Welcome to CAUMA...
The Center for Analytical Ultracentrifugation of Macromolecular Assemblies is an institutional core facility located in the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Our mission is to assist researchers with solution-state characterization of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies by means of analytical ultracentrifugation.
In addition to its primary role as a resource for institutional faculty and trainees, CAUMA offers analytical ultracentrifugation services to outside investigators in both academia and industry.
In conjunction with the Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance and the Center for Light Scattering we provide comprehensive hydrodynamic and thermodynamic analysis of biological samples.
The facility has three analytical ultracentrifuges (Beckman Optima XLI/A), two of which are equipped with Rayleigh interference optics and one is equipped with fluorescence optics, and all instruments feature UV/visible absorption optics.
Funding for this facility is provided through multiple sources:
- Department of Biochemistry
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ERC
- San Antonio Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Institute through grant P30 CA054174
- The Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation
- The National Science Foundation
- TG-MCB070038
- TG-MCB060019T
- DBI-9974819
- ANI-228927
- DBI-9724273
- The National Institutes of Health through grant 1 R01 RR022200-01A1
- User fees collected from collaborators and users of this facility
Thank you for visiting and feel free to send us your comments!
Borries Demeler,
Ph.D.
Facility Director