Bruker at ASMS 2025

June 1 - 5, 2025
Baltimore, MD, USA

Discover MORE!

ASMS 2025 in Baltimore is rapidly approaching. Discover more as we unveil our latest innovations that are advancing mass spectrometry. Learn from industry experts, including Albert Heck, Valérie Gabelica, Frederic Vaz and Jennifer Van Eyk, at our eXceed Symposia and Breakfast Workshops.

Visit our conference booth #402 and evening Hospitality Suite at Ballroom Key 8, from June 2-4 between 8:00 to 11:00 pm to speak with Bruker experts and discover how our newest advancements will take your research to the next level.

This year's ASMS will be an unforgettable experience that will inspire and empower your scientific research! We can’t wait to see you in Baltimore!

eXceed Symposia, June 1, 2025

8:30 am - 12:40 pm EDT
Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD, USA
Plenary Session: Constellation Ballroom A-B

8:30 am Welcome and Introduction
Rohan A. Thakur, Ph.D., President, Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Division, Bruker, Fällanden, Switzerland

8:50 am The timsOmni: Unmatched versatility for structural analysis and sequencing by precision MSn eXd methods
Albert Heck, Ph.D., Distinguished Faculty Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University and Scientific Director, Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

9:10 am Oligonucleotide top-down sequencing using the timsOmni platform
Valérie Gabelica, Ph.D., Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

9:30 am 4D-Metabolomics for Precision Screening in Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Fred Vaz, Ph.D., Clinical Biochemist, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

9:50 am The nitty-gritty of isolating single cell from cardiovascular tissues
Jennifer van Eyk, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

10:10 am After the plenary session, the meeting will break into four parallel sessions.

Speakers

Albert Heck

Ph.D., Distinguished Faculty Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University and Scientific Director, Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, Netherlands

Valérie Gabelica

Ph.D., Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Fred Vaz

Ph.D., Clinical Biochemist, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jennifer van Eyk

Ph.D., Director and Professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Breakout Session Proteomics
Constellation Ballroom A-B

10:30 am Introduction

10:50 am Proteomics at the speed of Drug Discovery: Accelerating Programs to Clinic
Harris Bell-Temin, Ph.D., Director of Proteomics, Johnson & Johnson, Boston, MA, USA

11:10 am Tag It & Trash It: Chemoproteomics as a guide for degrader target discovery
Katherine Donovan, Ph.D., Lead Scientist and Managing Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

11:30 am Refreshments

12:00 pm ExD applications
Kristina (Kicki) Håkansson, Ph.D., ICR Facility Director and Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, MagLab, Tallahassee, FL, USA

12:20 pm Ion mobility shift reagents for enrichment-free activity based protein profiling
Jacob Geri, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

12:40 pm End of the Meeting

Speakers

Harris Bell-Temin

Ph.D., Director of Proteomics, Johnson & Johnson, Boston, MA, USA

Katherine Donovan

Ph.D., Lead Scientist and Managing Director, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

Kristina (Kicki) Håkansson

Ph.D., ICR Facility Director and Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, MagLab, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Jacob Geri

Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Breakout Session Multiomics
Constellation Ballroom C-D

10:30 am Introduction

10:50 am Using 4D-Lipidomics on a timsTOF Pro 2 to understand the reproductive cycle non-native Burmese Pythons infesting the Florida Everglades
Kari Basso, Ph.D., Director of Mass Spectrometry Research and Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

11:10 am Chemical Metabolomics - Next Level of Structure Elucidation and Metabolomics Investigation through Chemoselective Probe Derivatization
Daniel Globisch, Ph.D., Professor, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

11:30 am Refreshments

12:00 pm Disease phenotyping using prm-PASEF and 4D-glycosphigolipidomic and lipidomic assays
Laura Bindila, Ph.D., Head of Clinical Lipidomics Unit, University Medical Center Mainz, Frankfurt, Germany

12:20 pm From MaXis to timsTOF: How ion mobility takes us from identifying glycoproteoforms to mapping conformational changes of β2-glycoprotein 1
Melissa Bärenfänger, Ph.D., Assisstant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Netherlands

12:40 pm End of the Meeting

Speakers

Kari Basso

Ph.D., Director of Mass Spectrometry Research and Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Daniel Globisch

