User Meeting
Apr 06, 2023
2023 Spring Users Meetings - West Coast

It was great to see everyone at the Thermo Fisher Scientific's 2023 Spring Users Meetings on the West Coast!

We had a series of meetings where leading experts from industry, academia, and Thermo Fisher Scientific will shared their knowledge and insights on decoding analytical challenges in the life sciences that help to make a difference in the world around us.

As always, you had the opportunity to interact with our speakers and our own Thermo Fisher Scientific experts. It was a unique opportunity to learn, network, and have some fun along the way.

Interested in finding out more? We can put you in touch with one of our experts. Fill out the form below.

Agendas


Apr 06, 2023
Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver, BC

8 - 9 a.m.

Continental breakfast & name badge pick-up

9 - 9:20 a.m.

Welcome: Introduction to Thermo Fisher innovation
Speaker: Paul Fayad, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Instrument Sales, Thermo Fisher Scientific

9:20 - 9:55 a.m.

Enhancing single-cell proteomics through tailored data-independent acquisition and micropillar array-based chromatography
Speaker: Valdemaras Petrosius, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cell Diversity Lab, Technical University of Denmark

9:55 - 10:25 a.m.

Evaluation of Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid mass spectrometer for shotgun proteomics
Speaker: Evgenia Shishkova, Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:25 - 10:40 a.m.

Coffee break

10:40 - 11:15 a.m.

Comprehensive characterization of tRNA by ultra high performance liquid chromatography high resolution accurate mass spectrometry
Speaker: Robert Ross, Ph.D., Senior Product Applications Specialist,Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

N-terminomics applied to apoptosis and infectious diseases
Speaker: Olivier Julien, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta

11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.  

Lunch

12:35 - 12:45 p.m.

Raffle #1

12:45 - 1:15 p.m.

Intelligence-driven metabolomics workflows: Hardware and software innovations for confident differential analysis, unknown annotation, and biomarker discovery
Speaker: Susan Bird, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Metabolomics Vertical Marketing, Thermo Fisher Scientific

1:15 - 1:45 p.m.

Fully automated data analysis enabled by DIA: A new way to think about HX-MS
Speaker: David Schriemer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

New tools for confident proteoforms and macromolecules analysis
Speaker: Weijing Liu, Vertical Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Coffee break

2:30 - 3 p.m.

Characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) composition using UHPLC-MS
Speaker: Sven Hackbusch, Ph.D., Senior Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3 - 3:30 p.m.

Thermo Scientific Velocity LFQ DIA platform
Speaker: Amirmansoor Hakimi, Vertical Marketing Manager, Omics, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Wrap-up & raffle #2

Apr 11, 2023
Crowne Plaza Foster City-San Mateo, Foster City, CA

8 - 9 a.m.

Continental breakfast & name badge pick-up

9 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome: Introduction
Thermo Fisher Scientific

9:15 - 9:55 a.m.

From systems to structure: How mass spectrometry can drive biological research
Speakers: Josh Coon, Thomas and Margaret Pyle Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research & Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:55 - 10:30 a.m.

Profiling complex biotherapeutics with charge reduction or charge detection native mass spectrometry
Speaker: Wendy Sandoval, Director, Translational Mass Spectrometry, Genentech

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:20 a.m.

Developments in the analysis of membrane proteins on Orbitrap platforms
Speaker: Weijing Liu, Vertical Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:20 - 11:55 a.m.

Systematic proteomics by automating the TMT global protein profiling workflow
Speaker: Christopher Rose, Director of Discovery Proteomics and Sr. Principal Scientist, Genentech

11:55 a.m. - 1:05 p.m.  

Lunch, raffle #1 & move to breakout sessions

BioPharma track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Top-down mass spectrometry of synthetic single guide ribonucleic acids enabled by facile sample clean-Up
Speaker: Bifan Chen, Ph.D., Scientist, Research & Early Development Genentech

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) composition using UHPLC-MS
Speaker: Reiko Kiyonami, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Characterization of antibody–drug conjugate pharmacokinetics and in vivo biotransformation using quantitative intact LC-HRMS and surrogate analyte LC-MRM
Speaker: Yue Huang, Ph.D., AstraZeneca

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Characterization of mRNA Vaccine 5' and 3’ end products using UHPLC-HRAM MS
Speaker: Robert Ross, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

Streamlining characterization to monitoring of therapeutic oligonucleotides impurities using Orbitrap-based LC-HRAM-MS platforms
Speaker: Mark Yang, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Omics track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Need for speed: New strategies for label-free quantitation
Speaker: Aaron Robitaille, Ph.D., LSMS Marketing Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Turning the oxygen and vitamin dials
Speaker: Isha Jain, Assistant Professor, Gladstone Institutes & UCSF

