{"id":4400,"date":"2022-10-31T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/imms\/?page_id=4400"},"modified":"2026-06-01T17:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:16:28","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/imms\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Welcome to the Chouinard Group at Clemson University<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#f56600&#8243;][vc_column_text]Research\u00a0in this group involves ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS), a powerful technique that provides two separate dimensions of chemical separations information for improving confidence in identification and quantitation in metabolomics, lipidomics, and proteomics. Our projects range from instrument development to biological\/clinical applications to fundamental studies of gas-phase chemistry and structure.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Group News and Updates<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">.blog-shortcode.blog-list-shortcode-id-878ca4fc12465320c9abf1e3a9394970.dividers-on.classic-layout-list article {\n  margin-top: 5px;\n  padding-top: 0;\n}\n.blog-shortcode.blog-list-shortcode-id-878ca4fc12465320c9abf1e3a9394970.dividers-on.classic-layout-list article:first-of-type {\n  margin-top: 0;\n  padding-top: 0;\n}\n.blog-shortcode.blog-list-shortcode-id-878ca4fc12465320c9abf1e3a9394970.classic-layout-list.mode-list .post-thumbnail-wrap {\n  width: 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Low Mass MOBIE System Installed\" rel=\"bookmark\">New Instrument! Low Mass MOBIE System Installed<\/a>\n\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"entry-excerpt\"><p>This week, MOBILion installed its new low mass-enabled MOBIE system in our lab. 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