William L Stone

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Can we replace batteries on our Toshiba Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) which is part of our LTQ-XL mass spectrometer?

The batteries on our Toshiba USP 1600ep (for our LTQ-XL mass spectrometer) have gone bad. Is there an alternative to this very expensive UPS? How difficult is it to replace the batteries ourselves?

02 September 2017 4,482 1 View

What free software can be used for label-free protein quantification on a low-resolution LTQ MS?

Many software packages for label-free quantification come up in a google search but they are mostly for high-resolution MS, i.e., orbitrap. We have a low-resolution LTQ and want some simple...

23 February 2017 9,678 4 View

Looking for a lab with an IMR-MS (Airsense) facility?

We want to measure breath isoprene on a small (20 ml) volume of collected breath but would like to collaborate/contract with a lab that has the analytical facility/expertise rather than buying a...

27 September 2016 3,202 1 View

Are there any problems (ethical or otherwise) in using 23andme genotyping for clinical research?

Confidentiality could be a key issue for IRBs.

30 July 2016 1,287 2 View

Are there any in vivo inhibitors of peroxiredoxin 1?

Specificity would be important as well as biochemical outcomes, e.g. measurement of increased oxidative stress.

22 July 2016 6,356 2 View

How can the 3D structure of a protein be predicted from its amino acid sequence when it is known to contain a Zn finger domain?

All of the protein structure prediction servers (that I am familiar with) do not appear to work for metalloproteins in general, e.g. I-Tasser. Since metalloproteins are half of all proteins this...

15 May 2016 1,932 5 View

Are there any effective medicines for treating childhood obesity?

Any other effective drugs except metformin which is approved for pediatric patients 10 years of age or older with type 2 diabetes?

30 September 2015 9,521 10 View