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Advancing microfluidic sample preparation and mass spectrometry for spatial single-cell proteomics
Speaker: Ying Zhu, Senior Principal Scientist, Genentech

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Proteomic biosignature stratification for precision medicine & health: Targeted LC/MRM-MS and discovery DIA-MS of blood from remote sampling devices
Speaker: Stephen A. Whelan, Ph.D., Biomedical Scientist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Precision Biomarker Laboratories (PBL)

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

Structure/cross linking in real time
Speaker: Rosa Viner, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Vertical Marketing, Structural Biology, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:50 - 4:05 p.m.

Wrap-up & raffle #2

Apr 13, 2023
Estancia Hotel, La Jolla, CA

8 - 9 a.m.

Continental breakfast & name badge pick-up

9 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome & introductions
Thermo Fisher Scientific

9:15 - 9:55 a.m.

From systems to structure: How mass spectrometry can drive biological research
Speakers: Josh Coon, Thomas and Margaret Pyle Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research & Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:55 - 10:30 a.m.

To be announced
Speaker: Lisa Jones, Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California San Diego

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:20 a.m.

New tools for confident proteoforms and macromolecules analysis
Speaker: Weijing Liu, Vertical Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:20 - 11:55 a.m.

Democratizing proteomics through standardization and automation of sample preparation
Speaker: Kristan Bahten, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:55 a.m. - 1:05 p.m.  

Lunch, raffle #1 & move to breakout sessions

BioPharma track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Characterization of mRNA Vaccine 5' and 3’ end products using UHPLC-HRAM MS
Speaker: Robert Ross, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) composition using UHPLC-MS
Speaker: Reiko Kiyonami, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Streamlining characterization to monitoring of therapeutic oligonucleotides impurities using Orbitrap-based LC-HRAM-MS platforms
Speaker: Mark Yang, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Impurity profiling and structure elucidation of phosphoramidite raw materials used for oligonucleotide synthesis
Speaker: Sven Hackbusch, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

To be announced
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Omics track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Proteomic biosignature stratification for precision medicine & health: targeted LC/MRM-MS and discovery DIA-MS of blood from remote sampling devices
Speaker: Stephen A. Whelan, Ph.D., Biomedical Scientist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Precision Biomarker Laboratories (PBL)

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Structure/cross linking in real time
Speaker: Rosa Viner, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Vertical Marketing

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Top-down and bottom-up single cell proteomics
Speaker: John Yates III, Ernest W. Hahn Professor. Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology, The Scripps Research Institute

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Intelligence-driven metabolomics workflows: Hardware and software innovations for confident differential analysis, unknown annotation, and biomarker discovery
Speaker: Bashar Amer, Manager, Vertical Marketing, Metabolomics, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

To be announced
Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:50 - 4:05 p.m.

Wrap-up & raffle #2

Featured products


Thermo Scientific Proteome Discoverer 3.0 software
Expands the current platform by adding the CHIMERYS Search Engine, which vastly improves the number of peptide identifications versus the current Sequest HT + INFERYS Rescoring workflow.

Thermo Scientific TMTpro 18-plex label reagents
The newest additions to the next generation of tandem mass tags (TMT) designed to increase the level of sample multiplexing without compromising on protein identification and quantitation.

Thermo Scientific BioPharma Finder 5.1 software
Simplify comprehensive biotherapeutic attribute characterization with advanced capabilities to increase throughput and confidence for BioPharma workflows through built for purpose data processing, curation, and reporting in a connected environment to streamline and enable collaboration on a global scale.

SMALDI5 AF ion source by TransMIT
TransMIT Center for Mass Spectrometric Development (TransMIT GmbH, Giessen, Germany) offers integrated high-end solutions for atmospheric-pressure Scanning microprobe Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometric imaging on Orbitrap Exploris platform.

Thermo Scientific TSQ 9610 Triple Quadrupole GC-MS/MS system
New extended linear dynamic range combined with proven high sensitivity ensures you keep ahead of the toughest regulatory methods and business demands.

Thermo Scientific ISQ 7610 Single Quadrupole GC-MS system
NeverVent technology, extended-life detector, and intelligent software eliminate unnecessary downtime to maximize sample throughput.

Agendas


Apr 06, 2023
Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, Vancouver, BC

8 - 9 a.m.

Continental breakfast & name badge pick-up

9 - 9:20 a.m.

