Portland, OR, USA - January 11th, 2010.

Proteome Software today released its web-based Mass Spectrometry Quality Control tool, MassQC.

MassQC is an online Quality Control Tool that helps you achieve more reproducible LC-MS/MS experiments, while reducing time spent assessing the performance of your instrument. MassQC improves reproducibility by examining repeated, standard runs for small number of known proteins, and covers both width and breadth of your LC-MS system performance.

Researchers in the field suggest that rigorous, quantitative assessment of system performance is essential to Proteomics' success. More replicates, better upstream preparatory methods, and a more thorough Quality Control protocol are among topics discussed as areas for improvement.

Lead developer on the project, Chris Mason, says "the unique design of MassQC makes Quality Control Proteomics more accessible to the LC-MS scientist. It's a powerful and approachable method to get more reproducible experiments."

Free 30-day evaluations are available at www.massqc.com. Sign up and load up to 30 QC runs to see how your instrument has been performing!

About Proteome Software

Proteome Software was founded in 2004 in Portland, Oregon. Its products (including Scaffold 2, ScaffoldBatch, and Scaffold Q+) are in use in over 250 academic, public and private research facilities around the world. The company's headquarters is located in Portland and has resellers in Taiwan, the United Kingdom and Japan. For further information, please visit www.proteomesoftware.com and www.massqc.com.