Ph.D., Professor, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Laura Bindila

Ph.D., Head of Clinical Lipidomics Unit, University Medical Center Mainz, Frankfurt, Germany

Melissa Bärenfänger

Ph.D., Assisstant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Breakout Session Spatial Multiomics
Constellation Ballroom E-F

10:30 am Introduction

10:50 am Spatial Multiomics in Rare Disease: A Must for Patients
Joey C. Latham, Ph.D., Executive Director and ED&I Ambassador, PTC Therapeutics Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

11:10 am High-throughput single-cell metabolomics
Theodore Alexandrov, Ph.D., CEO and Co-founder, DeepCyte, Copenhagen, Denmark

11:30 am Refreshments

12:00 am Deploying Spatial Omics to Crack the Mitochondrial Code in Drug Development
Sylwia Stopka, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, BPGbio, Boston, MA, USA

12:20 pm Integrating Patient Matched Serum Proteomics with Proteomic Pathology by MSI
Peggi Angel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

12:40 pm End of the Meeting

Speakers

Joey C. Latham    

Ph.D., Executive Director and ED&I Ambassador, PTC Therapeutics Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

Theodore Alexandrov

Ph.D., CEO and Co-founder, DeepCyte, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sylwia Stopka

Ph.D., Senior Scientist, BPGbio, Boston, MA, USA

Peggi Angel

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Breakout Session Environmental Safety
Columbia/Frederick

Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Knowledge in Environmental Safety: Providing deeper insights into the challenges of untargeted analysis by using ion mobility and multiple ionization

10:30 am A Breakthrough for the Discovery of Unknowns by a novel dual-ionization GC-EI&CI-TOFMS: an Example on Non-target Analysis of Cell Extracts
Sonja Klee, Ph.D., Product Manager, Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland

11:00 am Monitoring Emerging Contaminants like PFAS beyond regulatory requirements using a newly developed trapped-ion-mobility QTOF MS
Carsten Baessmann, Ph.D., Director of Applications Development Applied Market MS, Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany

11:30 am End of the Meeting

Speakers

Sonja Klee  

Ph.D., Product Manager, Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland

Carsten Baessmann

Ph.D., Head of Applications Development Applied Market MS, Bruker Daltonics, Bremen, Germany

Breakfast Workshops Monday

Breakfast Workshop Proteomics

Monday, June 2, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 327

Supercharge your day with the power of 4D-Proteomics! Dive into high-sensitivity and high-throughput proteomics, your superpowers for cutting-edge discoveries. Discover how timsTOF is revolutionizing cancer research and enabling new insights in organ pathobiology and neuroscience, making Bruker your ultimate ally in scientific innovation.

 

Agenda

7:00 am Introduction Bruker

7:10 am Elucidation of protein processing and HLA neoantigen presentation of common cancer mutations through subcellular peptidomics on a timsTOF Ultra 2
Ana Marcu, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, Genentech, San Francisco, CA, USA

7:25 am Applying single cell proteomics in organ pathobiology and therapeutics
Benjamin Orsburn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

7:40 am Integrated patch-proteomic and mass spec imaging approaches for advancing neuroscience
Brian R. Hoffmann, Ph.D., Director of Protein Sciences and Mass Spectrometry Services, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA

7:55 am MAPPing out Immunogenicity Risk for Protein Therapeutics: An Industrialized Immunopeptidomics Screening Platform
Michael Pazos, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Johnson & Johnson, Boston, MA, USA

8:10 am Close of Workshop

Breakfast Workshop Multiomics

Monday, June 2, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 347/348

Join us for our breakfast workshop where we dive into the fascinating world of metabolomics and glycobiology, exploring how trapped ion mobility mass spectrometry can unlock new insights and advancements in the world of omics.

Agenda

7:00 am Introduction Bruker

7:10 am From Microbiome to Metabolome: Harnessing Mass Spectrometry for Therapeutic Discovery in Colorectal Cancer
Jennifer N.T. Nguyen, Ph.D. Candidate in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Marcy Balunas, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

7:25 am Toward a 5-Million Spectrum Reference Library: Integrating CCS and MS/MS Using timsTOF Pro 2 and MetaboScape
Julius Agongo, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

7:40 am In-Depth Analysis of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOS) by Robust 3D LC-IM-MS
Marko Mank, Ph.D., Senior Team Leader, Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, Netherlands

7:55 am Optimizing Analytical Figures of Merit for Small Molecules with m/z 50 – 600 in a timsTOF
Siya Deng, Graduate Student, The McLean Group, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

8:10 am Close of Breakfast Workshop

Breakfast Workshop Contaminant Analysis with timsTOF

Monday, June 2, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 349/350

Advancing Contaminant Analysis: Leveraging timsTOF Mass Spec to Meet the Current and Future Requirements of POP's

Explore groundbreaking techniques in environmental analysis, including the latest advancements in MALDI-MS for rapid, chromatography-free assessment of PFAS and their interactions with bacteria. Learn about a novel workflow combining GC-APCI with TIMS for sensitive and reliable quantification of various persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like dioxins in a single GC run. Enhance your expertise in cutting-edge analytical methods that address critical environmental and health challenges.

 

Agenda

7:00 am MALDI-TIMS-MS analysis of PFAS with timsTOF fleX
Tian (Autumn) Qiu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

7:30 am The versatility of GC-APCI-tims-TOF for sub-ppt measurement of targeted POPs to non-targeted analysis of chemicals of emerging concern   
Gauthier Eppe, Ph.D., Full Professor and Director of the MSLab and the Molecular Systems (MolSys) Research Unit, Université de Liège, Belgium

8:10 Close of Workshop

Breakfast Workshops Tuesday

Bruker is conducting the following workshops on Tuesday, June 3, 2025:

Breakfast Workshop Structural Proteomics

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 327

The rapid advancement in instrumentation and software for structural biology enables increasingly sophisticated analysis at the proteoform and protein complex level. Multi-stage and multi-modal fragmentation strategies can dissect molecules more deeply than ever, revealing modifications of high biological significance. Optimized software provides more confident identification and quantification, allowing the analysis of more complex samples and higher throughput data processing. This workshop will introduce how the application of new technologies can enhance insights into monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), enzymes, and membrane proteins.

 

Agenda

7:00 am Introduction Bruker

7:10 am Native and top down mass spectrometry of membrane proteins on the timsOmni platform
Weston Struwe, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

7:25 am A Hybrid Proteomics Approach Captures the Extent and Dynamics of Phosphorylation of AMP-activated kinase Complex
Boris Krichel, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

7:40 am Biotransformations Under the Spotlight: Pushing the Limits of Biotherapeutic Characterization with the timsOmni
Lucile Kogey-Fuchs, Doctoral Student, Sanofi & Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

7:55 am High Resolution HDX-MS for Drug Discovery with a timsTOF Mass Spectrometry
Yangling Yang, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Pfizer, San Diego, CA, USA

8:10 am Close of Breakfast Workshop

Breakfast Workshop Toxicology Screening

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 349/350

Chrom-Free Innovative Solutions for the Drug Abuse Crisis: Moving Mass Spec into the Frontlines of Toxicology Screening

Discover the rapid, chromatography-free detection and characterization of novel nitazene analogs using DART-MRM, a highly effective tool in forensic drug analysis. Learn about DART-MS for high-throughput screening of various novel psychoactive substances (NPS), with a focus on its sensitivity, selectivity, and practical applications in public health and law enforcement. Enhance your expertise in cutting-edge forensic techniques and stay ahead in the evolving landscape of synthetic opioids and NPS detection.

 

Agenda

7:00 am Rapid Detection of Novel Nitazene Analogs: Presumptive Identification of N-Pyrrolidino Butonitazene via DART-MRM
Josh DeBord, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education, Horsham, PA, USA

7:30 am Rapid Screening of Emerging NPS Using DART-MS: Sensitivity, Selectivity, and Easy Target Adaptation  
Terry Bates, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Quantera Analytical, Ithaca, NY, USA

8:10 Close of Workshop

Breakfast Workshops Wednesday

Bruker is conducting the following workshops on Wednesday, June 4, 2025:

Breakfast Workshop Spatial Multiomics

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 327

Supercharge your research with Bruker's spatial multiomics capabilities, the secret weapon behind groundbreaking discoveries. Harness the power of cutting-edge solutions and technology that makes Bruker your ultimate partner in scientific innovation.

