Thermo Fisher Scientific ICP-MS Implemented by University of Oviedo for Reliable and Efficient Sulphur Detection in Proteins

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc announces that the University of Oviedo’s analytical spectrometry research group has implemented the Thermo Scientific XSERIES 2 ICP-MS to perform reliable and interference-free sulphur detection in proteins.

The analytical spectrometry research group at the University of Oviedo in Asturias, Spain aims to solve the analytical challenges encountered by science and technology. Within this framework, a small sub-group has been established focusing on the development of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) based analytical methods for the quantification of biopolymers such as DNA and proteins.

Although ICP-MS detection does not provide any structural information, its outstanding capability to quantify most of the elements proves valuable for accurate protein quantification. Keeping pace with the latest technological developments, the University of Oviedo’s research group has coupled the XSERIES 2 ICPMS with a reversed-phase capillary liquid chromatography (μLC) system to facilitate precise determination of sulphur isotopes in standard proteins.

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