Abstract: In a method for analyzing cells, a sample fluid having a suspending medium and cells is fed to a microfluidic device having at least one cell processing unit having a trapping region, a reaction unit, and an outlet arrangement. The trapping region is delimited by at least an input valve and a sieve valve, in particular a v-type valve that is capable of retaining the cells while letting fluids pass. The method includes trapping cells in the trapping region, subsequently establishing a flow of a reaction fluid through the trapping region while the sieve valve assumes the open state, such that the reaction fluid transfers the trapped cells from the trapping region into the reaction unit, decomposing the transferred cells into cell fragments through a decomposition process, collecting the cell fragments in the outlet arrangement, and analyzing the cell fragments.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a sample using overlapping precursor isolation windows. A mass analyzer of a tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to select and fragment at least two overlapping precursor isolation windows across a precursor ion mass range of a sample using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows overlapping precursor isolation windows across the mass range of the sample.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a sample using overlapping precursor isolation windows. A mass analyzer of a tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to select and fragment at least two overlapping precursor isolation windows across a precursor ion mass range of a sample using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows overlapping precursor isolation windows across the mass range of the sample.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a sample using overlapping precursor isolation windows. A mass analyzer of a tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to select and fragment at least two overlapping precursor isolation windows across a precursor ion mass range of a sample using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows overlapping precursor isolation windows across the mass range of the sample.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a sample using overlapping precursor isolation windows. A mass analyzer of a tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to select and fragment at least two overlapping precursor isolation windows across a precursor ion mass range of a sample using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows overlapping precursor isolation windows across the mass range of the sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to biomarker assays based on protein/peptide biomarkers which show a pronounced differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes e.g. by mass spectrometric measurement and/or antibody-based assays such as an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) determination of the protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or blood itself.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing a sample using overlapping precursor isolation windows. A mass analyzer of a tandem mass spectrometer is instructed to select and fragment at least two overlapping precursor isolation windows across a precursor ion mass range of a sample using a processor. The tandem mass spectrometer includes a mass analyzer that allows overlapping precursor isolation windows across the mass range of the sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to biomarker assays based on protein/peptide biomarkers which show a pronounced differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes e.g. by mass spectrometric measurement and/or antibody-based assays such as an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) determination of the protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or blood itself.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting compounds in a sample using a tandem mass spectrometer. A sample comprising a plurality of detectable compounds that have been separated in time over a time interval is introduced into a tandem mass spectrometer. A sample product ion spectra is obtained. The presence of one or more known compounds of interest in the sample product ion spectra is determined. A compound is identified as present in the sample if the score associated with said compound meets a threshold value set as indicative of the likely presence of the compound in the sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the determination of a cancer diagnostic/therapeutic biomarker assay and drug-targets including the following steps: (a) identification of potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers and drug-targets based on the measurement of protein/peptide constituent concentrations in tissue sample proteomes as well as serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from healthy non-human mammalian individuals as well as from cancerous non-human mammalian individuals and qualitatively selecting as potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers those which show a pronounced differential behavior between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes; (b) optional verification of the potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers as identified in step (a) by quantitative mass spectrometric measurement of the potential candidate protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from health

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for quantitating detectable compounds of a sample. Sample product ion spectra are received for each mass selection window for each time step. The received sample product ion spectra are searched for the presence of known compounds of interest with known product ion spectra by retrieving the known product ion spectra from a library, retrieving the sample product ion spectra corresponding to the precursor mass selection window expected to contain a precursor ion corresponding to the known product ion spectra, generating product ion traces in time for the sample product ion spectra for the known product ion spectra, calculating a score for the product ion traces and product ion spectra that represents how well known product ions and sample product ions match, and calculating a quantitative value for the known compound from the product ion traces when the score exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying detectable compounds of a sample. Sample product ion spectra are received for each mass selection window of precursor mass selection windows for each time step. The received sample product ion spectra are searched for the presence of known compounds of interest with known product ion spectra by retrieving a known product ion spectrum from a library, retrieving the sample product ion spectra corresponding to the precursor mass selection window expected to contain a precursor ion corresponding to the known product ion spectrum, generating product ion traces in time for the retrieved sample product ion spectra, calculating a score for the product ion traces and the retrieved sample product ion spectra that represents how well the retrieved sample product ion spectra and the known product ion spectrum match, and confirming the identity of a precursor ion using the score.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for quantitating detectable compounds of a sample. Sample product ion spectra are received for each mass selection window for each time step. The received sample product ion spectra are searched for the presence of known compounds of interest with known product ion spectra by retrieving the known product ion spectra from a library, retrieving the sample product ion spectra corresponding to the precursor mass selection window expected to contain a precursor ion corresponding to the known product ion spectra, generating product ion traces in time for the sample product ion spectra for the known product ion spectra, calculating a score for the product ion traces and product ion spectra that represents how well known product ions and sample product ions match, and calculating a quantitative value for the known compound from the product ion traces when the score exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying detectable compounds of a sample. Sample product ion spectra are received for each mass selection window of precursor mass selection windows for each time step. The received sample product ion spectra are searched for the presence of known compounds of interest with known product ion spectra by retrieving a known product ion spectrum from a library, retrieving the sample product ion spectra corresponding to the precursor mass selection window expected to contain a precursor ion corresponding to the known product ion spectrum, generating product ion traces in time for the retrieved sample product ion spectra, calculating a score for the product ion traces and the retrieved sample product ion spectra that represents how well the retrieved sample product ion spectra and the known product ion spectrum match, and confirming the identity of a precursor ion using the score.

