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Selenium protein identification and profiling by mass spectrometry: A tool to assess progression of cardiomyopathy in a whale model

December 1, 2017
Author(s)
Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Steven J. Christopher, William C. Davis, Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Gregory D. Bossart, Wayne E. McFee, Terrance X. O'Brien
Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of congestive heart failure and sudden cardiac death in humans and in some cases the etiology of cardiomyopathy can include the downstream effects of an essential element deficiency. Of all mammal species

Symmetry-breaking inelastic wave-mixing atomic magnetometry

December 1, 2017
Author(s)
Feng Zhou, Edward W. Hagley, Lu Deng, Chengjie Zhu
The nonlinear magneto-optical rotation (NMOR) effect has prolific applications ranging from precision mapping of Earth's magnetic field to biomagnetic sensing. Studies on collisional spin relaxation effects have led to ultrahigh magnetic field

Analysis of PFAAs in American alligators Part 2: Potential dietary exposure of South Carolina hunters from recreationally harvested alligator meat

November 29, 2017
Author(s)
Jessica Tipton, Louis J. Guillette, Susan Lovelace, Benjamin B. Parrott, Thomas R. Rainwater, Jessica L. Reiner
Exposure to perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) has been linked to many harmful health effects including reproductive disorders, developmental delays, and altered liver and kidney function. Most human exposure to environmental contaminants, including PFAAs

Tissue Distribution of Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) and Health Status in Wild Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from Loskop Dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa

November 29, 2017
Author(s)
Jacqueline T. Bangma, Jessica L. Reiner, Hannes Botha, Theresa M. Cantu, Marco Gouws, Matthew P. Guillette, Jeremy P. Koelmel, Wilmien Luus-Powell, Olivia Rynders, Joseph Sara, Willem J. Smit, John Bowden
This study collected male Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) from Loskop Dam, Mpumalanga, South Africa in 2014 and 2016 to investigate the levels of 15 perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) across six tilapia tissues. Nine of the 15 PFAAs were detected

Combining fragment ion and neutral loss matching during mass spectral library searching: A new general-purpose algorithm applicable to illicit drug identification

November 20, 2017
Author(s)
Arun S. Moorthy, William E. Wallace, Anthony J. Kearsley, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Stephen E. Stein
A mass spectral library search algorithm that identifies compounds that differ from library compounds by a single ‘inert’ structural component is described. This algorithm, the Hybrid Similarity Search, generates a similarity score based on matching both

LipidQC: Method Validation Tool for Visual Comparison to SRM 1950 Using NIST Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise Lipid Consensus Mean Estimate Values

November 17, 2017
Author(s)
Candice Z. Ulmer, Jared Ragland, Jeremy P. Koelmel, N. Alan Heckert, Christina Jones, Timothy J. Garrett, Richard A. Yost, John Bowden
As advances in analytical separation techniques, mass spectrometry instrumentation, and data processing platforms continue to spur growth in the lipidomics field, more structurally unique lipid species are detected and annotated. The lipidomics community

Collision-Induced Dissociation of Deprotonated Peptides. Relative Abundance of Side-Chain Neutral Losses, Residue-Specific Product Ions, and Comparison with Protonated Peptides

November 14, 2017
Author(s)
Yuxue Liang, Pedatsur Neta, Xiaoyu (Sara) Yang, Stephen E. Stein
High-accuracy MS/MS spectra of deprotonated ions of 390 dipeptides and 137 peptides with 3 to 6 residues are studied. Many amino acid residues undergo neutral losses from their side chains. The most abundant is the loss of acetaldehyde from threonine. The

Gas Chromatographic Retention Behavior of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Alkyl- Substituted PAHs on Two Stationary Phases of Different Selectivity

November 8, 2017
Author(s)
Federica Nalin, Lane C. Sander, Walter B. Wilson, Stephen A. Wise
Retention indices (RIs) for 45 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 63 methyl- substituted PAHs were determined by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS) using two different stationary phases: a 50% (mole fraction) phenyl-substituted

Sucrose density gradient centrifugation for efficient separation of engineered nanoparticles from a model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans

October 11, 2017
Author(s)
Monique E. Johnson, Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Elijah J. Petersen, Shannon K. Hanna, Karen E. Murphy, Lee L. Yu, Bryant C. Nelson, Michael R. Winchester
This protocol describes a strategy for separating Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) from engineered nanomaterials, a critical step for accurate quantification in uptake studies. Conventional rinsing procedures, typically comprised of water or buffer

