CPM
Center for Protein Modification
Center for Protein Modification (CPM) provides the start-of-the-art proteomics technologies to support innovative projects and educate next-generation scientists, facilitating research discoveries around Post-translational Modifications (PTMs), chemical modifications (e.g., ABPP), and proteome dynamics in basic, translational, and clinical sciences. Launched in August 2026, CPM welcomes collaborations at two levels:
- Research collaboration: joint investment and brainstorming to solve a new scientific problem, discover a new modification, or contribute critical data to a future paper or grant specific aim. This is best for collaborations that require pushing scientific boundaries through the development of new proteomics methods, experimental design, or new software/code.
- Fee-for-Service: collaborator’s need-based service on data acquisition, sample preparation, or data analysis. Using well-established protocols and methods, this is best for collaborations with clear, specific proteomics needs. Rates are based on approved charges by the Rutgers Costing Group, per sample.
Example protocols
- Whole proteome DDA (Data-dependent Acquisition).
- Whole proteome DIA (Data-independent Acquisition).

- Protein interactome/immunoprecipitation mass spectrometry (IPMS)

- Rapid immunoprecipitation mass spectrometry of endogenous proteins (RIME)

- ATE1-based Arginylation Profiling (ABAP)

- Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP)

Partners
Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF), Rutgers Busch Campus, https://cabm.rutgers.edu/research/mass-spectrometry-facility
Center for Advance Metabolomics and Proteomics Research (CAMPR), Rutgers NJMS Newark, https://research-office.njms.rutgers.edu/core-facilities/capr
Contact
CPM provides consultation, training, and advice to investigators and trainees willing to use proteomics for their research ideas and projects.
Director: Tom Lin, PhD
Shipping
Attn: Tom Lin
Center for Protein Modification
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers University
William Levine Hall, Room 323
160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Tel: 848-445-3281. Email: tom.z.lin at rutgers.edu