LMS Volume 33 Issue 3 | Page 38

38  LMS  Issue 3 | 2014 Molecular & Cell Biology Breakthrough in Mass Spectrometry A gilent’s 6550 iFunnel Q-TOF LC/ MS system delivers low detection levels. For the first time, one can achieve low femtogram-level sensitivity with high resolution and accurate-mass. Agilent’s Ion Beam Compression and Shaping (IBCS) technology provides the greatest sensitivity, while maintaining 40k mass resolution and sub-1ppm mass accuracy. Enhanced electronics and software algorithms enable exceedingly high data acquisition rates of up to 50 spectra/ second for ultra-fast UHPLC separations with the Agilent 1290 Infinity LC. This iFunnel technology also combines the high efficiency ESI ion generation and focusing of the Jet Stream sample introduction with unique hexabore sampling capillary and dual-stage ion fu