Bruker to Present Major Instrument Innovations and Various Factory Activities for Customers at the 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference in Bremen

Bruker Launches High-Performance ETD Capabilities for Proteomics on its
Ultra-High Resolution maXis, as well as a Novel, World-Record 18 Tesla FTMS
Magnet for Extreme Mass Spectrometry Performance
BREMEN, Germany--(Business Wire)--
The 18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC) will open on August
30th, in Bremen, Germany, which is also the home of Bruker Daltonics, a leading
developer of innovative life science mass spectrometry tools.

In addition to supporting IMSC as a Platinum Sponsor, and presenting more than
50 contributions in the scientific conference program, Bruker Daltonics has
organized various workshops, customer days, exhibitions and company tours to
present its mass spectrometry innovations to the scientific community:

* Sunday, August 30th: Bruker Daltonics International Users Conference
* Monday, August 31st and Tuesday, September 1st: Workshop Series "Achieving
Highest Confidence with Complex Small Molecules Samples", and "New Tools for
Biomarker Discovery", presented by MS experts including Don Richards (Pfizer
Central Research Ltd., UK), Tony Bristow (AstraZeneca, UK), Gary Corthals (TCB,
Finland), and Bernhard Kuester,(TU Munich, Germany)
* Monday, August 31st and Tuesday, September 1st: Live instrument demonstrations
at our Bremen factory facility
* Wednesday, September 2nd: Bruker Daltonics factory tours running throughout
the day;

At IMSC 2009, Bruker presents for the first time in Europe a number of truly
innovative, high performance mass spectrometry platforms demonstrating Bruker`s
"Continuing Revolution" campaign to enable the life science community for an
ever increasing range of scientific investigations, as well as for advanced
applied and clinical methods:

* maXis enabled with ETD , a technique set to revolutionize the way scientists
study protein primary and secondary structures, modifications, folding and
function, will be demonstrated live at IMSC 2009 to an audience of international
scientists. The maXis is a unique high-speed Ultra-High Resolution TOF (UHR-TOF)
mass spectrometer for highest performance with no-compromise for small molecule
and proteomics applications. Following on from its successful introduction in
2008 and the large number of installations completed worldwide in many leading
pharmaceutical and academic laboratories, the next generation maXis including
high-performance ETD is now a reality. For further information:
www.bdal.com/maXis
* ultrafleXtreme is the only fully 1 kHz MS and MS/MS enabled MALDI-TOF/TOF
system available and incorporates the new smartbeam-II laser technology and a 4
GHz digitizer. Its unmatched proteomics performance shows broad-band mass
resolving power up to 40,000 and 1 ppm mass accuracy. Its unique flexibility
allows LC-MALDI TOF/TOF, label-free quantitation, top-down intact protein
analysis, Edmass protein sequencing, polymer characterization and
oligonucleotide analysis. A rapid self-cleaning ion source, industry-leading
imaging software and laser focal diameters down to 10 µm deliver the most
powerful and complete MALDI imaging system on the market. In addition, as
recently announced, the integration of the Carl Zeiss` MIRAX Virtual Slide
Scanner has enabled revolutionary advances in non-targeted molecular histology
with high spatial resolution (research use only). Further information:
www.bdal.com/ultrafleXtreme
* amaZon is the fastest ion trap available today with a 52,000 u/sec scan rate
at 0.58 u mass resolution. The integration of novel, proprietary dual ion funnel
technology, has increased sensitivity by an order of magnitude, and the
second-generation ETD / PTR module for proteomics offers unmatched ETD
sensitivity with high robustness and ease-of-use. A mass resolving power up to
20,000 in full scan mode across m/z 50-3000 makes top-down ETD experiments a
reality. The fast MS data acquisition speed of 20 Hz with zero-delay polarity
switching also makes amaZon the ideal instrument for all fast screening
applications based on spectral libraries, including clinical toxicology and
forensics. Further information: www.bdal.com/amaZon
* solariX is a next generation hybrid FTMS system, delivering a 10-fold
improvement in sensitivity, an 8-fold gain in broadband ultra-high resolution
(>1,000,000 at 7 T), and sub-ppm mass accuracy over a wide dynamic range. The
complete engineering redesign makes this instrument extremely robust, uniquely
powerful whilst also easy to use. SolariX is ideal for the analysis of very
complex mixtures in top-down proteomics, with both ETD and ECD now as standard
proteomics tools. Additional applications include petroleomics, metabolomics,
and small-molecule drug and metabolite MALDI imaging on the dual ESI/MALDI
source system. At the IMSC 2009, Bruker Daltonics announces the availability of
the world`s first 18 tesla (T)magnet designed for FTMS applications. This unique
magnet system represents the world`s highest field FTMS magnet, providing
record-breaking scientific capabilities that can be applied to some of today`s
most important, complex and challenging protein, polymer and small molecule
analyses. For further information: www.bdal.com/solariX

Bruker Daltonics staff will be available for in-depth meetings during exhibit
hours at Bruker's IMSC booth D in Hall 4.0, Monday through Friday. On Monday
evening, the Hospitality Suite at the Lloyd room, CCB, is open 6 - 9 pm. A
special evening event is organized for Tuesday in the famous "Bremer Ratskeller"
located in the 16th century Bremen town hall. An evening reception will take
place on Wednesday 5 - 7 pm at the Bruker booth in Hall 4.0. For more
information on Bruker`s IMSC events, please visit www.bdal.com/imsc

ABOUT BRUKER DALTONICS: For more information about Bruker Daltonics and Bruker
Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR), please visit www.bdal.com and www.bruker.com.

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Bruker Daltonics
Darwin Asa, Ph.D., +1 978-663-3660, ext. 1149
Life-Science Marketing Manager,
dja@bdal.com

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