Comprehensive Therapeutic Protein Characterization Using One Single Method by SCIEX Community | Jun 19, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsGet to know how CESI-MS will allow you to quickly and accurately characterize protein therapeutics for attributes in a single method by downloading this discovery kit.The Biologics Characterization and Discovery Kit Includes: Executive Summary Tech Note: A Unified...
A Fresh Approach to Food Safety by SCIEX Community | Jun 12, 2017 | Blogs, Food / BeverageDr. Amadeo R Fernández-Alba, EURL for Fruits and Vegetables, University of Almería The EU Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Fruits and Vegetables in Almería is responsible for a network of around 200 laboratories which provide essential surveillance and monitoring to...
The Only Solution You Need for Fast MetID by SCIEX Community | Jun 5, 2017 | Blogs, PharmaIf you work in the breakneck world of therapeutic development, then you probably don’t even have time to read this blog (but we thought we would write it anyways, just in case). Drug metabolism samples are coming into your lab fast and furious. You need to turn them...
How Easy Is It to Relocate a Mass Spectrometer? by SCIEX Community | Jun 1, 2017 | Blogs, TechnologyWhen you’re in the process of moving your lab, across the corridor or to another country, there’s a lot to think about. Adding to the stress, there’s not always a lot of time to plan, or budget allocated for the process, especially in the case of unexpected urgent...
The Key to Measuring Chemical Dyes in Food is LC-MS/MS by SCIEX Community | May 31, 2017 | Blogs, Food / BeverageAdding colorful dyes to food is nothing new. In the early 19th century, for example, it wasn’t uncommon for manufacturers to add chalk to white bread, thicken milk with a lead compound, and inject red dye into meat in the quest for a fresher appearance1. Fast forward...
What is your Method for Separating Challenging Polar Molecules? by SCIEX Community | May 22, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsFrom small ions like phosphate, herbicide degradation to metabolites, oligosaccharides, peptides, and proteins. How is your lab analyzing polar molecules? The reason I ask is there is a saying, if you have a charged or polar molecule, look to capillary electrophoresis...
SWATH Acquisition – Master of All Trades by SCIEX Community | Apr 19, 2017 | Blogs, Technology SWATH® Acquisition is an innovative strategy for acquiring data on a TripleTOF® mass spectrometer. In a previous blog, we learned how SWATH works. Now let’s learn what it can do for different applications: ProteomicsHost-Cell Protein Analysis of BiologicsMetabolite...
The Power Behind LC-MS for Quantifying mAb Therapeutics by SCIEX Community | Apr 19, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsQuantitation of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in biological fluids is important during all stages of antibody drug development. First developed in the 1970s, therapeutic mAbs have both research and medicinal impact as they can be used for diagnosis and treatment of a...
Data Independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry with the Power of SWATH by SCIEX Community | Apr 6, 2017 | Blogs, Life Science Research, Metabolomics, ProteomicsThere are many different methods in use today to acquire data on a mass spectrometer, but few have generated as much buzz in recent years as SWATH technology. First reported 5 years ago by Ruedi Aebersold and his group1, SWATH® Acquisition on...
Volumetric Absorptive Microsampling and the SCIEX 6500+: A Pre-Clinical Case Study for the Biotherapeutic Exenatide by SCIEX Community | Apr 3, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsIn an effort to Replace, Refine, and Reduce the number of animals used for pre-clinical research, several microsampling strategies have been implemented which allow for the consolidation of satellite TK and main study groups. In addition to the ethical gains driven by...
Using the X500R QTOF System and SCIEX OS to Identify and Quantify Food Residues by SCIEX Community | Mar 27, 2017 | Blogs, Food / BeverageFarmers use pesticides to protect crops from insects and disease as pesticides are necessary to create the volume of food that our population requires. Without them, we would not be able to grow enough crops to feed the world—they are a necessary evil. Government...
Setting Records with Fast Glycan Technology by SCIEX Community | Mar 17, 2017 | Biopharma, BlogsThere is a lot of talk going around in the lab, and it has to do with the newly released Fast Glycan Labeling and Analysis technology. Where once research analysts needed to set aside days to perform glycan analysis, now takes an hour or so. Glycans are immediately...