Analytics Unit

The UA facilities have a space of about 160 m2 located in the basement of the Research Institute of the Hospital La Fe. The laboratory is divided into independent rooms for the reception, preparation, treatment and storage of samples, reagents and solvents and an instrumental room.

The Analytical Unit has equipment based mainly on state-of-the-art mass spectrometry and chromatography. The instruments currently available are:

Liquid chromatography equipment coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometer:

UPLC-MSMS (QqQ) 1290-6460 Agilent
UPLC -TQ-S Xevo Waters

Liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry equipment:

UPLC-MS (QToF) Acquity-Synapt G2-Si Waters
UPLC-MS (QToF) 6550 Agilent

High-performance liquid chromatography equipment:

UPLC-MS (Orbitrap) QExactive Plus ThermoFisher
UPLC-MS (QToF) Acquity-Synapt G2-Si Waters
UPLC-MS (QToF) 6550 Agilent

Gas chromatography equipment coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry:

GC-MS (QToF) 7890A-7200 Agilent