Welcome: Introduction to Thermo Fisher innovation
Speaker: Paul Fayad, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Instrument Sales, Thermo Fisher Scientific

9:20 - 9:55 a.m.

Enhancing single-cell proteomics through tailored data-independent acquisition and micropillar array-based chromatography
Speaker: Valdemaras Petrosius, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cell Diversity Lab, Technical University of Denmark

9:55 - 10:25 a.m.

Evaluation of Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid mass spectrometer for shotgun proteomics
Speaker: Evgenia Shishkova, Research Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:25 - 10:40 a.m.

Coffee break

10:40 - 11:15 a.m.

Comprehensive characterization of tRNA by ultra high performance liquid chromatography high resolution accurate mass spectrometry
Speaker: Robert Ross, Ph.D., Senior Product Applications Specialist,Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

N-terminomics applied to apoptosis and infectious diseases
Speaker: Olivier Julien, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta

11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.  

Lunch

12:35 - 12:45 p.m.

Raffle #1

12:45 - 1:15 p.m.

Intelligence-driven metabolomics workflows: Hardware and software innovations for confident differential analysis, unknown annotation, and biomarker discovery
Speaker: Susan Bird, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Metabolomics Vertical Marketing, Thermo Fisher Scientific

1:15 - 1:45 p.m.

Fully automated data analysis enabled by DIA: A new way to think about HX-MS
Speaker: David Schriemer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary

1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

New tools for confident proteoforms and macromolecules analysis
Speaker: Weijing Liu, Vertical Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Coffee break

2:30 - 3 p.m.

Characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) composition using UHPLC-MS
Speaker: Sven Hackbusch, Ph.D., Senior Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3 - 3:30 p.m.

Thermo Scientific Velocity LFQ DIA platform
Speaker: Amirmansoor Hakimi, Vertical Marketing Manager, Omics, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.

Wrap-up & raffle #2

Apr 11, 2023
Crowne Plaza Foster City-San Mateo, Foster City, CA

8 - 9 a.m.

Continental breakfast & name badge pick-up

9 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome: Introduction
Thermo Fisher Scientific

9:15 - 9:55 a.m.

From systems to structure: How mass spectrometry can drive biological research
Speakers: Josh Coon, Thomas and Margaret Pyle Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research & Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:55 - 10:30 a.m.

Profiling complex biotherapeutics with charge reduction or charge detection native mass spectrometry
Speaker: Wendy Sandoval, Director, Translational Mass Spectrometry, Genentech

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:20 a.m.

Developments in the analysis of membrane proteins on Orbitrap platforms
Speaker: Weijing Liu, Vertical Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:20 - 11:55 a.m.

Systematic proteomics by automating the TMT global protein profiling workflow
Speaker: Christopher Rose, Director of Discovery Proteomics and Sr. Principal Scientist, Genentech

11:55 a.m. - 1:05 p.m.  

Lunch, raffle #1 & move to breakout sessions

BioPharma track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Top-down mass spectrometry of synthetic single guide ribonucleic acids enabled by facile sample clean-Up
Speaker: Bifan Chen, Ph.D., Scientist, Research & Early Development Genentech

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) composition using UHPLC-MS
Speaker: Reiko Kiyonami, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Characterization of antibody–drug conjugate pharmacokinetics and in vivo biotransformation using quantitative intact LC-HRMS and surrogate analyte LC-MRM
Speaker: Yue Huang, Ph.D., AstraZeneca

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Characterization of mRNA Vaccine 5' and 3’ end products using UHPLC-HRAM MS
Speaker: Robert Ross, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

Streamlining characterization to monitoring of therapeutic oligonucleotides impurities using Orbitrap-based LC-HRAM-MS platforms
Speaker: Mark Yang, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Omics track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Need for speed: New strategies for label-free quantitation
Speaker: Aaron Robitaille, Ph.D., LSMS Marketing Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Turning the oxygen and vitamin dials
Speaker: Isha Jain, Assistant Professor, Gladstone Institutes & UCSF

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Advancing microfluidic sample preparation and mass spectrometry for spatial single-cell proteomics
Speaker: Ying Zhu, Senior Principal Scientist, Genentech

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Proteomic biosignature stratification for precision medicine & health: Targeted LC/MRM-MS and discovery DIA-MS of blood from remote sampling devices
Speaker: Stephen A. Whelan, Ph.D., Biomedical Scientist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Precision Biomarker Laboratories (PBL)

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

Structure/cross linking in real time
Speaker: Rosa Viner, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Vertical Marketing, Structural Biology, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:50 - 4:05 p.m.

Wrap-up & raffle #2

Apr 13, 2023
Estancia Hotel, La Jolla, CA

8 - 9 a.m.

