Hosted by: Aaron Rossini and Young-Jin Lee

Title: "Enabling Technologies and Approaches to Democratize Access to High Performance Mass Spectrometry"

Abstract:

Mass spectrometry is a dominant analytical technique in modern science.  Although there are many platforms available for the experimentalist, high instrumental performance is cost-prohibitive for many laboratories that seek to incorporate the associated benefits of high mass accuracy and resolution into their studies.  The lab has explored variety of technologies and approaches to democratize access to Fourier transform mass spectrometry (FTMS), which provides the highest levels of MS performance but at significant cost.  These developments include the introduction of external data acquisition systems to legacy FTMS systems to modernize baseline performance, exploration of frequency multiple detection schemes to increase both throughput and performance, and placement of a system within a biological containment facility to enable access.  Cumulatively, these efforts seek to reduce barriers and enable broader access to the environmental and biological science communities.