Mass Spectrometry

Announcing the rapifleX MALDI TissueTyper The School of Medicine Basic Sciences Mass Spectrometry Research Center is pleased to announce the addition of the Bruker rapifleX MALDI TissueTyper, a next-generation, high-speed mass spectrometry imaging platform. The rapifleX enables spatially resolved molecular mapping of tissues, characterizing both small and large molecules and… Read More

Link List – Right Hand Column PlaceholderRefresh After Saving to Remove .link-list.jump-links{ padding-left: 0 !important; } Learn more about our center and equipment! MSRC rapifleX MALDI Tissuetyper MSRC Technologies MSRC rapifleX MALDI Tissuetyper… Read More

Announcing the rapifleX MALDI TissueTyper The School of Medicine Basic Sciences Mass Spectrometry Research Center is pleased to announce the addition of the Bruker rapifleX MALDI TissueTyper, a next-generation, high-speed mass spectrometry imaging platform. The rapifleX enables spatially resolved molecular mapping of tissues, characterizing both small and large molecules and… Read More

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology faculty are unraveling the mysteries of human cells one discovery at a time. Read More

In a landmark study published in Science Advances, Vanderbilt researchers have created the first high-resolution lipid atlas of the human kidney, mapping over 100,000 functional tissue units across 29 donors. By integrating advanced imaging mass spectrometry with microscopy using machine learning, the team identified distinct lipid signatures that could transform diagnostics and precision treatments for kidney disease. Read More

In a landmark study published in Science Advances, Vanderbilt researchers have created the first high-resolution lipid atlas of the human kidney, mapping over 100,000 functional tissue units across 29 donors. By integrating advanced imaging mass spectrometry with microscopy using machine learning, the team identified distinct lipid signatures that could transform diagnostics and precision treatments for kidney disease. Read More

Just as swallows journey to San Juan Capistrano, California, and monarch butterflies migrate to Michoacan, Mexico, each spring, so mass spectrometrists from across the globe converge on Vanderbilt University for the annual, four-day Advanced Imaging Mass Spectrometry workshop. Read More

Just as swallows journey to San Juan Capistrano, California, and monarch butterflies migrate to Michoacan, Mexico, each spring, so mass spectrometrists from across the globe converge on Vanderbilt University for the annual, four-day Advanced Imaging Mass Spectrometry workshop. Read More

To honor and continue Richard Caprioli’s legacy of teaching technological advances, the Richard Caprioli Basic Sciences Research Award for Technology Education fund has been established to allow Ph.D. students in the biomedical sciences to attend focused educational experiences in a technology that they would otherwise not encounter in their graduate studies. Read More

It started with a hacksaw and a multimillion-dollar instrument. Richard Caprioli, then a postdoctoral fellow, was given the saw to cut the instrument in half during his first day of his postdoctoral studies. It was the day that Caprioli, now Stanford Moore Professor of Biochemistry, developed a desire to “do innovative things” with mass spectrometry instruments.” This yearning resulted in him becoming a pioneer of new mass spec techniques, including imaging mass spec. Read More