Research Highlights
August 2006
PNNL Featured in C&E News Sys Bio Cover Story
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) chief scientist Steve Wiley was interviewed for the cover story for the July 31 C&E News, "Systems Biology's Clinical Future." The story also features a photo of PNNL postdoc Erin Baker and the second-generation ion-mobility separation/time-of-flight mass spectrometry instrument within the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory.
![PNNL's postdoc Erin Baker](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920044623im_/http://www.pnl.gov/science/images/highlights/biology/erin_baker.jpg)
Fast Analysis. A second-generation instrument that incorporates ion-mobility separation with time-of-flight mass spectrometry is being developed at PNNL to identify serum biomarkers. The instrument will increase the throughput of proteomics measurements by up to about 100-fold.