This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Fourier transform mass spectrometer generates high resolution, and thus highly informative, mass spectra. For complex biological mass spectra, there is currently a very significant limitation in the ability to interpret these spectra in a timely fashion due to the need to manually inspect and label every peak in the mix. This is time consuming and can be greatly aided by even relatively simple automated software for partial interpretation of these spectra. To this end, the Boston University Data Analysis (BUDA) software was created. This software allows the user to open and inspect the raw FTMS data on any personal computer running microsoft Windows, and is frequently copied onto a CD-ROM along with the raw data to be given out to collaborators. This year, several new features have been and are currently being added to the BUDA program. Ms. Kaur's data analysis routines are incorporated into BUDA, but a proper user interface is still being developed. The same is true for the filter diagonalization method code which Mr. Aizikov has been developing.
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