OREANDA-NEWS. This week at Analytica 2016, Bruker (NASDAQ: BRKR) is showcasing new products and analytical solutions for improved performance and customer experience in pharmaceutical, industrial and applied markets.  Designed to increase sensitivity, improve specificity and maximize productivity, the new Bruker products introduced at Analytica 2016 include:

The new MALDI PharmaPulse rapifleX solution is the latest addition to Bruker’s portfolio of innovative products designed to assist pharmaceutical, biotech and CRO customers to accelerate drug discovery.  Based on the new 10 kHz laser rapiflex™  MALDI-TOF system, and incorporating an integrated automation solution, this is the first mass-spectrometry based, label-free uHTS (ultra-high throughput screening) solution, using standard 1,536 microtitre plates, or even 6,144 plates.  The MALDI PharmaPulse rapifleX solution analyses a 1,536  MTP in < 8 minutes , and due to its extreme robustness it is suitable for primary screens of millions of compounds, with significantly lower cost per sample.  Its label-free detection of substrates and products accelerates assay development, reduces complexity of screening, and potentially minimizes artifacts from interferences with the labels used in traditional uHTS technologies.

PesticideScreener  and ToxScreener 2.1:  These powerful solutions based on Brukers innovative QTOF instruments allow users to easily screen, identify, confirm and quantify hundreds of compounds in a single experiment.  With a larger screening database and new software, these solutions produce significantly increased throughput and confidence for routine applications in the food, environmental and forensic markets.  The new Bruker TASQ™ 1.1 software (Target Analysis for Screening and Quantitation) is designed to exploit high resolution, accurate-mass data generated by Bruker QTOF mass spectrometers to confidently screen for trace residues in complex matrices. 

The new ESPRIT QUBE software provides extensive and powerful tools for 3D visualization and post-processing of data acquired with electron backscatter diffraction systems (EBSD) and/or energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometers (EDS) on electron microscopes.  Whether 3D data sets are acquired automatically in dedicated FIB/SEM instruments or by using conventional metallography techniques and standard SEM, ESPRIT QUBE’s enables true 3D data representation and analysis.  This helps materials scientists, from novice to expert, in gaining an even more profound understanding of microstructure parameters, such as dislocation density and grain boundary planes, as well as grain, inclusion and porosity metrics.  A multitude of options for data filtering, sub-setting, simulation and visualization provide advanced 3D insights into the deformation mechanisms of materials, and enable crystal plasticity studies.  ESPRIT QUBE complements QUANTAX EBSD and EDS for an even more efficient investigation and interpretation of simultaneously acquired EBSD/EDS data.

The new SPECTRA.ELEMENTSTM software suite for the S2 PUMATM benchtop EDXRF spectrometer enables users to fully exploit its analytical performance for elemental analysis.  With the standardless solution SMART-QUANT FPTM, the application range of the S2 PUMA is expanded into material science R&D applications.  It enables users to quantify element concentrations in different liquid and solid samples, such as metals, ceramics, and oils.  SMART-QUANT FP is a vital tool for industrial users when analyzing non-routine samples.  Bruker also releases the new, ready-to-analyze solutions GEO-QUANT MTM for geology, mining and minerals, and CEMENT-QUANTTM for the building materials industry.  These solutions are compliant with international standards, such as ASTM C114 for cement.  The combination of the high analytical precision of the S2 PUMA with turn-key calibration packages provides improved cost efficiency through tighter process control.

Frank Laukien, Ph.D., the President and CEO of Bruker Corporation, commented:  “At Analytica 2016, Bruker continues its commitment to meeting the needs of our global customer base in the applied, pharmaceutical and industrial markets for robust, high-value analytical solutions and scientific instruments.”

For more than 50 years, Bruker has enabled scientists to make breakthrough discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of human life.  Bruker’s high-performance scientific research instruments and high-value analytical solutions enable scientists to explore life and materials at molecular, cellular and microscopic levels.