Secondary ion MS (SIMS) provides trace analysis in solid samples, with detection levels in the parts per billion range. The technique can be utilized to provide imaging of a sample’s surface, or even a three-dimensional picture of the sample. The measurement process begins with an ion beam being directed at the surface. When the ions […]
In October, Bruker will begin shipping its first LC/MS product line, the EVOQ triple quadrupole LC/MS systems. The line consists of the EVOQ Elite and the EVOQ Qube, both of which feature Bruker’s new Advance UHPLC systems (see IBO 5/31/12). Bruker obtained the Advance technology, which provides separations from 100–50,000 nL/min with no hardware changes […]
Company Announcements Shimadzu partnered in April with Sugiyama Laboratory, part of RIKEN Research Center’s RIKEN Innovation Center, to research LC/MS/MS quantitative analysis methods to support drug discovery using microdosing. Bruker signed in June an exclusive framework agreement with Turkish diagnostic lab firm Duzen for molecular microbial identification based on MALDI-TOF MS. In June, Bruker entered […]
Glycoscience assists in the development of new drugs and biofuels, but for greater benefits, advances in the field must occur, according to Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future, a report released earlier this month by the National Academy of Sciences. The report evaluates the current state of glycoscience research, notes its contributions and limitations, […]
In January, when IBO issued its industry forecast for 2012 (see IBO 1/15/12), the industry had just finished two consecutive years of robust growth, which suggested it might be possible for such strong growth to continue. Although at the time we developed the forecast, we did not have the benefit of fourth quarter results for […]
Company Announcements Agilent and Universiti Putra Malaysia announced in April a collaboration to strengthen Malaysia’s research capabilities for halal food products. Agilent will provide a 6490 triple quadrupole LC/MS system. In April, Waters selected the Irish National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training and Professor Pauline Rudd for its Centers for Innovation Program. AB SCIEX […]
MALDI-TOF technology and instrumentation has grown to encompass quite a wide range of system configurations, capabilities and costs. At the top of this pyramid are MALDI-TOF/TOF systems, which offer fragmentation capabilities that are unique compared to other types of MALDI-TOF. The configuration of MALDI-TOF/TOF systems allows for ion fragmentation by collision induced dissociation (CID). Other […]
IBO has selected Agilent’s 8800 triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma–MS (ICP-MS) as the outstanding new product at this year’s ASMS meeting. While the majority of ICP-MS systems are based on single quadrupole mass analyzers, and there are a handful of TOF and magnetic sector systems, the 8800 is the first triple quadrupole ICP-MS. Thus, the […]
This year’s 60th annual conference of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) was held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 20 to 24. Attendance by both exhibitors and end-users was down marginally, from 169 and 6,477 in Denver, Colorado, last year to 165 and 6,283, respectively, this year. There were no fewer than a dozen […]
Clinical analysis has become a major segment of the tandem quadrupole LC/MS, as known as triple quadrupole LC/MS, market. While the majority of demand is from clinical research applications, tandem quadrupole LC/MS for clinical diagnostic use is beginning to overcome some of the barriers to widespread adoption. Clinical research applications are defined as those tests […]
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