Thermo Fisher Scientific and HighChem launch HRAM database

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the launched of mzCloud, an online library of high-quality, high-resolution accurate mass (HRAM) data.

Developed through a collaboration between Thermo Fisher Scientific and HighChem, mzCloud is a novel, searchable library of HRAM mass spectra, constructed from high-quality data from Thermo Scientific Orbitrap mass spectrometers.

The globally accessible, web-based resource is designed for use in the identification of unknown compounds. It features a diverse range of chemical compounds, extensive use of mass spectrometry to reveal substructure information and a high level of data curation.

In addition, production fingerprinting uses extensive mass spectrometry data to identify substructures for truly unknown compounds.

Tim Stratton, manager of library technologies for Thermo Fisher Scientific, said: "Combining our resources in mass spectrometry and global chemicals with HighChem's chemical structure knowledge and capabilities, we've created a diverse and highly curated fragmentation library to help scientists identify unknown chemical compounds."

The new service was demonstrated to attendees at the annual international conference of the Metabolomics Society, which took place in San Francisco.