Proteomics unleashed: exclusive insights and updates from BSPR-EuPA

It’s an exciting time to be a proteomics researcher without a doubt. For years the biggest challenge has been the sheer volume of samples to be analysed. The recent launch of the Thermo Scientific™ Orbitrap™ Astral™ mass spectrometer has promised to be a true game-changer.

For the first time ever, an instrument is available which offers the capability to do high throughput studies of large cohort samples without compromising performance. Join us for this review of presentations from the recent BSPR-EuPA conference showcasing the latest innovations.

Learning points:

• Latest advances in high throughput proteomics

• Latest advances in large cohort analysis

• Revolutionary instrumentation for deeper proteome coverage

Who should attend:

• Director, Managers and Researchers in Proteomics

• Director, Managers and Researchers in Cancer Research facilities

• Current users of Orbitrap technology & QTOF MS analysing plasma proteins

Presenter: Prof Michael MacCoss (Director of MacCoss Lab, University of Washington, Department of Genome Sciences)

Michael J MacCoss was born in western Canada to British parents, before relocating to Freehold, New Jersey where he grew up. Mike attended the University of Vermont as an undergrad, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. However, his passion for research only truly came to be after an internship in Dr. Patrick Griffin’s protein mass spectrometry lab at Merck Research Laboratories, and he began pursuing a path in biotechnology.

Eventually, Mike obtained a Ph.D. with Professor Dwight Matthews, also at the University of Vermont, and followed that with a post-doc at Scripps Research Institute with Professor John R. Yates III. In 2004 he started the MacCoss lab at the University of Washington with a major emphasis on developing robust and quantitative protein assays.

Over the last 14 years, Mike and his team have become leaders in the field of quantitative proteomics. The focus of his lab is the development of methods and software for generating and disseminating quantitative protein assays.

Presenter: Dr. Jo Kirkpatrick (Senior Product Specilaist, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Jo has a degree in Chemistry from the University of York and a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Reading. Following a post-doc in mass spectrometry in the Chemistry department at Oxford, and working as an application scientist at Waters, she has worked in and ran Proteomics Core Facilities in the UK and Germany, including the EMBL in Heidelberg, the Leibniz Institute on Aging in Jena, The Francis Crick Institute in London and CRUK Cambridge.

After many years as an experienced Thermo customer, Jo joined the company earlier this year as a Technical Sales Specialist, supporting the whole of the UK/Ireland, Benelux and Nordic regions, in all things proteomics.

When she's not talking about proteomics and mass spectrometry, Jo enjoys ceroc dancing, tennis, scuba diving, travelling, and spending time with her cats, who like to join in on Teams meetings whenever she works from home.

Presenter: Dr. Paul Humphrey (EMEA Senior Regional Marketing Manager, LSMS, Omics and ClinTox, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Paul has a degree in Analytical Chemistry and a PhD in Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry from the University of Manchester.

He previously managed a contract analysis laboratory for several years before moving into a career in the scientific instrument manufacturing industry.

Initially an application chemist and product manager he moved into international scientific marketing when he joined Thermo Fisher Scientific in 1997. Since then he has worked in a variety of roles within factory, field marketing and sales office organisations. He has travelled and presented extensively and has been responsible for business in EMEA, North America and Asia/Pacific regions.

He lives in the UK and when not working he enjoys travelling, photography, cookery and scuba-diving.

Presenter: Robert van Ling (Product Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Robert started his low flow chromatography career as an intern from the Technical School in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, at LC Packings in the mid-90s.

Since those early years, Robert has been part of the teams introducing and supporting a wide range of our nano- and capLC products, such as the UltiMate and UltiMate 3000 nanoLC systems, PepMap and EASY-Spray columns. In recent years, he has introduced our new µPAC Neo HPLC column line, an innovative and unique approach to significantly improve the performance and reliability in low flow proteomic separations.

Robert still lives in the wider Amsterdam region, and when not talking low flow separations very much enjoys reading fantasy, jigsaw puzzling and listening to prog and hard rock.