“The ideal imaging MS system needs high data acquisition speeds, high spatial resolution capabilities, and high mass resolving power. With this new system, Bruker re-imagined the MALDI source and laser optics to deliver very impressive performance and information throughput. This is a revolutionary instrument which has the potential to significantly improve sample throughput and offer useful information in real time in clinical research.”
Dr. Pierre Chaurand, Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, Canada
“Translational clinically oriented research with imaging mass spectrometry is critically dependent on speed and robust operation. Current instrumentation is limiting its full adaptation. The rapifleX MALDI Tissuetyper allows us to finally overcome that limitation. It enables us to engage in high throughput clinical studies and establishes mass spectrometry imaging as a powerful and reliable information source for personalized medicine research.“
Dr. Ron M.A. Heeren, Director M4I, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
“The analysis of tumor heterogeneity is one of the most important biomedical research challenges in oncology and personalized medicine. MALDI imaging is perfectly suited to get an unbiased molecular view on tumor heterogeneity. The speed and performance of the rapifleX MALDI Tissuetyper gives us for the first time the possibility to analyze even large tumor specimen over huge patient cohorts with sufficient spatial resolution to get a comprehensive understanding of tumor heterogeneity. “
Dr. Axel Walch, Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz-Centre Munich, Germany