Along with Wikipedia’s mass spectrometry entry, which has risen to become the number one Google hit for mass spectrometry, there are a few other noteworthy Wikimedia projects: mass spectrometry photos and diagrams in Wikimedia Commons, mass spectrometry defined in Wictionary, and mass spectrometry section in a Wikibooks selection on proteomics.
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Spectroscopy and Separations Podcasts
Joining the growing number of chemical analysis podcasts: SpectroscopyNow and SeparationsNow podcasts.
Yahoo Pipes Mass Spectrometry
Yahoo Pipes is a service that allows the manipulation of web content to create a remixed version of the information. Here is a mashup of mass spectrometry journal articles. Mass spectrometry journals are fed straight in and journals with mixed content (e.g. Analytical Chemisry) are filtered to pull out the mass spectrometry articles.
Proteomics Clinical Applications
Wiley has launched a new proteomics journal, Proteomics – Clinical Applications aimed at “application of proteomics to the study of human disease and translation to the clinic.” A quick browse of the first issue suggest that at least half of the articles will be in some way related to mass spectrometry. Fortunately there is RSS …
Moving a Large Instrument
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmmVb779NP4 The KATRIN MAC-E Filter travels through Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (via).
Analytical Chemistry Podcast
Analytical Chemistry joins the growing number of journals with a podcast (an audio introduction).
Spectroscopy Journal Impact Factors
2005 Impact Factor 1 – Mass Spectroscopy Rev. (13.27) 2 – Prog. NMR Spectroscopy (6.46) 3 – J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. (3.64) 4 – J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectr. (3.63) 5 – J. Mass Spectrometry (3.57) 6 – Rapid Comm. Mass Spectr. (3.09) 7 – NMR in Biomedicine (2.47) 8 – J. Magnetic Resonance (2.42) …
LCMS Finds Cocaine on Euros
This Analyst article on LCMS for the determination of drug contamination on Irish euro banknotes by Jonathan Bones, Mirek Macka and Brett Paull at the Dublin City University National Center for Sensor Research has been getting quite a bit of press. Trace cocaine was found on all 45 bank notes tested. This is perhaps not …
C60, the Celestial Sphere that Fell to Earth
Here is a video (RealVideo) of a 1995 lecture by Harry Kroto on the discovery of C60. The famous mass spectrum is at the 12 minute mark (via>via).
Mass Spectrometry IDs Fake Fur
It isn’t clear what test was performed, but this story about fake fur has been the biggest mass spectrometry item of the past week. One possibility is MALDI MS of keratin, as described in Identification and Quantification of Feathers, Down, and Hair of Avian and Mammalian Origin Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry by …
Stardust Mass Spectrometry
Organics Captured from Comet 81P/Wild 2 by the Stardust Spacecraft in the December 15 Science.
Mass Spec Meets YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=741O4KJ95Ng
Clickable CID Spectrum
The Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility at the University of New South Wales has a peptide collision induced dissociation simulator in which you use a mouse click to break peptide backbone bonds. There is also a sequencing tutorial with study questions.
Proteomics Podcast
The Wiley journal Proteomics has started a podcast. Unfortunately, it isn’t formatted for subscription and each audio file must be downloaded individually. Update: There is now a URL for the podcast that can be used with iTunes or similar software: http://www.wiley-vch.de/vch/journals/2120/podcast/podcast.xml.
MS Biomarker Research to Top $745M
Kalorama Information, a division of MarketResearch.com, is predicting that mass spectrometry in research related to biomarker discovery will exceed $745 Million by the year 2010. The full report can be obtained online for about $3000.
Nier’s Mass Spectrograph
Several photos of the 1940 Nier Mass Spectrograph are online at the National Museum of American History. Alfred Nier built this instrument to separate 235U from 238U and test the prediction that the former undergoes fission (via).
Element 118 Discovered
A noble gas with 118 protons has been discovered (via).
Todd Wins Aston Medal
Prof. John F J Todd of the University of Kent was awarded the Aston Medal by the British Mass Spectrometry Society.
Who Needs Powerpoint
An excellent Google Video critique of “Determination of Methylmercury, Ethylmercury, and Inorganic Mercury in Mouse Tissues, Following Administration of Thimerosal, by Species-Specific Isotope Dilution GC-Inductively Coupled Plasma-MS ,” Qvarnstrom, Lambertsson, Havarinasab, Hultman, & Frech,Anal. Chem. 2003; 75 4120 using pen, paper and video camera.
C&E News MS Cover Story
Chemical & Engineering News has a cover story on the International Mass Spectrometry Conference last month in Prague.