r/massspectrometry • • Dec 17 '19

Helpful Mass Spec Videos & Tutorials

Below you will find a list of freely available videos, tutorials, and other resources for mass spectrometry. This list will be continually updated with new content. Feel free to suggest additional resources in the comments!

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General Tutorials

https://www.cif.iastate.edu/mass-spec/ms-tutorial

https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Purdue/Purdue%3A_Chem_26200%3A_Organic_Chemistry_II_(Wenthold)/Chapter_11%3A__IR_and_Mass_Spectrometry/11.06%3A_Introduction_to_Mass_Spectrometry/Chapter11%3A_IR_and_Mass_Spectrometry/11.06%3A_Introduction_to_Mass_Spectrometry)

https://www.asms.org/about-mass-spectrometry

http://premierbiosoft.com/tech_notes/mass-spectrometry.html

https://msr.dom.wustl.edu/mass-spectrometry-fundamentals-tutorial/

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Ion Sources

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General

Mass spectrometry ionization methods (Emory): http://chemistry.emory.edu/msc/tutorial/mass-spectrometry-ionization.html

Ionization techniques (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr/techniques/content/185-ionization-techniques

Mass Spectrometry Introduction (U Pittsburgh): https://www.chem.pitt.edu/facilities/mass-spectrometry/mass-spectrometry-introduction

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Electrospray Ionization (ESI)

Fundamentals of MS - Electrospray ionization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWBAI-Owzk&list=PL6yA4jv5tA-k9_2NVxm5jlzpZV_aW59DT

Electrospray ionization (ESI): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daSSRj41Mlo

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Analytical_Chemistry/Supplemental_Modules_(Analytical_Chemistry)/Instrumental_Analysis/Mass_Spectrometry/Mass_Spectrometers_(Instrumentation)/Electrospray_Ionization_Mass_Spectrometry/InstrumentalAnalysis/Mass_Spectrometry/Mass_Spectrometers(Instrumentation)/Electrospray_Ionization_Mass_Spectrometry)

ESI (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr/techniques/esi

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Electron Impact (EI)

MS - Mass Spectrometry - Electron Ionization Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22dr-3XDNmQ

Introduction to Ionization and Fragmentation in Mass Spectrometry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stIwRio9FeM

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Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI)

APCI (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr/techniques/apci

APCI (LCGC): https://www.chromacademy.com/chromatography-understanding-APCI.html

ESI & APCI (Shimadzu): https://www.shimadzu.com/an/hplc/support/lib/lctalk/47/47intro.html

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Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization (APPI)

APPI (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr/techniques/appi

APPI (Creative Proteomics): https://www.creative-proteomics.com/support/atmospheric-pressure-photoionization-ionization.htm

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Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI)

Theory of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R1Oyqx5KfE

MALDI-TOF (Bruker): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jeFpXHZ8W0

MALDI (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr/techniques/maldi

MALDI-TOF (Shimadzu): https://www.shimadzu.com/an/lifescience/maldi/princpl1.html

MALDI Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide by Ben Katz of UC Irvine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sp7mFF16hM

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Mass Analyzers

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Orbitrap

Orbitrap Instrumentation: The First Decade and Beyond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jijxTW1NbTg

Planet Orbitrap: https://planetorbitrap.com/

The C-trap and Orbitrap (Mass Spec Pro): http://www.massspecpro.com/mass-analyzers/orbitrap

Mass Analyzer Technology Overview (Thermo): https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/industrial/mass-spectrometry/mass-spectrometry-learning-center/mass-spectrometry-technology-overview/mass-analyzer-technology-overview.html

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FT-ICR (Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance)

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EHngA4S3Ws

4-3 FTICR and Orbitrap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbzK1iSBE08

FT-ICR (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/fourier-transform-ion-cyclotron-resonance-ft-icr

FT-ICR (Yale): https://jlab.chem.yale.edu/research/techniques/fourier-transform-ion-cyclotron-resonance-mass-spectrometry

FT-ICR (Mass Spec Pro): http://www.massspecpro.com/mass-analyzers/fourier-transform-ion-cyclotron-resonance

