CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwired - February 28, 2017) - The Consortium for Top Down Proteomics today announced the launch of their inter-laboratory study for characterizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) by top-down mass spectrometry techniques. With the continuing growth in the development and adoption of mAbs for a wide range of therapeutic uses, there is increasing demand for higher quality characterization of these complex species.

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As many of you know, earlier this year, we rolled out the ability to publish datasets with the Consortium for Top Down Proteomics (CTDP).  In a collaboration with the Indiana University "IU ScholarWorks" Repository, the CTDP is able to publish data for long-term storage.  If you are interested, please contact the CTDP Dataset Manager, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Once published, you will have a stable "Uniform Resource Identifier" to include with your journal publication and we will link to it from the Consortium's Datasets Page, http://topdownproteomics.org/data. An example of a published dataset can be found here: http://topdownproteomics.org/data/item/ultraviolet-photodissociation-for-characterization-of-whole-proteins-on-a-chromatographic-time-scale.