The prototyping dual-polarity time-of-flight mass spectrometer developed by Wang’s lab
Dr. Yi-Sheng Wang’s innovative invention is the first of its kind capable of measuring positive and negative molecular ions simultaneously.
The invention not only effectively reducing the mass analysis effort to half of its current practice, it also provides a great potential for studying the ionization mechanisms of biomolecules. Analyses like the diagnosis of disease in physiological fluids, the examination of protein profile from biological tissues, can all benefit from this invention.
His team also has studied the physics and chemistries involved in the development of key analytical technologies, and integrated them for express clinical diagnoses. The fundamental study of ionization mechanism of biomolecules enables him to design an effective strategy to improve the detection of carbohydrates.
Dr. Wang was presented with the Young Scholar Award in the 8th Annual Conference held by Taiwan Society for Mass Spectrometry on July 12th, 2011.