Abstract: Systems and methods are used to store an electronic record of all product ion spectra of all detectable compounds of a sample. A plurality of product ion scans are performed on a tandem mass spectrometer one or more times in a single sample analysis across a mass range using a plurality of mass selection windows. All sample product ion spectra of all detectable compounds for each mass selection window are produced. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are received from the tandem mass spectrometer using a processor. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are stored as an electronic record of all detectable compounds of the sample using the processor. The electronic record is used to characterize compounds known at the time the electronic record is stored or to characterize compounds that became known after the electronic record was stored.

Abstract: Systems and methods are used to store an electronic record of all product ion spectra of all detectable compounds of a sample. A plurality of product ion scans are performed on a tandem mass spectrometer one or more times in a single sample analysis across a mass range using a plurality of mass selection windows. All sample product ion spectra of all detectable compounds for each mass selection window are produced. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are received from the tandem mass spectrometer using a processor. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are stored as an electronic record of all detectable compounds of the sample using the processor. The electronic record is used to characterize compounds known at the time the electronic record is stored or to characterize compounds that became known after the electronic record was stored.

Abstract: Methods of using halogenated peptides as internal standards for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and novel halogenated peptides useful for the same, are disclosed. In particular, methods of using halogenated peptides as internal standards in proteomic analyzes, as well as methods of using halogenated peptides to conduct quality control assessments of and/or to calibrate liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry systems are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the determination of a cancer diagnostic/therapeutic biomarker assay and drug-targets including the following steps: (a) identification of potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers and drug-targets based on the measurement of protein/peptide constituent concentrations in tissue sample proteomes as well as serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from healthy non-human mammalian individuals as well as from cancerous non-human mammalian individuals and qualitatively selecting as potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers those which show a pronounced differential behaviour between healthy and cancerous sample proteomes; (b) optional verification of the potential candidate protein/peptide biomarkers as identified in step (a) by quantitative mass spectrometric measurement of the potential candidate protein biomarkers in serum, plasma or any other derivatives of blood, or blood itself sample proteomes derived from healt

Abstract: Systems and methods are used to store an electronic record of all product ion spectra of all detectable compounds of a sample. A plurality of product ion scans are performed on a tandem mass spectrometer one or more times in a single sample analysis across a mass range using a plurality of mass selection windows. All sample product ion spectra of all detectable compounds for each mass selection window are produced. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are received from the tandem mass spectrometer using a processor. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are stored as an electronic record of all detectable compounds of the sample using the processor. The electronic record is used to characterize compounds known at the time the electronic record is stored or to characterize compounds that became known after the electronic record was stored.

Abstract: Systems and methods are used to store an electronic record of all product ion spectra of all detectable compounds of a sample. A plurality of product ion scans are performed on a tandem mass spectrometer one or more times in a single sample analysis across a mass range using a plurality of mass selection windows. All sample product ion spectra of all detectable compounds for each mass selection window are produced. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are received from the tandem mass spectrometer using a processor. All sample product ion spectra for each mass selection window are stored as an electronic record of all detectable compounds of the sample using the processor. The electronic record is used to characterize compounds known at the time the electronic record is stored or to characterize compounds that became known after the electronic record was stored.