• Device
  • Goethe University Frankfurt

Thermo Ultimate 3000 – Orbitrap Q Exactive Plus MS

  • Medicine
  • Mass Spectrometry
Photo: Christian Münch
Device Type
Mass Spectrometer
Device Name
Thermo Ultimate 3000 – Orbitrap Q Exactive Plus MS
Device Variants
nanoLC-Orbitrap-MS

Device Description

A Nano-Flow liquid chromatography system (Ultimate 3000) coupled with an Orbitrap Q Exactive Plus mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany).

Device Application

The system is routinely used for label-free quantitative proteomics in data-dependent acquisition (DDA) mode and is optimized for in-gel proteome analyses, such as blue native complexome profiling of excised gel pieces, enabling detailed characterization of protein complexes and their composition.

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