Rescheduling a Schedule I substance, and the Delta-8 controversy by Diana Tran | Dec 17, 2021 | Blogs, Food / Beverage, Food and BeverageRead time: 2 minutes Introduction to drug scheduling in the US Did you know that in the US, drugs and other chemicals are classified into 5 distinct categories depending on the drug’s acceptable medical use and its potential for abuse or dependency? Drugs federally...
Using the Skyline / Panorama AutoQC tools for continuous monitoring your TripleTOF system performance by Christie Hunter | Dec 17, 2021 | Data acquisition, Life Science Research, Optimizing Performance, Proteomics, QTOF, SCIEX information, SkylineThe Skyline team has developed a nice pipeline for evaluation of LC-MS/MS performance over time for MS systems in the research lab environment. To help you use this solution, we have set up two Skyline Documents that you can use for continuous system monitoring....
How does automatic calibration work on the QTOF, TripleTOF and ZenoTOF systems? by Christie Hunter | Dec 15, 2021 | Data acquisition, QTOF, SCIEX information, Technology, ZenoTOF 7600 systemWhen you think about calibration of a mass spectrometer, there are actually two aspects to consider. There is the accuracy of the calibration (that it is correct when calibration is performed) and the stability or precision of the mass calibration (that it remains...
How do I check the quality of the Auto Retention Time Calibration used in my Extractor processing? by Christie Hunter | Dec 15, 2021 | Data Visualization, Life Science Research, Proteomics, QTOF, SCIEX information, ZenoTOF 7600 systemWhen using the Auto-Calibration option in Extractor, a set of retention time calibration peptides will be determined automatically from the library and used for RT calibration. To determine how the fit looks for the calibration on each datafile, follow these steps....
PFAS testing: solid phase extraction vs. direct injection methods by Craig Butt | Dec 14, 2021 | Blogs, Environmental / Industrial, Food and BeverageUS Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Defense (DoD) methods for testing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water require using solid phase extraction (SPE). SPE has been used extensively in environmental contaminant analysis...