Assessment of extracellular vesicles purity using proteomic standards

September 26, 2017
Author(s)
Tingting Wang, Kyle Anderson, Illarion Turko
The increasing interest in extracellular vesicles (EVs) research is fueled by reports indicating their unique role in intercellular communication and potential connection to the development of common human diseases. The unique role assumes unique protein

Toward 3D printed hydrogen storage materials made with ABS-MOF composites

September 26, 2017
Author(s)
Megan C. Kreider, Zeeshan Ahmed, Makfir Sefa, James A. Fedchak, Julia Scherschligt, Michael Bible, Nikolai Klimov, Bharath Natarajan, Hartings Mathew
The push to advance efficient, renewable, and clean energy sources has brought with it an effort to generate materials that are capable of storing hydrogen. Metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) have been the focus of many such studies as they are

Development of a Cigarette Tobacco Filler Standard Reference Material

September 20, 2017
Author(s)
Lane C. Sander, Jeanita Pritchett, Laura J. Wood, Brian Lang, Stephen Wise, Matt J. Walters, T. Phillips, M. J. Holman, G. Lee, J. Lisko, B. Lane, L. Valentin, B. Kimbrell, S. Kuklenyik, S. Stanfill, C. Watson
A new tobacco filler Standard Reference Material (SRM) has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in September 2016 with certified and reference mass fraction values for nicotine, N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), 4-

Analytical Methods and Development of Reference Materials for Toxic Metals and Metal Species in Food and Dietary Supplements

September 18, 2017
Author(s)
Stephen E. Long, Michael B. Ellisor, Frances Nilsen, Laura J. Wood, Karen E. Murphy, Lee L. Yu
Highly toxic metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are prevalent in the terrestrial and marine environments from both natural sources and anthropogenic activities. Contamination of food can often occur during agricultural production and food

Trichothiazole A, a dichlorinated polyketide featuring an embedded thiazole isolated from Trichodesmium thiebautii blooms

September 18, 2017
Author(s)
Tracey B. Schock, Peter D. Moeller, Rick Belisle, Christopher W. Via, Tracy A. Villareal, Kevin Beauchesne, Matthew J. Bertin, Paul Zimba
Mass spectrometry-guided isolation of the lipophilic extract of Trichodesmium thiebautii bloom material led to the isolation and structure characterization of a new thiazole-containing di-chlorinated polyketide (1). The structure of 1 was deduced using 1D

Nanophotonic atomic force microscope transducers enable chemical composition and thermal conductivity measurements at the nanoscale

September 13, 2017
Author(s)
Jungseok Chae, Sangmin An, Georg Ramer, Vitalie Stavila, Glenn Holland, Yohan Yoon, Alec Talin, Mark Allendorf, Vladimir Aksyuk, Andrea Centrone
The atomic force microscope (AFM) offers a rich observation window on the nanoscale, yet many dynamic phenomena are too fast and too weak for direct detection, urging measurement innovation. Integrated cavity-optomechanics is revolutionizing

The structural phases and vibrational properties of Mo1-xWxTe2 alloys

September 1, 2017
Author(s)
Sean M. Oliver, Ryan Beams, Sergiy Krylyuk, Arunima Singh, Irina Kalish, Alina Bruma, Francesca Tavazza, Iris Stone, Stephan J. Stranick, Albert Davydov, Patrick M. Vora
The structural polymorphism in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) provides exciting opportunities for developing advanced electronics. For example, MoTe2 crystallizes in the 2H semiconducting phase at ambient temperature and pressure, but transitions

Baseline Assessment of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Assay Performance: A Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) Interlaboratory Comparison Study

August 18, 2017
Author(s)
Christopher T. Sempos, Stephen Wise, Karen W. Phinney, Susan Tai, Johanna Camara, Gary L. Myers, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Lu Tian, John H. Eckfeldt, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, W. Greg Miller, Lorin M. Bachmann, Ian S. Young, J Pettit, G. Caldwell, A Liu, S P. Brooks, K. Sarafin, M. Thamm, C. Scheidt-Nave, G. B. Mensink, M. Busch, M. Rabenberg, Kevin Cashman, Mairead Kiely, Michael Kinsella, K Galvan, J. Y. Zhang, K OH, S. W. Lee, C. L. Jung, L. Cox, G. Goldberg, K. Guberg, S. Meadows, A. Prentice, G. Swan, A. Tedstone, Graham D. Carter, Julia C. Jones, P. Brannon, R. M. Lucas, P. M. Crump, Glenville Jones, E. Cavalier, Joyce Merkel, J. M. Betz
The Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) coordinated an interlaboratory study to assess the comparability of measurements of total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] in human serum, which is the primary marker of vitamin D status. A set of 50 individual
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