Agenda

7:00 am Introduction Bruker

7:10 am Mass Spectrometry Imaging with iprm-PASEF and Single Cell MS with HiPLEX to understand unusual neurochemistry
Jonathan Sweedler, Ph.D., Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

7:30 am Unraveling molecular complexity at cellular resolution with MALDI TIMS FT-ICR IMS
Madeline E. Colley, Postdoctoral Scholar, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

7:50 am Advancing spatial metabolomics with on-target chemical derivatization, ion mobility, and in-silico prediction of derivatized analyte
Chris Anderton, Ph.D., Mass Spectrometry Imaging Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA

8:10 am Close of Breakfast Workshop

Breakfast Workshop Chrom-Free

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
7:00 am EDT

Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, USA
Room: 349/350

Bringing Chromatography-Free to the Masses

Learn about efficient extraction and isolation of small molecules from complex samples using SPME technology, optimizing device design for specific applications. Explore rapid, chromatography-free screening of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) with DART, TIMS, and mass spectrometry, focusing on differentiating challenging synthetic opioids and enhancing high-throughput screening of emerging drug threats.

 

Agenda

7:00 am Efficient Chemical Biopsy Sample Prep Approach for Optimized DART-MS Workflows
Janusz Pawliszyn, Ph.D., Professor, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

7:30 am High-Throughput Chromatography-Free Screening of Illicit Drugs with DART-timsTOF  
Francisco Alberto Fernandez Lima, Ph.D., Professor, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

8:10 am Close of Workshop

ASMS Posters

Monday Posters

MP 241 GC-Ion Mobility-HRMS as a Powerful Alternative to Magnetic Sector MS for a Comprehensive Quantitation of Dioxins and Multiple POP Classes

MP 252 Novel Triple Quad Approaches for Sensitive Quantification of 1000 Compounds in Single Runs

MP 294 Combining DART ionization and trapped ion mobility QTOF mass spectrometry for the analysis of controlled substances

MP 400 On-demand Online Reduction of Intact Antibodies for Automated Workflows on SampleStream coupled to a timsTOF

MP 415 Integrated annotation pipeline using in-silico prediction for on-target chemical derivatization MALDI Imaging

MP 418 Enhanced tissue compartmentalization by applying segmentation algorithms on reduced spatial omics data

MP 437 Exploring the Aβ Plaque microenvironment in Alzheimer's disease model mice by multimodal Lipid-Protein-Histology Imaging on a benchtop mass spectrometer

MP 441 timsplot: A Python Shiny App for Visualizing timsTOF Proteomics Resuls

MP 559 Enhanced separation performance with reduced carry-over for proteomics analyses using novel nanoLC and the timsTOF HT

MP 610 Visualizing the Neuropeptide Distribution in the Common Eastern Bumble Bee using trapped ion mobility MALDI Imaging

MP 661 A comprehensive workflow for non-targeted profiling and comparison of complex essential oils by GC-APCI-IMS mass spectrometry

MP 683 Strategies for acquisition and processing of N-term acetylated peptides on the timsTOF Ultra 2

MP 714 Applying DDA-CSD-ExD on a timsOmni to the analysis of the Fab regions of antibodies originating from human serum

Tuesday Posters

TP 023 Top-down sequencing of bispecific antibodies by electron capture dissociation on a timsOmni platform

TP 031 Analysis of an Antibody-Drug Conjugate on a Novel Benchtop MALDI-TOF/TOF Platform

TP 082 GlycoTyper - a novel liquid-biopsy platform for high-throughput, high-sensitivity targeted glycoproteomics, exemplified be differentiating Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Lupus Nephritis

TP 084 A Quality Management System Dashboard for Bruker’s new GlycoTyper Targeted High-Throughput Glycoproteomics Platform

TP 192 Benchmarking diagonal-PASEF data acquisition for high-throughput proteomics applications

TP 197 Assessment of a narrow-window dia-PASEF method for high-throughput proteomics

TP 202 Optimizing Selectivity and Ion Utilization for Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Enhanced DIA Performance

