PNNL Offers Speedy FTICR.

A faster, more thorough mass spectrometry method for identifying proteins, developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL, Richland, WA), may significantly advance the technology infrastructure required to comprehend the role proteins play in cellular function and disease development.

PNNL researchers have constructed the first-ever high-throughput, or extremely fast, Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance, or FTICR, mass spectrometer. The system is said to provide an unprecedented ability to thoroughly identify and characterize proteins. Measurements of protein abundance levels at different times are key to understanding on a …