbert A. Thompson, Facundo M. Fernández*, Chem. Comm., 2007, 8, 807-809. [Article product of our CDC/GT seed grant. Research conducted at GT by part time GT graduate student in Fernández group, also a full time employee at CDC. Thompson, Massung provided samples, microbiology expertise, Cody provided expertise in DART, other authors provided advice, proofread manuscript]. Highly cited article.
- 2007
Strain and phase identification of the U.S. category B agent Coxiella burnetii by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and multivariate pattern recognition
, Carrie Y. Pierce, John R. Barr, Adrian R. Woolfitt, Hercules Moura, Edward I. Shaw, Herbert A. Thompson, Robert F. Massung, Facundo M. Fernández*, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2007, 583(1), 23-31.
- 2006
Identification of microorganisms by mass spectrometry. Edited by Charles Wilkins and Jackson O. Lay Jr.
, Facundo M. Fernández*, Carrie Y. Pierce, Q. Rev. Biol., 2006, 83(1), 283.