This Wednesday, April 24, it was presented the timsTOF flex mass spectrometrer, the last spectrometer installed in the ICIQ Mass Spectrometry Unit, in collaboration with Bruker Daltonics.
Around 50 people participated in a workshop entitled “Trapped Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry timsTOF Flex: New Solutions for Classic Challenges”, a unique opportunity to know more about trapped ion mobility mass spectrometry and how this technology impact on research.
Ion mobility mass spectrometry offers the distinctive advantage of enhanced resolution and structural insight, enabling the detailed analysis of complex mixtures by separating ions not only based on their mass-to-charge ratio but also their shape and size, significantly improving sensitivity, selectivity, and the speed of analysis.
On December 2022, ICIQ acquired a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer, the timsTOF flexTM manufactured by Bruker Daltonics, thanks to the funding of the grant EQC2021-007052-P funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
Now ICIQ’s Mass Spectrometry Unit has offered this workshop to cover theoretical aspects, applications and practical examples to ensure a full coverage of this technology. Furthermore, it was a chance to share experiences and to discuss with specialists in the field.
We had the chance to share this seminar with a very diverse audience: people from industry and academia joined us and were surprised by the versatility of the technique. We presented the last results obtained at the ICIQ Mass Spectrometry Unit with timsTOFflex mass spectrometer, covering a wide range of compounds: from separation of small isomers to the study of protein conformations in gas phase. We hope to develop further collaborations with external research institutes and industries.
Noemí Cabello, Manager of the High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Unit
