SPARC Molecular Analysis

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SPARC Molecular Analysis Services

SPARC Molecular Analysis is operated on a fee-for-service basis by experienced, professional staff that work closely with researchers from early consultation and planning phases, through to delivery of data, data analysis, and preparation of publications and grant proposals. While the SPARC BioCentre (SickKids Proteomics, Analytics, Robotics & Chemical Biology Centre) officially opened in February 2014 on the top floor of the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning (PGCRL), it has evolved through the coalescence of core facilities at SickKids, and has been in continuous operation for more than 25 years. Its longest running antecedent was the Advanced Protein Technology Centre (APTC), which merged with the Signaling Identification Network (SIDNET) facility in 2011. We now operate as SPARC Molecular Analysis and SPARC Drug Discovery. Through generous CFI-funding, SPARC Molecular Analysis is able to provide researchers at SickKids and beyond with the following state-of-the-art services:

• Mass Spectrometry; Proteomics
• Amino Acid Analysis
• N-terminal Sequencing of Proteins and Peptides (Edman)
• Cell Metabolism Analysis

Getting Started

To request services to SPARC Molecular Analysis, you need an iLab account. For SPARC Drug Discovery services, you do NOT need an iLab account.

Register for an iLab account: 

Please click HERE to fill out the required information and request an account. You will receive a password within one business day. 

Leadership

Mike Moran
Scientific Director
Phone: 647-235-6435
Email: mmoran@sickkids.ca

Leanne Wybenga-Groot
Core Facility Manager
Phone: 647-822-3897
Email: leanne.wybenga-groot@sickkids.ca

Acknowledgment Policy 

SPARC normally neither requires nor requests co-authorship on studies using data generated solely on a fee-for-service basis by our facilities. In cases where significant intellectual contributions have been made, co-authorship may be appropriate, following usually-accepted scientific practice.

However, in order to satisfy reporting requirements of our funding partners, and to monitor our scientific impact as a core facility, we require that customers acknowledge work performed by SPARC. This can be done in either or both of the following ways:

1. In the acknowledgments section of peer-reviewed publications, when SPARC personnel have been especially helpful (in study design, data interpretation, or technology selection), and where the author(s) feel that it is warranted, the following sentence should be incorporated: The authors wish to thank [name of employee(s) and/or director(s)] of SPARC BioCentre Molecular Analysis, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada for assistance with [activities or services performed].

 2. In the body text of peer-reviewed publications (for example, in Methods and Materials or Results sections), when SPARC has provided a service, the following language should be used: [Service] was performed by SPARC BioCentre Molecular Analysis, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

We will also be pleased to receive notification and a copy when clients publish papers acknowledging SPARC.  

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. Sickkids SPARC

Contacts