Mass Spectrometry Links
Mass Spectrometry at Purdue University
- Purdue University, Aston Laboratories (R. Graham Cooks)
- Purdue University Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory
- Purdue University, The Kenttamaa Group (Hilkka Kenttamaa)
- Purdue University, McLuckey Group (Scott McLuckey)
- Purdue University, Wenthold Group (Paul Wenthold)
- Purdue University, Laskin Group (Julia Laskin)
Mass Spectrometry Societies
- American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
- Australian & New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (ANZSMS)
- Belgian Society for Mass Spectrometry (BSMS)
- Brazilian Mass Spectrometry Society - in Portuguese
- British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS)
- Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry (CSMS)
- Dutch Society for Mass Spectrometry
- European Society for Mass Spectrometry (ESMS)
- Indiana Instrumentation Institute
- International Mass Spectrometry Society (IMSS)
- South African Association for Mass Spectrometry (SAAMS)
Mass Spectrometry Groups
- University of California, Berkeley: Mass Spectrometry Facility
- University of California, Berkeley: Evan Williams Research Group
- Cornell University: McLafferty Research Group
- Emory University: Mass Spectrometry Center
- Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg
- University of Florida: John R. Eyler Research Group
- University of Florida Stable Isotope Laboratory
- University of Florida, Gainesville: Rick Yost Research Group
- Florida State University: NHMFL ICR Research
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Resource for Biomedical Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory Mass Spectrometry
- Rockefeller University Protein Mass Spectrometry Page
- University of Illinois: Kelleher Research Group
Mass Spectrometry Journals
- Analytical Chemistry
- Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
- International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
- European Mass Spectrometry
- Journal of Mass Spectrometry
- Journal of Mass Spectrometry Reviews
- Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Mass Spectrometry Meetings
- American Chemical Society Meetings-Hyperlink to ACS and non-ACS meetings of all kinds. Contains the C&EN Calendar of Meetings and Events.
- ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Meetings-American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry information on meetings of interest to analytical chemists.
- American Physical Society Meetings-APS Meetings web page.
- Eastern Analytical Symposium
- FACSS Information-The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies meeting web page.
- NIU Conference Listings-A searchable conference database and online source of the Gordon Research Conference Programs.
- Pittcon-Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.
Mass Spectrometry Companies
- Bruker Instruments Inc.-Fourier transform mass spectrometry, time-of-flight mass spectrometers.
- Charles Evans & Associates-Surface analysis.
- Vermillion, Inc. (formerly Ciphergen Biosystems)-MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometers
- Comstock, Inc.-Time-of-flight mass spectrometry, ion sources
- Europa Scientific-Isotope ratio mass spectrometers
- FLIR Systems (aquired ICx Technologies which merged with Griffin Analytical Technologies)
- Hewlett Packard-GC mass spectrometers, time-of-flight mass spectrometers.
- Hitachi Instruments-LC mass spectrometers, GC mass spectrometers.
- IonSpec Corporation-MALDI and ESI Fourier transform mass spectrometers
- JEOL USA-Sector mass spectrometers.
- Kore Technology Ltd. (UK)-Time-of-flight mass spectrometers
- Kratos Analytical-Surface analysis, time-of-flight mass spectrometers
- Perkin Elmer (Sciex)-LC mass spectrometers
- PerSeptive Biosystems-MALDI time-of-flight mass spectrometers
- Prosalia, Inc.
- R.M. Jordan Co. - TOF-MS
- Syagen
- Thermo Electron Corporation
- Varian Associates-GC mass spectrometers
- Waters-LC/GC quadrupole, sector, time-of-flight, ICP, and isotope ratio mass spectrometers.
Mass Spectrometry Software
WWW-based calculations
- Charged Particle Optics Software Internet Services-Software to design and simulate properties of instruments utilizing electric and magnetic fields to guide charged particles.
Molecular Weight and Isotope Pattern Calculators
Peptide/Protein Calculators
Shareware & Freeware
A limited amount of FTP space is available at this site for mass spectrometry shareware and freeware programs.
- Ion Trap Simulation Program v 5.0 - simulate ion trajectories in ion trap mass spectrometer (based on, 29. H.-P. Reiser, R.K. Julian and R.G. Cooks, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 121 (1992) 49.)
- MASP for Windows-MASP is a freeware program predicting fragmentation-free mass spectra of libraries prepared by combinatorial synthesis
- MassLib-Demo available for structure elucidation software for MS
- MoleCalc - molecular weight calculator program
- MSTools (161K download)-A LabView VI library for working with HP chemstation files (LabView program required)
- Oligo Analyzer v3.0-Oligo Analyzer is a web-based oligonucleotide analysis program which will calculate the molecular weight and the predicted melting temperature of your oligo and give the total number of each nucleotide.
- PEPSEQ for PC-A computer analysis program for PCs, developed for the interpretation of oligopeptide MS/MS mass spectra, also suitable for fragments containing unnatural or modified amino acids.
- SEQUEST-SEQUEST is a Unix program that correlates uninterpreted tandem mass spectra of peptides with amino acid sequences from protein and nucleotide databases.
Commercial Software
- Fiveash Data ManagementMass spectra and other spectral databases
- Brechbuhler, Inc.-Data acquisition and analysis for quadrupole mass spectrometers
- NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library-This database contains ionization mass spectra of well over 62,000 different compounds. Each spectrum has associated with it a quality index, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) name, synonyms, molecular weight, formula, and CAS Registry Number
- ProLab Resources-Productivity enhancement software for HP MS ChemStation data systems
- Sherpa-A Macintosh based expert system for LC/MS and MS/MS analysis
- SIMION Program Information-Somewhat outdated information about the SIMION ion optics program. For the PC version, see the "SIMION for PC Computers" link above. For Mac, contact information is at this link.