Customers can use their workhorse single quad instruments to identify unknowns rather than rely on more specialized instruments with associated costs and delays.
Danbury, CT and Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) November 18, 2009
Cerno Bioscience, and Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that they will jointly market Cerno’s MassWorksTM calibration software to Agilent gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MSD) ChemStation users. This novel calibration increases the mass accuracy of Agilent’s single quadrupole GC/MSD sufficiently to identify unknown compounds. This normally requires use of much more expensive, larger instruments such as Time-of-Flight, or Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance mass spectrometers.
MassWorks for GC/MSD uses Cerno’s patented technology to calibrate raw MS data from Agilent’s GC/MSD using, peak shape, followed by CLIPSTM formula ID based on spectral accuracy. This technique dramatically improves mass accuracy and enables single quad instruments to identify unknown compounds. In addition to enabling compound identification without a library, the formula ID function also adds confidence to library searches. The combined capabilities of the Agilent GC/MSD ChemStation and Cerno’s MassWorks means there is now an economic alternative to high-resolution GC/MS systems for formula ID.
”The combination of Agilent’s GC/MS with Cerno’s MassWorksTM holds real value for end users," said Chris Toney, Agilent vice president and general manager, Mass Spec Systems. “Customers can use their workhorse single quad instruments to identify unknowns rather than rely on more specialized instruments with associated costs and delays.”
"We’re delighted to enter into this relationship with Agilent, a recognized market leader in GC/MS. With Agilent’s large installed base and worldwide reach, we will be able to make MassWorksTM available to many more users. Our customer base continues to grow and this partnership will only accelerate that process” said Dr. Yongdong Wang, founder and president of Cerno Bioscience. “By configuring and pricing MassWorksTM specifically for the GC/MS market, called MassWorksTM for GC/MS, we can make this solution more attractive for all GC/MS laboratories.”
MassWorksTM is compatible with Agilent 5975 and 5973 GC/MS instruments running Agilent MSD ChemStation software. To determine compatibility with older systems, please contact Cerno or Agilent.
For more information about the Agilent GC/MSD System, please visit http://www.agilent.com/chem/gcmschemstation.
For more information about MassWorksTM for GC/MS software, please visit http://www.cernobioscience.com/products.html.
About Cerno Bioscience Products
Cerno Bioscience’s MassWorksTM family of software products performs post-acquisition MS calibration and formula determination through either CLIPS at unit mass resolution or sCLIPS at higher resolution. It supports all major MS vendor data formats and works with all MS instruments including GC/MS, LC/MS, TOF, qTOF, and FT MS. Cerno Bioscience products are used in major R&D labs in the pharmaceutical, food, beverages, flavors, fragrances, natural products, environmental, forensics, fine chemicals and petrochemical industries. For more information, please visit: http://www.cernobioscience.com/products.html.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 18,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.8 billion in fiscal 2008. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at http://www.agilent.com.
Contact:
Stuart Matlow, Agilent
+ 1 408 553 7191
stuart_matlow(at)agilent.com
Valerie Lopez, Cerno Bioscience
+1 203 312 1106
valerie.lopez(at)cernobioscience.com
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