Agricultural college to hold workshop on instrumentation
MALDI is a sensitive and rapid soft ionisation technique used in mass spectrometry to detect and analyse high-molecular-weight compounds such as proteins, peptides, lipids, and polymers without fragmentation.
According to an official release, the session, to be held in July, will cover the fundamentals of MALDI and MALDI-TOF, sample preparation techniques, instrument handling, and data analysis, and is open to interested candidates for registration.
Details may be had by logging in to tnau.ac.in/site/adcri-trichy/department-of-centreofexcellence-about-department/ or (Mobile): 9994315738.
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