Tandem mass spectrometry is a powerful tool in proteomics. By ionizing peptides and then fragmenting those ions into smaller product ions, researchers can determine the biomolecules’ amino acid ...

MALDI remains a powerful tool for analyzing large biomolecules with minimal fragmentation. In this process, peptides or proteins are co-crystallized with a matrix on a metal plate. A laser pulse ...

Plant-produced pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) pose health risks due to their toxicity and frequent occurrence in foods like ...

All mass spec vendors continue to innovate with technical enhancements to their existing products and introduce new products continuously. The demand from customers tends to be for more performance, ...

An algorithm designed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Computational Biology Department and St. Petersburg State University in Russia could help scientists identify unknown molecules.

Mass spectrometry (MS) has long been a cornerstone of chemical and biological analysis, but in biotech and biomanufacturing, it is now experiencing a renaissance. As drug modalities diversify—peptides ...

Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics are transforming biopharmaceutical research, yet their structural complexity continues to test the limits of analytical technology. Precise fragmentation and ...

Methylation (namely addition of a methyl group) of arginine amino acid residues of proteins is a post-translational modification (PTM) catalyzed by a family of nine enzymes called Protein Arginine ...

Researchers analyzing protein-based drugs with mass spectrometry must handle challenges including analyte ion distribution over multiple charge states. The ZenoTOF 7600 system is a high-resolution ...

Orbitrap Astral Zoom and Orbitrap Excedion Pro deliver increased speed and sensitivity to set a new performance benchmark for high-resolution, accurate mass spectrometry WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE ...