Mass spectrometry: principles and applications to Omics

16 Apr

Dr. Maria Fedorova, University of Leipzig

16-27 May, 2025

18 h, 3 CFU

The course will cover an introduction to mass spectrometry, from principles to applications to Omics. Instrumentations and acquisition modes will be described, together with methods design, development and optimization. Finally, applications to OMICs will be described and discussed. In particular, the course will cover: introduction to mass spectrometry; static and direct infusion MS; principles of LC-MS coupling; Hybrid MS instruments and principles of method designs; data-dependent and data-independent acquisitions – principles of method development and optimization; Targeted MS – multiple reaction monitoring and parallel reaction monitoring; Quantitative MS; proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics.