Accurate Mass Spectrometry Software Solutions
Achieve up to 99% spectral accuracy
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Introducing vendor-agnostic MS calibration software
Our breakthrough patented TrueCal™ technology enables researchers to meet the challenges associated with MS analysis – and leverage the theoretical basis of MS to achieve unprecedented accuracy.
- Calibrate MS data to a mathematically defined line shape for unsurpassed mass and spectral accuracy
- Harness the true power of MS on your existing hardware
- Eliminate backlogs and drive true confidence in lab results
Scientific Technology | Delivering Results
Experience the power of Cerno’s Technology Software Suite – Our patented technologies enable our customers to accelerate their workflows and reduce costs while providing more confident answers. Discover how Cerno delivers results for all MS instrumentation, from routine benchtops to state-of-the-art high resolution instruments. Learn more.
MassWorks
Improve unknown formula ID on both low and high-resolution instruments.
- Award-winning research software.
- Achieve up to 100x better mass accuracy on low-res
- Achieve 99.0% spectral accuracy on high and low-res instruments
- Eliminate up to 95% of incorrect elemental compositions on hi-res
- Easily and accurately quantify isotopes and identify biological modifications
- NIST Library Search integration on low resolution GC/MS systems
- Vendor neutral, supports NetCDF
GC/ID Trial Available!
Automate and accelerate unknown compound ID with confidence.
- Harness the power of advanced deconvolution and automated retention index matching
- Identify, confirm, and quantitate target and unknown compounds
- Achieve better mass accuracy and confirm the identification of molecular ion and fragment ion formula ID including efficient workflow accuracy
- Use GC/ID with your commercial and custom search libraries
- Analyze your GC/MS Runs in MINUTES not HOURS, GC/ID trial!
SAMMI
Deliver accurate, transparent, and comprehensive large molecule analysis.
- Large molecule analysis for quadrupoles
- Identify intact mass and abundance distribution
- Interpret results in a simple and intuitive fashion
- Confirm molecule sequences and formulas along with modifications
- No limit to molecule size, large or small
- Available libraries for direct integration with high throughput workflows using a Python API
A fresh take on solving old problems
Founded by scientists with deep expertise in instrumentation, data processing, and analytical software, Cerno takes an outsider approach to MS analysis. It’s a new perspective, a new technology, and a new approach to advancing the industry.
- Obtain more accurate results with MS experiments
- Achieve more with your existing hardware investments
- Works with all major MS hardware
Demo your data
Conduct a sample evaluation using a simple experiment on the instrument and sample(s) of your choice. Once you’ve completed the experiment, submit the data to us as a “blind” test and we’ll provide the unknown identification.
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Whether you are new here to explore Cerno or delve into fascinating scientific topics, we regularly showcase the latest and greatest. This week’s focus is on spectral libraries, which are made available through our partnership with NIST. Additionally, we will delve into the concept of spectral accuracy.
Keep coming back for more! Curious, have questions? Let’s connect and explore science together.
Spectral Accuracy
What is Spectral Accuracy? In the context of mass spectrometry, spectral accuracy refers to the ability of an instrument to accurately measure the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of ions, which is essential for identifying the chemical composition of a sample. High spectral accuracy is achieved by calibrating instruments to obtain high mass accuracy, which is typically expressed in parts per million (ppm). Spectral accuracy is an important measure of the accuracy of a spectral method in approximating the solution of a differential equation, and it is also a critical aspect of mass spectrometry, where it refers to the ability of an instrument to accurately measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions.
- Spectral Accuracy Defined
- Learn About Spectral Accuracy (Analytical Chemistry Feature Article)
- Cerno Calibration Tutorial (Video)
- Spectral Accuracy to Differentiate Elemental Composition (Animation)
Cerno Launches CAP! Save Big and FAST!
Versatile MS Software Ideal for Research and Education
Looking for a new way to understand mass spectral signal and teach the next generation of mass spectrometrists?
Cerno launches CAP (Cerno Academic Program) to make its versatile MS software tool MassWorks™ widely available to any department in an academic institution for both research and education.
Reach your destination faster!
Spectral Libraries
Cerno is an authorized distributor of all NIST and Wiley libraries available making over 1,000,000 unique compounds available at great prices! New! NIST23 is now available in Agilent PBM format. Obtain more accurate results with MS experiments. Contact us for a quote for new libraries or upgrades.
SPECTRAL LIBRARIES
User testimonials
- "We have used your MassWorks for all our publications of this year (for formula ID), we have found that in most of the cases the (mass) error is about 10 ppm" ( using LC and GC/MS single quads in 13 publications in organocatalysis in 2017-2018 all in peer reviewed journals)Universidad Autónoma de MadridDr. José Alemán
- "First let me say, we just finished the first month using GC/ID, and it works really well. Better even than we had hoped. This is really a great tool for us, so thanks for all the work you everyone at Cerno have put into it. "
NSF InternationalBenjamin Johnson - "The accurate mass profile extract ion chromatogram (AMPXIC) obtained through accurate mass measurement and isotope profile-mode filtering [performed with MassWorks] eliminated the false positive peaks observed using conventional XIC in the metabolite profile." - Click here to read full presentationWyeth ResearchM.Zhang,M.Gu,N.Kagen ASMS2008
- "Determining the elemental composition of pure materials at modest resolution typical of quads has never been routinely practiced – CLIPS brings that task very close to practice for the general user. It is not too much of a stretch to suggest CLIPS will enhance the confidence of TOF-based assignments as well, which may even challenge slower FTMS-based determinations."User at a large midwest consumer products company
- "The use of exact isotope modeling [with MassWorks] is key to unique formula ID [with FT-ICR] and profile mode peakshape calibration is needed to achieve the required Spectral Accuracy." - Click here to read full presentationBoehringer IngelheimS.Pennino,F.Qiu,Y.Wang ASMS2008
- "I have tested and used the MassWorks software since the summer of 2007. The main purpose for me is using its formula ID feature to confirm the GC/MS NIST library search results for unknown chemical substance identification especially when the [NIST] search match values are similar for more than one compounds. The software is relatively simple to use and most times provides the #1 match for our testing chemicals with more than 200 compounds in a variety of chemical groups."User from a United States Government Environmental Lab
- "MassWorks has proven itself on our GC/MSD system for accurate mass measurements and unknown formula ID. When applied to LC/MSD, it also worked amazingly well to provide accurate mass results for the identification or confirmation of small molecule organic compounds"Universidad Autónoma de MadridDr. José Alemán
- "Congratulations!! Once more I are am deeply impressed by sClips. In both cases you are right with the top no. 1 [formula]!! Additionally, I find it fantastic that you do not need a calibration standard for higher resolving mass specs, by “just” looking at the isotope signals."- Communication from blind sample evaluation on a Leco LC-TOFUniversität Hohenheim, GermanyProf. Dr. Wolfgang Schwack
- "Starting a little bit "speechless" from our side your Presentation helped really changing our mindset, from "unbelieving" into "believer". After this Test with a sample taken from real life with real interferences my colleagues and I fully agree that MassWorks is indeed a powerful tool for advanced GC/MS analysis. We found that MassWorks is really a "must have" product for us..."Researcher from a large German chemical company
- "The ability to provide the elemental identification of unknown compounds on a routine basis by any scientist is now within one's reach." - Click here to read full presentationEli LillyJ.Mick,T.Gillespie ASMS2007