Instruments for checking physical characteristics

Tender description

Supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of: Lot 1a – a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation (AP-MALDI) ion source compatible with coupling to an Orbitrap Q-Exactive mass spectrometer. Or Lot 1b – a standalone MALDI imaging instrument plus Lot 2 — a MALDI sample preparation robot for automated matrix application sample preparation. This instrumentation will expand the mass spectrometry imaging capabilities of the Centre for Analytical Bioscience and will offer complementary data to secondary ionisation mass spectrometry (SIMS) imaging available at the nano and micro scale Research Centre (nmRC). This equipment will be supported by EPSRC equipment funding. Supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of: Lot 1a – a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation (AP-MALDI) ion source compatible with coupling to an Orbitrap Q-Exactive mass spectrometer Supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a standalone MALDI imaging instrument. Supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of a MALDI sample preparation robot for automated matrix application sample preparation.