Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH is a world market leader in mass spectrometry. Product lines include high resolution mass spectrometers (MS) for organic analysis, isotope ratio analysis, elemental analysis, and life science. Following development of breakthrough Hybrid Linear Trap- Orbitrap MS of LTQ Orbitrap family over the last decade, recent products of the company include an Orbitrap-only MS (Exactive Plus, Exactive EMR instruments), Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap MS (Q Exactive family currently containing Q Exactive, Q Exactive Plus, Q Exactive HF, Q Exactive Focus instruments). The team in Bremen works together with a team at Thermo Fisher, San Jose, CA, one of the latest results being launch Tribrid Quadrupole-Linear Trap- Orbitrap instrument Orbitrap Fusion MS in 2013. Both sites are also collaborating with the team at Thermo Fisher, Germering, Germany on development on nano- and micro-flow LC.
Dr. Thomas Moehring, Director Hardware Platform Management. Product Management responsibility for Life Science Mass Spec portfolio: TSQ platform series, Ion Trap, Q Exactive platform series, Hybrid/Tribrid-Orbitraps.