Company Announcements

Thermo Fisher Scientific is collaborating with the integrative network biology initiative at The Institute of Cancer Research in the UK.

Bruker Daltonics and the Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory of Professor Catherine Costello at the Boston University School of Medicine are collaborating on the application of ion trap MS and FT-MS to glycomics and proteomics applications, including the development of new methods for the structural analysis of carbohydrates, such as “reverse” electron transfer dissociation.

Syft Technologies reported fiscal 2009 sales ended March 31 rose 42.3% to AUD 3.7 million ($2.2 million), short of expectations. Operating loss increased from AUD 3.6 million ($2.7 million) to AUD 4.9 million ($2.9 million) (see IBO 10/15/09).

Advion Biosystems and Waters announced the compatibility of their respective TriVersa NanoMate chip-based nanoelectrospray ionization system and MS systems.

Northrop Grumman and Syagen Technology signed a multiyear product development and license agreement to further develop MS for mobile military operations.

Percorso Life Sciences will commercialize Phoenix S&T’s AutoNanosystem nanospray and microspray MS devices in North America.

Agilent and the Institute for Systems Biology will create the Human Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) Atlas, designed to enable the quantitative assessment of proteins in human tissues, cell lines and blood. They will produce a database of up to four peptides per human protein coding gene with verified MRM-based MS assays.

Product Introductions

Applied Biosystems introduced new iMethod Tests for clinical research that are optimized for Chromsystems Instruments & Chemicals GmbH’s specialized chemistries.

Thermo Fisher Scientific released a drug screening and confirmation solution for forensic toxicology based on its Thermo Scientific Exactive LC/MS platform.

Pfeiffer Vacuum introduced the OmniStar gas analysis system, featuring the PrismaPlus MS.

Bio-Rad Laboratories and Bruker introduced the Lucid Proteomics System, which combines their respective SELDI-based array technology and ultrafleXtreme MALDI-TOF/TOF MS.

Bruker Daltonics launched in August the world’s first 18 T magnet for FT-MS.

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments released the QC Reporter software for high-throughput quality control of synthetic products using the AXIMA MALDI-TOF MS.

Varian launched the 325-MS triple quadrupole LC/MS system for high-throughput labs, featuring the vESI vortex ion source and Gold-Guard ion optics for enhanced contamination resistance.