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Posts by H-T Lau

I think reviewers are right to ask for Western blot to confirm the change in protein abundance now

2 months ago 4 0 2 0

Is this a Seer competitor?

4 months ago 0 0 1 0

Sadly Sciex doesn’t even want Skyline support

6 months ago 2 0 0 0

Has anyone tried CDMS/Stori analysis on the QE classic? They said that it can be done on all Orbitrap instruments. Is that true?

7 months ago 0 0 0 0

This is very nice. Thank you. I started with MaxQuant and always use narrow tolerance to search.

7 months ago 0 0 0 0

Thank you!

7 months ago 0 0 1 0

Can you explain this? Are you guys talking about instrument settings or search settings?

7 months ago 1 0 1 0

How many peaks across peak can you get from this kind of runs? I need to have a look at the data…

9 months ago 1 0 1 0

I found it interesting that you were very kind when interview Nautilus’s founder. Perhaps the interview was not about their technology.

9 months ago 0 0 1 0

I think people will move away from mass spec with these platforms promising they can “quantify” thousands of protein in every run/sample.

1 year ago 1 0 2 0
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I always wonder about this. Like those spatial proteomics platforms. Do they provide information saying they have verified every antibodies? I always feel suspicious about aptamers, probably because I liked the GDF11 story in 2010s so much and it turned out to be not reproducible…

1 year ago 1 0 0 0

MS vendor - I don’t think so.
WhateverScan - Maybe?

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

They used to only have 3. I understand why your mind blown now. 🤯

2 years ago 0 0 0 0

You should test those that you are interested in for different applications. I think they are cheap and last long enough (I stagetip my samples). Let me give you a email to get quote when I get back to work tomorrow.

2 years ago 1 0 1 0

I started with the 25 cm 75 mm ID and a 60 min run, then shortened to a 30 min gradient. I think I lost ~20% peptide counts, but not that much on protein. Then I talked to Bruker about fast gradient, they suggested me to use the 15x150. I think there isn’t much change in ID if I remember correctly

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@proteomicsmarburg.bsky.social I have not tested them extensively. I mainly run whole cell lysates and I found them giving me similar peptide IDs. So I mainly use the 150um x 15cm for faster runs.

2 years ago 1 0 1 0

I am still on this problem and Thermo is not fixing it for me. What a nightmare.

2 years ago 0 0 0 0

Have not tested nanoflow, but I think it will be worse.

2 years ago 0 0 1 0

2/ Peptides are eluting at different time because the path in the Flex is much longer. With 8 injections, the peak area CV centered at 5%. From the Neo, %CV centered at 15%. I am going to call Thermo.

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1/ OK, I am convinced that it is the Neo. I tracked the same enolase peptides using Skyline. All of those have good peak shape so integration is not an issue. Use the same PepMap 1 mm ID on both the Vanquish Flex and Neo, 50 uL/min at 40oC. Same gradient.

2 years ago 0 0 0 0
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I am doing more tests now. Digested some a protein, run it with a Vanquish Flex with Waters CSH column. The peptide peak areas are 5-6% CV. So I think I can rule out the mass spec at high flow condition.

Will do more tests and update.

2 years ago 1 0 3 0

It is going up and down. I did 12 runs and there isn’t really a trend. The patterns of the peptides are also different. Like the first 5 can go up but the rest can go the other way…

2 years ago 0 0 1 0

No. It is going up and down

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I injected from the same vial too.

2 years ago 0 0 1 0

I did a 7x eq volume. Direct injection, so no trap. I also started with the trap, but switched to direct injection because the intensity is much higher in direct injection.

2 years ago 0 0 1 0

I use Waters total recovery vial. The standard is Pierce PRTC 5 pmol/uL. I diluted 1000x and injected 10 uL, so 50 fmol.

2 years ago 0 0 1 0

TimsTOF people, if you inject a peptide standard for 5 times, what would your peak area %cv be?
I have been getting >20% for some peaks. Can it be the MS or it has to be the LC? The RT is reproducible.

We have a Neo, running a 10 cm 150 ID Pepsep at 300 nL/min, inject 10 uL.

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One-Tip enables comprehensive proteome coverage in minimal cells and single zygotes bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

Will this work?

2 years ago 2 0 0 0
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Mass spectrometrists should search only for peptides they care about - PubMed Analysis pipelines that assign peptides to shotgun proteomics mass spectra often discard identified spectra deemed irrelevant to the scientific hypothesis being tested. To improve statistical power, I...

I still wonder why we search for contaminants in DDA. Doesn’t it add stuff that we don’t care about?

2 years ago 0 0 1 0

There is really no support. I often want to tell new user to use Fragpipe, but also don’t feel right to turn people away in their group…

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