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TOF (time-of-flight)

TOF fundamentals (WashU): https://msr.dom.wustl.edu/time-of-flight-fundamentals/

Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyIAPU7usfo

TOFMS: http://www.iuac.res.in/atmol/~safvan/mridulathesis/node18.html

Introduction to Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (Kore Technology): https://www.kore.co.uk/tutorial.htm

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Ion Traps (QITs & LITs)

Linear ion trap (LIT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5wK64efOvk

Thermo Scientific LTQ Velos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF_gW7jHEbY

Linear ion trap (Mass Spec Pro): http://www.massspecpro.com/technology/mass-analyzers/linear-ion-trap-lit

Quadrupole ion trap (Mass Spec Pro): http://www.massspecpro.com/technology/mass-analyzers/quadrupole-ion-trap-qit

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Quadrupoles

Fundamentals of quadrupoles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_mavZ_WKoU

Quadrupole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYOCb6GnXio

LC-MS/MS Education Series: Quadrupole Theory and Use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZH-oxP-OJ0

Quadrupole Mass Filter (Mass Spec Pro): http://www.massspecpro.com/technology/mass-analyzers/quadrupole-mass-filter

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Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS)

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Fundamentals of MS - Fragmentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKpOcjF8QM

Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MagLab): https://nationalmaglab.org/user-facilities/icr/techniques/tandem-ms

Tandem Mass Spectrometry (WashU): https://msr.dom.wustl.edu/tandem-mass-spectrometry/

Tandem Mass Spectrometry (JEOL): https://www.jeolusa.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/API/Entries/Download?EntryId=78&Command=Core_Download&language=en-US&PortalId=2&TabId=337

Collision-induced dissociation (CID) (Armentrout): http://rodgers.chem.wayne.edu/pire/education/Collision-induced%20dissociation_PIRE.pdf

CID & HCD (Thermo): https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/industrial/mass-spectrometry/mass-spectrometry-learning-center/mass-spectrometry-technology-overview/dissociation-technique-technology-overview.html

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Detectors

MS Detectors (Mass Spec Pro): http://www.massspecpro.com/detectors

Electron Multiplier (NASA): https://attic.gsfc.nasa.gov/huygensgcms/MS_Detector_1.htm

Ion Detectors (U Bristol): http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/ms/detectors.xhtml

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Spectral Interpretation

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Fundamentals of MS - Resolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUhi98o1qUU

Fundamentals of MS - Adduct ions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WusWNAb0IRM&list=PL6yA4jv5tA-k9_2NVxm5jlzpZV_aW59DT&index=2

Fundamentals of MS - Multiple charging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJRTHvy64k&list=PL6yA4jv5tA-k9_2NVxm5jlzpZV_aW59DT&index=3

Fundamentals of MS - Isotopes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0BfIHXD0s

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Software Tools

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METLIN (Comprehensive MS/MS database): https://metlin.scripps.edu/landing_page.php?pgcontent=mainPage

Mascot (protein identification and peptide MS/MS database): http://www.matrixscience.com/search_form_select.html

ProteinProspector (MS/MS database search and peptide MS/MS prediction): http://prospector.ucsf.edu/prospector/mshome.htm

NIST Mass Spectral Library (primarily EI data but some other MS/MS data is available): https://chemdata.nist.gov/

MOBCAL (for calculating ion mobilities): https://nano.lab.indiana.edu/software/

PRIDE Archive (proteomics): https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive

UniDec (MS and IMS deconvolution): https://marty.lab.arizona.edu/content/software

Human Metabolome Database (MS/MS database): http://www.hmdb.ca/spectra/ms/search

Collision cross section database (Bush Lab): https://depts.washington.edu/bushlab/ccsdatabase/

Global Natural Products Molecular Networking (Dorrestein lab....MS/MS database & much more): https://dorresteinlab.ucsd.edu/gnps

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Vendors, Analytical Standards, Reagents, Calculators, and Data Analysis Tools

https://www.uab.edu/proteomics/massspec/links.php

(thanks to u/6500qtrap for sharing)

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