New Shimadzu MALDImini-1 Digital Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer Provides Fast, High-Sensitive Measurements through an Ultra-Compact Design

Shimadzu Corporation announces the release of the MALDImini™-1, the first commercially available compact MALDI digital ion trap mass spectrometer. The MALDImini-1 fits in a space the size of a piece of paper, while allowing fast high-sensitivity measurements and detailed structural and qualitative analyses over a wide mass range, even with sub-microliter sample volumes. With its... Read more

908 Devices Secures $17.5 Million in Growth Funding

04.29.19 908 Devices, a pioneer of analytical devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, today announced it has closed $17.5 million in a growth equity funding round.  This Series E funding brings the company’s total to $70M, making 908 Devices the most well-resourced upstart in the multibillion-dollar mass spectrometry market.  The round was led by Northpond... Read more

Bruker and the Translational Metabolic Laboratory at Radboud University Medical Center Announce the Establishment of a Joint Center of Excellence for Translational Omics

Nijmegen, Netherlands, April 16, 2019 – At the opening event of the Netherlands X-omics Initiative, Bruker and the Translation Metabolic Laboratory (TML) at Radboud University Medical Center (UMC) today jointly announce the establishment of a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Translational Omics. Under the leadership of Professor Alain van Gool, the joint CoE will focus on... Read more

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Collaboration to Advance Noninvasive Risk Assessments of Pregnancy Outcomes

San Jose, Calif. – (April 16, 2019) – Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, and NX Prenatal Inc., a recognized leader in the detection, monitoring and management of pregnancy-related complications using novel exosome-based methods, have entered into a collaboration to develop clinical mass spectrometry-based proteomics assays to monitor fetal health in utero and assess the risk... Read more

Agilent Introduces New Mass Spectrometry Solutions

Agilent Introduces New Mass Spectrometry Solutions Increased capabilities for food testing, environmental screening, and metabolomics research with new systems and software workflows SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 15, 2019 Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a range of new products designed to deliver improved analytical and business outcomes for laboratories involved in a variety of... Read more

Pittcon 2019: On an Upward Trajectory

This year, the 70th annual Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon), held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA, featured a number of new events and sessions. Included among them were a birthday celebration and the unveiling of the newly made-over Pete Conn, the conference mascot. Pittcon opened on Saturday, March... Read more

Shimadzu’s Next-Generation Clinical Laboratory Automation Module Fully Automates Processes from Pretreatment to Biological LCMS Analysis

Apr 02 2019 Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI) announces the release of the Clinical Laboratory Automation Module (CLAM-2030), a fully integrated sample pretreatment module for LCMS biological analysis. This innovation in automation improves laboratory efficiency, enables fast, precise results, and maintains low operating costs. By automating operations such as dispensing, stirring, filtering, heating, and sample transfer,... Read more

New Direct-Sampling Ion Source Simplifies Sample Preparation in Routine Applications

Palm Springs, CA – MSACL US 2019 – (April 1, 2019) – Laboratories can deliver the rapid quantitation of time-critical samples in a single run with the launch of an easy-to-use, direct sampling source that is designed to decrease reliance on a complex chromatographic separation step for a wide range of routine mass spectrometry-based applications, including drug analyte... Read more

New Direct-Sampling Ion Source Simplifies Sample Preparation in Routine Applications

New Direct-Sampling Ion Source Simplifies Sample Preparation in Routine Applications Thermo Scientific VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source provides an easy-to-use, high-throughput direct sampling and screening system for time-critical samples PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MSACL US 2019 — Laboratories can deliver the rapid quantitation of time-critical samples in a single run with the... Read more

Fluidigm Introduces the First Complete Sample-to-Answer Solution for Deep Immune Profiling by Mass Cytometry

The new standard in immune profiling for advancing translational and clinical research of immune-mediated diseases SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fluidigm Corporation (NASDAQ:FLDM), an innovative biotechnology tools provider with a vision to improve life through comprehensive health insight, today announced the introduction of the Maxpar® Direct™ Immune Profiling System. Setting the new standard in immune... Read more