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Todayis, is National Orange Blossom🍊🌼 Day. What connects fine fragrance, baklava and analytical chemistry? A small white flower with a remarkably complex molecular signature. Orange blossom fragrance is most closely associated with the flowers of the bitter orange tree, Citrus aurantium. Its scent does not ari…

Not all peptide fragmentation is created equal. 🧬 In peptide MS/MS, choosing how you break the molecule can determine what you ultimately see, whether that means identifying a peptide or localising a critical PTM. CID (collision-induced dissociation), HCD (higher-energy collisional dissociation) and ETD (electron…

Today is National Spinach Day (US) History of Spinach Spinach is introduced to ancient China and India by Nepalis as a ‘Persian Vegetable.’ I Queen consort of France Catherine de’ Medici likes spinach so much that she orders it for her every meal 1533 Spinach begins to be used as stuffing for tortellini around…

Today is National Spinach Day (US) History of Spinach Spinach is introduced to ancient China and India by Nepalis as a ‘Persian Vegetable.’ I Queen consort of France Catherine de’ Medici likes spinach so much that she orders it for her every meal 1533 Spinach begins to be used as stuffing for tortellini around…

Not all peptide fragmentation is created equal. 🧬 In peptide MS/MS, choosing how you break the molecule can determine what you ultimately see, whether that means identifying a peptide or localising a critical PTM. CID (collision-induced dissociation), HCD (higher-energy collisional dissociation) and ETD (electron…

Today is National Mango 🥭 Day According to several sources, the mango was first cultivated more than 4,000 years ago in India. Mango is a stone fruit that grows on a tropical tree called the Mangifera indica. The tree can grow up to 150 feet tall and can have an extremely long life span. When it is young, the ma…