TP 269 Advanced detection of PFAS in water beyond current regulations using UHPLC Trapped-Ion-Mobility QTOF MS

TP 379 Automated HILIC Enrichment Coupled with Ion Mobility-Enhanced Glycopeptide Analysis for Improved and Scalable Glycoproteomic Profiling

TP 381 Integrated Glycoproteomic Analysis and Glycan Spatial Biology Profiling of Prostate Cancer Using timsTOF on HILIC-enriched samples and MALDI Imaging

TP 474 Confident annotation of GPNAE and HexGPNAE in Caenorhabditis elegans aided by homologous series extension in LC-MS/MS data

Wednesday Posters

WP 018 Development and Validation of Method for Quantification of Antimycotics utilizing DART-MS

WP 034 Towards the Development of a Liquid Chromatography-Free Workflow for Measurement of Clinically Important Proteins

WP 097 prio-PASEF: Precision and Discovery in MetID Workflows

WP 112 Ultra-sensitive PFAS analysis according to EU and EPA regulations in drinking water

WP 142 Chromatography-free screening and quantification of saffron adulteration with safflower by DART-TQ

WP 144 Evaluation of innovative tools for the rapid and accurate authentication of expensive and highly used food ingredients

WP 162 Increased Confidence in the Identification of Off-Flavors Using a Dual Ionization GC-EI&CI TOFMS

WP 172 Development and Optimization of a Chromatography-free Approach using DART-HRMS for the Detection of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Adulteration

WP 251 Facilitating MALDI Imaging Sample Preparation: A High-Resolution, Reproducible, and User-Friendly Sublimation Device

WP 252 A Quality Management System Dashboard for Bruker’s new GlycoTyper Targeted High-Throughput Glycoproteomics Platform

WP 302 Multiomics analysis for advanced tumor typing of lung cancer using 116plex MALDI HiPLEX-IHC and released N-glycans on the neofleX

WP 324 Novor.ai – Increased precision and accuracy utilizing an AI model for de novo sequencing

WP 420 Monolithic columns for improved 4D-Lipidomics analysis

WP 539 Enhanced Sensitivity and Reproducibility for HLA-Class I & II Immunopeptidomics Utilizing dia-PASEF Workflow

WP 578 In-Depth Protein Biologics Sequence Verification and De Novo Sequencing by TIMS-enabled MALDI Top-Down Sequencing

WP 634 The timsTOF Ultra 2 enables systematic understanding of ubiquitination and degradation kinetics of degrader drug targets using slice-PASEF acquisition schemes

WP 660 Rapid capillary flow chromatography coupled to data-independent mass spectrometry setup for bottom-up plasma proteomics of large cohorts

WP 713 Analysis of the global histone modification landscape in mouse tissue using nano C18-monolithic column and timsTOF HT

WP 735 Evaluation of Liquid Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric Methods for Ultra-deep Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Single Cells

Thursday Posters

ThP 118 Near real-time PFAS screening with EPA 1633 confirmation on the same DART/LC-QqQ instrument

ThP 211 Rapid spatial molecular insights into human brain tumors by axial MALDI TOF mass spectrometry imaging

ThP 341 Unveiling the PFAS fingerprint in biota leveraging the technique LC-VIP HESI(-)-TIMS-HRMS and novel chemometric tools supporting untargeted workflows

ThP 342 Exploring the effect of trapped IMS in LC-HRMS untargeted workflows for identifying xenobiotics by utilizing its data-dependent acquisition scheme (PASEF)

ThP 376 A novel nano UHPLC system for high robustness and reproducible proteomics analysis

ThP 462 CCS-Powered Metabolic Reaction Networking: Boosting Accuracy and Coverage of Metabolite Annotation in Untargeted Metabolomics

ThP 465 On global profiling accuracy and the effect of instrument sensitivity

ThP 663 Scaling-up low input spatial proteomics using Evosep Whisper Zoom on the timsTOF Ultra 2

ThP 683 Accelerating Discovery: High-Throughput Single-Cell Proteomics with Rapid Analysis and Deep Protein Coverage

ThP 744 Detailed Characterization of Polymers and Microplastics by KMD Plots of Complex MS Spectra

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