Base Peak
Now in its 15th year, Base Peak is the world's leading mass spectrometry resource and is dedicated to all aspects of MS including hyphenated techniques such as LC-MS and GC-MS, and related applications such as proteomics, pharmaceutical analysis, food quality analysis, environmental analysis, drug targeting and discovery as well as forensics and drug testing.
Monthly Highlight
Last Month's Most Accessed Feature: Chocolate threats - Carcinogenic PAHs
Several polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been determined in chocolate by GC/MS following a specially devised SPME procedure, giving a more sensitive method than an HPLC procedure developed in 2012 by the same research group.
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On-demand Webinar: Increased yield from novel nano-electrospray workflows in LC-MS based proteomics
Learn how scientists from The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto have used EASY-Spray technology to improve their experimental results while simultaneously simplifying daily procedures.
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Monthly Digest
Download today to your smartphone or tablet and access a monthly compendium of ezine highlights in a clear, easy-to-read format.
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The odour profile of recycled paperboard bound for food packaging applications has been evaluated by a mass spectrometric-based electronic nose to provide a quick option for quality control.
Recent developments and applications of ambient ionization techniques for mass spectrometry imaging have been reviewed and the role of bioinformatics in acquiring and interpreting the chemical and spatial information is described.
US scientists have analysed 17 years worth of data on the contamination of currency with cocaine to determine the levels which are statistically higher than background, so that banknotes contaminated by drug-related crime rather than general contamination during circulation can be identified.
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Agilent Research Products Division vice president and general manager, Regina Schuck describes how the recently-acquired nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy products are complementary to Agilent's mass spectrometry portfolio.
Paola Dugo and Peter Q. Tranchida discuss food analysis in general, as well as the modern techniques needed to overcome the current-day analytical challenges.
Educational Webinar
Sports Drug Testing: Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches
Mario Thevis
Sep 9, 2010
Professor Mario Thevis discusses the fundamentals of sports drug testing. A selection of compounds, new challenges, and methods currently employed in doping control laboratories are discussed.
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The Journal of Mass Spectrometry (JMS) publishes papers on a broad range of topics of interest to scientists working in both fundamental and applied areas involving the study of gaseous ions.
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The Inert Flow Path - Your Analyte's Journey from Injection to Detection
Date: Jun 5, 2013 - 09:00
This seminar will discuss in detail some common applications and how Agilent’s unique sampling technology can provide a better solution to many of your daily challenges.
Books
Mass Spectrometry in Structural Biology and Biophysics: Architecture, Dynamics, and Interaction of Biomolecules, 2nd Edition
Igor A. Kaltashov, Stephen J. Eyles, Dominic M. Desiderio, Nico M. Nibbering
Apr 17, 2012
News
Blog
Substances in suspicious packages exposed by Raman during daylight
Steve Down
May 24, 2013
Explosives, drugs and pesticides hidden in packages can be detected under normal light by spatially offset Raman spectroscopy, providing another weapon for the security services.
Videos
Pittcon 2013 Editors' Gold Award – Senova Systems
Date: Mar 28, 2013
Eileen Skelly Frame from Instrument News talks with Senova CEO, Lee Leonard, about the pHit calibration-free pH meter which won this year's Pittcon Editors' Award Gold Medal.
