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On 19 September 2006, SESI was awarded a $4.0M contract by the US Army RDECOM Acquisition Center under the Joint PEO for Chemical and Biological Defense. The award is for Phase II development of Wide-Spectrum Bio-ID, a broadband approach for rapid detection and identification of biological agents through integration of proteomics, atmospheric pressure (AP) matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), and bio-informatics. Key partners include University of Maryland at College Park, Signature Science, and SAIC-EAI.

MassTech Inc., a provider of AP-MALDI technology for mass spectrometry, and Agilent Technologies today announced that it has signed an agreement to distribute AP/MALDI and AP/MALDI-PDF ion sources. Terms of the agreement have not been released. More information about the G1972 and G1974 AP/MALDI ion sources can be found in the Products section.

MassTech Inc., a provider of AP-MALDI technology for mass spectrometry, today announced the availability of AP/MALDI-PDF ion sources for Thermo Finnigan’s linear ion trap (Finnigan™ LTQ™) and hybrid LIT (Finnigan™ LTQ FT™) mass spectrometers. The AP/MALDI-PDF ion source can be switched with electrospray in just minutes. The AP/MALDI-PDF is designed for tool-less, rapid attachment to the LTQ without the need to break vacuum. The larger square source housing accommodates ABI sample plates, and integrates pulsed dynamic focusing (PDF) technology which…

MassTech Inc., a provider of AP-MALDI technology for mass spectrometry, and Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX, a joint-venture between Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI) an Applera Corporation Business, and MDS Inc. (TSE:MDS; NYSE: MDZ), today announced that it has signed an agreement to market the MassTech AP/MALDI system as a front end ion source for the AB/MDS SCIEX 4000 Q TRAP® LC/MS/MS. The collaboration brings MALDI capabilities to the 4000 Q TRAP® LC/MS/MS platform to facilitate metabolite identification and post-translational modification identification.…

MassTech Inc., a provider of AP-MALDI technology for mass spectrometry today announced that it will develop an Atmospheric Pressure Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (AP/MALDI) ion source for the 4000 Q TRAP® LC/MS/MS System with the assistance of Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX. Applied Biosystems/MDS SCIEX, the manufacturer of the 4000 Q TRAP® system, is a joint venture between Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, and MDS Inc. (TSE:MDS; NYSE:MDZ). The 4000 Q TRAP® system is used during most stages of drug…