Category Archives: Instrumentation

Bruker Rapiflex Mass Spectrometer Funded by NSF MRI

MRI: Acquisition of a MALDI Tandem Mass Spectrometer (MALDI MS/MS) for Imaging, Biological Research and Chemical Materials Characterization CHE-2215823 This award is jointly funded by the Major Research Instrumentation Program, the Chemistry Research Instrumentation Program, and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Professor Kermit Murray from Louisiana State University, on behalf of from …

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Waters Synapt Instrument Funded by NIH

The proposal “Waters Synapt XS Mass Spectrometer for Louisiana State University” 1S10OD030429-01A1 with PI Kermit Murray has been funded by the National Institutes of Health for $599,999. This proposal requests funding for a Waters Synapt XS mass spectrometer that will support biomedical research at Louisiana State University. The instrument will be placed in the LSU …

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United States patent 11,371,913 Methods And Devices for Sample Capture Using Gas-Pulse Nanoparticle Displacement

Abstract Murray Kermit, K., Donnarumma, F., & Stephenson, J. (2022). US Patent No. US 11371913 B2. The present disclosure provides for sampling instruments and methods of collecting sample particles. The sampling instrument can include a high-pressure pulsed valve coupled to a gas flow system to displace a sample from a surface. Also included can be …

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Deep-ultraviolet laser ablation sampling for proteomic analysis of tissue

R.O. Lawal, L.T. Richardson, C. Dong, F. Donnarumma, T. Solouki, K.K. Murray, Deep-ultraviolet laser ablation sampling for proteomic analysis of tissue, Anal. Chim. Acta, 1184 (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2021.339021 Abstract Deep-ultraviolet laser ablation with a pulsed 193 nm ArF excimer laser was used to remove localized regions from tissue sections from which proteins were extracted for …

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