We aim to develop the world’s highest performance バックショットルーレット with selectivity and sensitivity roughly 10,000 times higher than its predecessor. This will be accomplished by narrowing down the target compounds based on hypothesis; improving pre-processing methods to identify target materials; developing techniques to efficiently ionize compounds which are collectable only in small amounts; developing an ultra-sensitive, high-resolution mass spectrometer capable of observing even subtle structural differences; and developing analysis software to derive meaningful information from the obtained spectra.
In particular, バックショットルーレットtrix-Assisted Laser Desorption / Ionization (バックショットルーレットLDI), which has become the バックショットルーレットinstream method for the ionization of biomolecules, was developed from Soft Laser Desorption that was invented by the team leader, and for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002. Since バックショットルーレットking this invention 25 years ago, he has continued to enhance its sensitivity and versatility, and for this, as well as for the invention, he is highly regarded in the world’s scientific community.
