Benchtop MALDI-TOF Imaging Starter Kit

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Add MS imaging capability to your MALDI-TOF system at an entry-level price

Increase the analytical possibilities with the addition of the Imaging Starter Kit to your benchtop MALDI-TOF instrument

Experience the power of MALDI imaging at the cost of an entry-level instrument. The Benchtop MALDI-TOF Imaging Starter Kit makes mass spectrometry imaging more affordable and accessible for both novice and experienced analysts.

The Imaging Starter Kit adds value to your instrumentation with its high-end features for advanced applications. It expands the application portfolio of the Shimadzu MALDI-8020 and MALDI-8030 benchtop MALDI-TOF instruments.

The recently introduced EasyCare capabilities of optics cleaning and automated detector and deflector tuning decrease system downtime for maintenance while running high-throughput imaging experiments

Key Features

Key Features of the Benchtop MALDI-TOF Imaging Starter Kit
  • Compact benchtop footprint
  • Complete custom imaging starter kit
  • Simplified imaging software wizard workflow
  • Designed for ease of use for both expert and novice users
  • Quality imaging mass spectrometry analysis
  • Easy upgrade of existing Shimadzu benchtop MALDI instruments
  • Ideal for teaching MALDI imaging and method development

Quick Specs


Laser Speed		 200 Hz
Resolution 50 um

Polarity		 Linear Positive

Size		 450 mm x 745 mm x 1055 mm

Sound		 Quiet (<55 dB)

 

Access high-end application on an entry-level instrument

  • Fast, easy acquisition of high-grade images and data

    Paired with the sensitivity and mass resolution of Shimadzu’s MALDI benchtop TOF instruments, the imaging kit provides outstanding data quality. The system is ideal for complex biomolecular imaging.

    The FastMS feature enables sample slide introduction in < 3 minutes combined with a 200 Hz laser provides up to 15 pixels per second imaging speed.

    MALDI Solutions IonView software provides a easy-to-use workflow for image processing such as snapshots, overlays and displays of regions of interest and pixel spectra.

  • Fast, easy acquisition of high-grade images and data
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Easily perform imaging workflows with software-guided technology

  • Easily perform imaging workflows with software-guided technology

  • Powerful imaging software with a user-friendly interface

    The MALDI Solutions™ Imaging software features an acquisition wizard that offers a step-by-step guided setup, ensuring error-free data acquisition. Analysts of every experience level can accurately align optical images, identify the acquisition area, assess relevant system features and determine the time duration of the experiment.

    This software streamlines the process of acquiring, processing and interpreting complex imaging data with basic and advanced analysis options. The MALDI-8020 and MALDI-8030 come equipped with features that enhance sensitivity and resolution, which support high throughput mass spectrometry imaging.

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Expand your MS Imaging capabilities with matrix application options and data analysis software

  • Shimadzu’s complete MALDI imaging workflow solution

    Shimadzu has developed comprehensive workflow solutions that simplify each of the three primary stages a comprehensive workflow solution.

    Matrix coating – Automated MALDI matrix coating devices available, enabling simple selection of pre-set methods with high reproducibility. Learn more about our iMLayer and iMLayer Aero instruments. 

    Data acquisition – User-friendly imaging acquisition wizard enables FastMS for higher acquisition speed, AeonDetector for added robustness and longevity, and TrueClean technology / EasyCare package for easy ion source cleaning.

    Data processing with IonView software – Quick-to-load data files for seamless result review. Add IMAGEREVEAL MS Imaging analysis software and access advanced MS Imaging processing capabilities.

  • Expand your MS Imaging capabilities with matrix application options and data analysis software
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Videos

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    Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) began its development in 1997 with the publication of “Molecular Imaging of Biological Samples: Localization of Peptides and Proteins Using MALDI-TOF MS” by Richard Caprioli et al. in Analytical Chemistry. Over the past 25 years, there have been numerous developments in terms of samples preparation, matrix application, and instrumentation that have enabled increases in figures of merit related to MSI. Each improvement is accompanied by an increase in method complexity and price tag, while many users are seeking an entry-level instrument to perform simpler experiments that still produce spatially resolved mass data. To this end, we have tested a benchtop Shimadzu MALDI-8020 capable of MALDI MSI and employed simpler sample preparation techniques. As an introduction to MSI, we share the optimization of relevant parameters and matrices as well as the results of relevant imaging experiments.

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