A leading proteomics facility involved in international research activity into cardiovascular medicine is to feature technology dedicated to cardiovascular research from US-based Thermo Fisher Scientific.
The James Black Centre opened a Vascular Proteomics Group at King's College in London last year. The facility has a Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap XL high performance mass spectrometer and the ETD-equipped Thermo Scientific LTQ X system.
The centre offers a range of core competencies, including genomics, proteomics, mulitphoton confocal microscopy and MRI. The Centre is using the Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap XL, a protein identification and biomarker discovery platform, along with an LTQ linear ion trap coupled with electron transfer dissociation (ETD) capability for advanced proteomic research in cardiovascular medicine.
The Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap XL provides a rapid scan rate, high mass accuracy and up to 100k resolution power. The Thermo Scientific LTQ XL with ETD enables researchers at Kings College to conduct rapid alternating CID (Collisionally Induced Dissociation) and ETD experiments in LC/MSn analysis of complex samples.