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Exploring the Fourth Dimension of Proteome Analysis
Recent developments in MS technology have enabled a fourth dimension of analysis: ion mobility separation. The term "4D proteomics" has been created to describe analysis that incorporates all four dimensions. We interviewed two researchers at the forefront of the proteomics field to learn more about how 4D proteomics approaches are enhancing their research.
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Clinical Proteomics and Computational Biochemistry With Professor Jürgen Cox
Technology Networks recently spoke with Professor Jürgen Cox to learn more about the computational software tools his laboratory are developing, and how 4D proteomics workflows enhance research in clinical proteomics.
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Talking Clinical Proteomics With Dr Roman Fischer
Technology Networks spoke with Dr Roman Fischer to learn more about the challenges researchers face in the field of clinical proteomics, and how 4D proteomics workflows are enhancing his laboratory's work.
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First-of-its-Kind Cyclic IMS Promises Unlimited Experimental Opportunities
Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS) has witnessed significant growth over the last two decades. To better understand IMS, the benefits this technology provides, and exactly what Waters' new SELECT SERIES CyclicTM IMS offers, we spoke to Emma Marsden-Edwards.
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Single Cell Analysis – Advantages, Challenges, and Applications
We recently spoke with Dr Marian Rehak, VP of Research and Development at Sphere Fluidics, to learn more about the importance of single cell analysis. Marian touches on some of the common challenges encountered and highlights some of the key applications.
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Agilent’s Latest Acquisition in the Cell Analysis Space: BioTek Instruments
Agilent Technologies Inc. recently announced it had signed an agreement to acquire BioTek Instruments, a global leader in life science instrumentation.
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Size Matters: Diffusion Technique Sorts Out Pathological Proteins
Proteinopathies are diseases that feature misfolded proteins. In the brain, proteinopathies are rife, but research techniques are facing up to the challenge of studying these diseases. We talked to the University of Cambridge’s Tom Scheidt, whose research uses an innovative technique called diffusional sizing to better understand proteins.
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Fentanyl Analogue Identification Toolkit Aids Forensic Toxicology
Getting an arrow in the target is hard enough but imagine trying to do it when the target is constantly moving or morphs into something that doesn’t even look like the target anymore? This is the challenge for forensic scientists trying to detect fentanyl in samples. We spoke to research scientist Alex Krotulski about his group’s arms race with the evolution of fentanyl variants.
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Waters’ Highly Flexible SYNAPT XS Offers Freedom of Analytical Choice
A highly flexible and high-resolution mass spectrometer, the SYNAPT™ XS technology from Waters has been developed with the analytical needs of R&D labs in mind. Joanne Ballantyne tells us more about the development of SYNAPT™ XS and the features to which it lends its versatility.
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Identifying Novel Opioid Agonists From Metabolites
Novel drugs of abuse have been a growing problem for law enforcement and the medical profession. Consequently, they have also become a challenge for analysts in the face of new or variant chemicals. We spoke to Research Scientist Alex Krotulski about the work he is doing to identify new and emerging illicit substances.
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