Applied Biosystems/MDS Sciex came out on top of other manufacturers in a survey of mass spectrometer buyers. For $3600, you can get the details of the report.
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Grokker-ing Mass Spectrometry
A visual search engine.
FAIMS Tutorial
The faims.com website has a detailed and well-referenced tutorial on High-Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry.
Slashdot: Bioinformatics in the Post-Genomic Era
A review of Bioinformatics in the Post-Genomic Era by Jeff Augen.
Device For Weighing Individual Molecules
PhysOrg: “Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have created the first nanodevices capable of weighing individual biological molecules. This technology may lead to new forms of molecular identification that are cheaper and faster than existing methods, as well as revolutionary new instruments for proteomics.“
Canadians Debate MS/MS Newborn Screening
Extending tests beyond congenital hypothyroidism and PKU suggested.
Agilent LC/MS Chip
More of the lab moves onto the chip.
Agilent Introduces Dual ESI/APCI Source
Agilent has rolled out a simultaneous ESI/APCI ion source for the LC/MSD.
Selected Ion Flow Tube MS
Syft Technologies New Zealand introduced aselected ion flow tube mass spectrometer at Pittcon.
Stable Isotope Labeling
More from the ABRF meeting: the silac.org site has information on quantitative proteomics using stable isotope labeled amino acids in cell cultures for quantitative proteomics studies.
ASMS Fall Workshop on Polymer Mass Spectrometry
The ASMS Fall Workshop on polymer MS is December 9 and 10, 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland. The registration deadline is November 19.
Rays Of Positive Electricity
Sir J.J. Thomson’s book “Rays of Positive Electricity and their Application to Chemical Analysis” is available on-line. You may need the DjVu Browser Plugin to view the doument.
One Version of the Facts: My Life in the Ivory Tower
From the University of Manitoba Press: In his engaging memoirs, One Version of the Facts: My Life in the Ivory Tower, Dr. Henry Duckworth takes readers from his student days in Winnipeg and Chicago in the 1930s to his time as president of the University of Winnipeg (1971-1981) and chancellor of the University of Manitoba. …
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New ASMS Website
The American Society for Mass Spectrometry website has been updated and moved to a new server. There may be some problems connecting this week as the change propagates through nameservers worldwide.
Siu Wins Herzberg Award
Professor K. W. Michael Siu, professor of chemistry and director of the Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry at York University in Totonto, received the the Gerhard Herzberg Award from the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy.
Standard Definitions of Terms Related to Mass Spectrometry
The MS Terms and Definitions project is outlined in the latest Chemistry International, IUPAC’s Newsmagazine.
Detectors and Sensors for CBNR Weapons
A workshop on Detector/Sensor Research and Technology for Homeland and National Security: Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Radiological Weapons, and Toxic Industrial Chemicals will be held September 14 -16, 2004 at the River Terrace in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Hosted by Oak Ridge National Labs.
MS Workshop in Russia
The Second Workshop on Mass Spectrometry in Chemical Physics, Biophysics and Environmental Sciences will take place in Zvenigorod Russia on October 4-7, 2004.
JCAMP-DX Page at Sourceforge
JCAMP-DX has a homepage and a SourceForge Project page.
MSQuant LC/MS Tool
SourceForge.net: Project Info – MSQuant: “MSQuant is a tool for quantitative proteomics/mass spectrometry and processes spectra and LC runs to find quantitative information about proteins and peptides. Though automated it also allows manual inspection and change.”