Thermo Exploris 480

High-performance, hybrid quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometer.
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Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility

Description

The Exploris 480 is a high-performance, hybrid quadrupole Orbitrap mass spectrometer typically configured for high sensitivity electrospray with intelligent dependent and data independent scan functions.

The system is used for protein or peptide characterisation using nano liquid chromatography and data dependent tandem mass spectrometry.  

Specifications

Thermo Vanquish Neo UHPLC system

  • Flow rates from 100 nL/min to 100 µL/min
  • High-pressure binary gradient pump

Orbitrap Exploris 480

  • Mass range 40-8000 m/z
  • Up to 480,000 resolution at m/z 200

Applications

  • Bottom-up proteomics for peptide/protein analysis
  • Label-free analysis with DDA or DIA
  • TMT quantification of differentially expressed proteins

Instrument location

Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility

Wallace Wurth Building (C27)
UNSW Sydney, NSW 2033

Phone: 02 9385 1717
Email: 
bmsf@unsw.edu.au

Valerie Wasinger

Senior Research Scientist
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    02 9385 1678
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    v.wasinger@unsw.edu.au

Sydney Liu Lau

Laboratory Coordinator
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    02 9385 9115
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    s.liulau@unsw.edu.au

Dr Anne Poljak

Protein Chemist
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    02 9385 1994
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    a.poljak@unsw.edu.au

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