Orbi is working, the queue is approximately 130 hours.
MALDI-TOF will be in operating condition this afternoon.
Tania
November 7, 2014
Category Archives: Orbitrap status
Tania
November 6, 2014
Orbi is warming up for calibration. Doug will get his data today, Gaozhong’s data will be revisited this afternoon.
MALDI-TOF might get looked at by an engineer who happened to be in the area. I’ll keep you posted!
ETA: MALDI is feeling better, should be up and running by tomorrow.
Tania
November 5, 2014
Orbi is running Sung-Hoon’s and Doug’s samples; data should be ready tomorrow.
No news about MALDI-TOF as of 2 PM, but a replacement part has been delivered today. This is a good sign.
Tania
November 4, 2014
Orbi is running Marcia’s samples. Anna, Matt, Yunxue, and Siva will get their data today. Next in the queue: Sung-Hoon, Doug, and Eric.
No news about the MALDI-TOF.
Tania
November 3, 2014
Orbi finally got a new nano-LC column and is running samples again.
MALDI TOF is down for an unknown time. A service request has been placed.
Tania
October 23, 2014
I am cleaning Orbi after 6 days of continuous data acquisition. Yuanjun’s data will be uploaded in his folder in a few hours. I will start working on Gaozhong’s and Doug’s data today. All my gel-band customers: I am working on your gel bands, they should be ready for analysis by Sat morning and will be analyzed in the order they were submitted. The queue as of today is approximately 80 hours.
MALDI TOF is finally updated with the necessary software and libraries for microorganism ID. There is currently no queue.
Tania
October 17, 2014
Orbi has been busy all week trying to catch up with the long queue. Eric’s intact proteins and Gaozhong’s digests are running now. Tomorrow morning – Yuanjun’s samples. Have a nice weekend, enjoy the Fall colors while they last!
Tania
October 13, 2014
Orbi is finally working! I am running a retention time standard, after which I will resume running your samples. It took 3 calendar weeks to get Orbi back to operating condition while the Unity Lab service agreement promises a 5-day response time. Unacceptable.
Tania
October 10, 2014
I spent whole day yesterday calibrating Orbi (with little success), and the mass drift was huge today – 20 ppm error. After some troubleshooting over the phone and some digging in Orbi’s innards, I found a loose little cable. Now I must recalibrate everything again and hope this solves the problem. I will keep you posted!
Tania
October 8, 2014
Good news! A new power supply has been installed, and the instrument appears to be working. Once the FT temperature is stable, I will calibrate the instrument and start running your samples.
MALDI is in the process of getting a new software, Biotyper which will be used for microorganism identification by the Penn State Animal Diagnostics Lab. The software installation will continue as soon as some IT issues are resolved by the Bruker colleagues.