Continental breakfast & name badge pick-up

9 - 9:15 a.m.

Welcome & introductions
Thermo Fisher Scientific

9:15 - 9:55 a.m.

From systems to structure: How mass spectrometry can drive biological research
Speakers: Josh Coon, Thomas and Margaret Pyle Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research & Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:55 - 10:30 a.m.

To be announced
Speaker: Lisa Jones, Chancellor's Associates Endowed Chair in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California San Diego

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

10:45 - 11:20 a.m.

New tools for confident proteoforms and macromolecules analysis
Speaker: Weijing Liu, Vertical Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:20 - 11:55 a.m.

Democratizing proteomics through standardization and automation of sample preparation
Speaker: Kristan Bahten, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific

11:55 a.m. - 1:05 p.m.  

Lunch, raffle #1 & move to breakout sessions

BioPharma track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Characterization of mRNA Vaccine 5' and 3’ end products using UHPLC-HRAM MS
Speaker: Robert Ross, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Characterization of lipid nanoparticle (LNP) composition using UHPLC-MS
Speaker: Reiko Kiyonami, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Streamlining characterization to monitoring of therapeutic oligonucleotides impurities using Orbitrap-based LC-HRAM-MS platforms
Speaker: Mark Yang, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Impurity profiling and structure elucidation of phosphoramidite raw materials used for oligonucleotide synthesis
Speaker: Sven Hackbusch, Ph.D., Sr. Product Applications Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

To be announced
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Omics track

1:05 - 1:35 p.m.

Proteomic biosignature stratification for precision medicine & health: targeted LC/MRM-MS and discovery DIA-MS of blood from remote sampling devices
Speaker: Stephen A. Whelan, Ph.D., Biomedical Scientist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Precision Biomarker Laboratories (PBL)

1:35 - 2:05 p.m. 

Structure/cross linking in real time
Speaker: Rosa Viner, Ph.D., Sr. Manager, Vertical Marketing

2:05 - 2:35 p.m.

Top-down and bottom-up single cell proteomics
Speaker: John Yates III, Ernest W. Hahn Professor. Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology, The Scripps Research Institute

2:35 - 2:50 p.m.

Coffee break

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Intelligence-driven metabolomics workflows: Hardware and software innovations for confident differential analysis, unknown annotation, and biomarker discovery
Speaker: Bashar Amer, Manager, Vertical Marketing, Metabolomics, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:20 - 3:50 p.m.

To be announced
Thermo Fisher Scientific

3:50 - 4:05 p.m.

Wrap-up & raffle #2

Featured products


Thermo Scientific Proteome Discoverer 3.0 software
Expands the current platform by adding the CHIMERYS Search Engine, which vastly improves the number of peptide identifications versus the current Sequest HT + INFERYS Rescoring workflow.

Thermo Scientific TMTpro 18-plex label reagents
The newest additions to the next generation of tandem mass tags (TMT) designed to increase the level of sample multiplexing without compromising on protein identification and quantitation.

Thermo Scientific BioPharma Finder 5.1 software
Simplify comprehensive biotherapeutic attribute characterization with advanced capabilities to increase throughput and confidence for BioPharma workflows through built for purpose data processing, curation, and reporting in a connected environment to streamline and enable collaboration on a global scale.

SMALDI5 AF ion source by TransMIT
TransMIT Center for Mass Spectrometric Development (TransMIT GmbH, Giessen, Germany) offers integrated high-end solutions for atmospheric-pressure Scanning microprobe Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometric imaging on Orbitrap Exploris platform.

Thermo Scientific TSQ 9610 Triple Quadrupole GC-MS/MS system
New extended linear dynamic range combined with proven high sensitivity ensures you keep ahead of the toughest regulatory methods and business demands.

Thermo Scientific ISQ 7610 Single Quadrupole GC-MS system
NeverVent technology, extended-life detector, and intelligent software eliminate unnecessary downtime to maximize sample throughput.

New featured products


Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid MS
Quantify more samples at lower concentrations, achieve greater coverage with faster acquisition, and characterize the largest biopharmaceuticals with the Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid MS.

Thermo Scientific AccelerOme automated sample preparation platform
The AccelerOme automated sample preparation platform, with factory-supplied reagents and kits, intuitive software and a unique experimental design experience transforms proteomics sample preparation.

Thermo Scientific Direct Mass Technology option
Eenables mass measurements with unprecedented clarity by simultaneously determining the mass to charge and charge of analytes and transforms the understanding of complex biotherapeutics and other large macromolecular complexes.

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