Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique used to identify and quantify molecules based on their mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). It provides valuable information about the chemical composition, ...

What is mass spectrometry? Mass spectrometry, or MS, is the measurement of molecular mass that is gained by determining the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of ions generated from the target molecule. Mass ...

In Star Trek, Mr. Spock’s hand-held tricorder can instantly tell what something is made of. We don’t have tricorders yet, but we’re getting close. Portable devices just a little too big to hold in one ...

Can you explain how you found your source of innovation and what factors influenced your desire to stay in the workplace even after retiring? I attribute that to New England Biolabs (NEB), as an ...

Matthias Trost (left) is a Professor at Newcastle University (UK) with a lab comprising three focuses: method development for proteomics, the application of mass spectrometry in drug discovery and the ...

The peptide research market has a verification problem. Independent testing studies have repeatedly found that peptide vials sold as research-grade frequently fail to meet their labeled purity claims.

What are some important lessons you have learned in your career, and are there any important people that have helped you along the way? When I started my career in biotechnology, my boss was Rich ...

A wide-ranging review has found that rapid mass spectrometry could support the authentication, safety assessment and process ...

A new data-driven technique, called fingerprint mass spectrometry, provides a method for measuring the mass of individual proteins using nanoscale devices. Caltech scientists have developed a method ...

Researchers at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) have developed a next-generation technology platform designed to accelerate one of the slowest and most challenging stages of cancer drug ...