Germany-Hamburg: Spectrometers

The University of Hamburg (UHH) is the largest university in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg with over 42.000 students, the largest research and training institution in northern Germany and one of the largest universities in Germany. Located in the heart of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the University offers a wide range of teaching and excellent research.
The aim is to purchase and supply a factory-new UHPLC-coupled tandem quadrupol mass spectrometer for multiple reaction monitoring measurements.
The planned Tandem Quadrupol mass spectrometer is to be installed under the umbrella of the Mass Spectrometry Technology Platform of the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Hospitalum in the Biology Department of UHH. It is intended to provide sensitive and selective quantification of defined analytes (‘targeted metabolomics’) from various research projects. In order to reduce the complexity of the sample before entering the mass spectrometer and to capture a wide range of analytes with a high chemical diversity, a bioinerised liquid chromatography coupling (UHPLC) shall be used in front of the mass spectrometer.
An important application will be to study the role of plant-microbe interactions, algae and microbees in the turnover of organic matter. An important matrix to be investigated is the rhizosphere, where complex interactions between plant roots and microbes contribute to the conversion and degradation of organic matter in soil. The rhizosphere will be studied in coastal ecosystems, temperate forests and wetlands. The role of phytoplanktonexsu data and the interactions between phytoplankton and microbes are investigated in marine environments. In addition, carbohydrate turnover in plant waste and key metabolites in biofilms are analysed. In addition to projects focusing on carbon flows, the tool will also be used for a variety of other applications, such as the analysis of cardenolid content in highly specialised herbivorous insects, the quantification of TCA cycle intermediate products in C. elegans, the quantification of steroid hormone titres in humans and the quantification of certain metabolites in fish embryos.

38433000 - Spectrometers