Application Notes: Medical/Biological

The timsTOF fleX system bridges a current gap by providing MALDI Imaging and in-depth proteomics analysis in just one instrument. The instrument offers all benefits of a timsTOF Pro for time-efficient and sensitive proteomics, combined with a high-resolution MALDI source and stage. Using PASEF technology, it is possible to retrieve high protein ID rates with small sample amounts. Here we present the new SpatialOMx® workflow to identify distinct proteomic profiles for different tumor subpopulations in breast cancer as an example for this powerful approach.

Abuse of synthetic opioid prescription painkillers such as fentanyl, along with a rapidly growing list of illicit analogues, is a significant public health problem. In this study, we developed a simple dilute-and-shoot method that provides a fast 3.5-min analysis of fentanyl and related compounds (norfentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, alfentanil, butyryl fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, and sufentanil) in human urine by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/ MS) using a Raptor Biphenyl column.

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Sphingolipids are major components forming biological membranes, and they serve as intracellular signalling molecules. It is important to measure the amount of these molecules in biological samples because they have a massive influence on various metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, an improved method using a YMC-Triart C18 metal-free column was reported by Dr. Gowda et al.