METLIN is a database system for metabolite identification by mass spectrometry. An article on the technique, XCMS: Processing Mass Spectrometry Data for Metabolite Profiling Using Nonlinear Peak Alignment, Matching, and Identification, just came out in the Analytical Chemistry. Software binaries are available for Windows and Mac OS X.
Category Archives: MS in the News
Britannica Responds to Nature on Wikipedia Comparison
Encyclopaedia Britannica has published a response (PDF article) to Nature regarding their comparison of the accuracy of the online Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikipedia (via > via). Interested readers can conduct their own comparison of the “Mass Spectrometry” entries on Britanica (registration required) and Wikipedia.
Waters and Bruker to Collaborate
Waters (LC) and Bruker (MS, NMR) announced a collaboration on LC/MS and LC/NMR (via).
Varian Buys IonSpec
Insrument manufacturer Varian, Inc. announced that it would acquire the Fourier Transform mass spectrometry company IonSpec Corporation (via).
Agilent’s New ESI-TOF
Agilent introduced a new benchtop electrospray time-of-flight mass spectrometer today (via).
Proteomics of Beer
The Manitoban Online has an article on the proteomics of the malt barley found in Canadian beer.
Using ICP-MS to Find Hit-and-Run Vehicles
Capabilities of laser ablation—inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for (trace) element analysis of car paints for forensic purposes in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.
Mass Spectrometry or Poetry? Why not Both?
An article in the Arizona Republic (signin required) has a report on Glendale Community College organic chemistry students writing poetry to help them deal with complex topics such as mass spectrometry and photochemical oxidation. How about haiku? It’s short and perhaps easier to write than a sonnet or epic poem about mass spectrometry. For example, …
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LCMS of King Tut’s Wine
Researchers at the University of Barcelona used LC/MS/MS to analyze dry residue of wine from King Tut’s tomb: see First evidence of white wine in ancient Egypt from Tutankhamun’s tomb in Journal of Archaeological Science (via) and the related article: The origin of the ancient Egyptian drink Shedeh revealed using LC/MS/MS Journal of Archaeological Science …
OSU Gets Keck Grant for ECD MS/MS
Oregon State University mass spectrometrists Doug Barofsky and Max Deinzer have been awarded a $1M Keck Foundation Grant to develop and electron capture tandem mass spectrometer for proteomics research (via).
Agilent Rolls Out Triple Quad, QTOF
Agilent aims at increasing LC/MS market share with new product line (via).
Identification of Proteins in Renaissance Paintings by Proteomics
Analytical Chemistry (subscription required) has a unique article on the proteomic analysis of Renaissance paintings. The authors worked with microgram quantities of paint from Benedetto Bonfigli’s triptych, The Virgin and Child, St. John the Baptist, St. Sebastian (XVth century), and from Niccolo di Pietro Gerini’s, The Virgin and Child (XIVth century) and found proteins from …
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The why behind a wine%u2019s bouquet – Science Mysteries – MSNBC.com
The why behind a wine%u2019s bouquet – Science Mysteries – MSNBC.com
Open Access JASMS
The Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry is now open access for articles older than one year. Each month a new issue is made available. For example, issues through February 2005 are now available.
InSilicoSpectro Perl Library for Proteomics
InSilicoSpectro is an open source Perl library for protomics mass spectrometry. The Perl scripts can be integrated into other software, for example, the commercial program Phenyx. The J. Prot. Res. article (subscription required) has links to related software, but they are not clickable.
DESI, IMS, and Resurgent Challenges to HPLC-MS
Article on new LCMS techniques in the January 1 LCGC.
American Chemical Society Journal RSS Feeds
American Chemical Society RSS Feeds are now available. Here’s Analytical Chemistry and here is Analytical Chemistry marked up (using Feed2JS).
Historical Mass Spectrometry Books and Articles
Sir J. J. Thomson’s 1913 Rays Of Positive Electricity and 1921 Rays Of Positive Electricity Second Edition are online at the Internet Archive Million Book Project. ChemTeam’s Classic Papers has J. J. Thomson On the Masses of the Ions in Gases at Low Pressures, Philosophical Magazine, 1899, 48, 547-567 and F. W. Aston Isotopes and …
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Journal of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
The Journal of the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan has free full text versions of articles older than one year (via, via).
IMSC 2006: Call for Abstracts
Abstracts are due March 1 for the 17th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Prague, August 27 – September 1, 2006. The registration deadline is March 31.