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 into collaboration with JMI Laboratories in the field of fungal identification by proteomics fingerprinting using its MALDI Biotyper. Goals include the validation and expansion of the system’s database fingerprint profiles.

Bruker announced in June one-year collaboration with the CDC’s Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory. Goals include the validation and expansion of the MALDI Biotyper’s database protein fingerprint profiles.

Photonis signed a development partnership agreement in June with IonSense to further enhance sampling capabilities for the DART MS source.

Dr. Jens Frisvad and the Center for Microbial Biotechnology in the Technical University of Denmark’s Department of Systems Biology received an Agilent Thought Leader Award and will use Agilent’s LC-QTOF MS for discovery metabolomics and LC-QQQ MS for target screening.

Waters and the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency announced in June that they plan to open a lab-based training facility for food safety.

In June, Waters broke ground on its new Mass Spectrometry Headquarters in Manchester, UK. It will unite the existing MS operations, which consist of over 500 employees in the UK. The facility is scheduled to open in 2014.

Kanomax acquired in June a majority share of MSI TOKYO, a provider of portable MS systems.

Advion named Scientifix its exclusive distributor for Australia.

PerkinElmer announced in July collaboration with the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants to increase the awareness of pre-eclampsia screening.

Product Introductions

BIOCRATES Life Sciences introduced in May the Waters Xevo TQ MS editions of its AbsoluteIDQ p 180 and p150 kits for quantifying metabolites.

In June, Bioformatics Solutions released the PEAKS 6 MS software, which integrates separate algorithms for de novo sequencing, database search, post-translational modification and mutations.

Hiden Analytical introduced in June the HPR-20 QIC TMS gas analyzer for the analysis of fast transient pulses and rapid compositional changes in gaseous processes.

In July, FLIR introduced the Griffin 824 ion trap MS for explosives and narcotics trace detection, featuring an analysis time of 10 seconds. No cleaners are required.