# @yalesph on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQoLXiACRH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12512512-yalesph-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/bd35945c89.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-12-11T20:05:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Yale School of Public Health (@yalesph) — https://gondola.cc/yalesph

## Caption

Meet the future environmental health research — Waters SYNAPT G2-Si HDMS QToF with MALDI and DESI sources for tissue imaging mass spectrometry to be exact.
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The device is capable of identifying specific molecules within tissues, a crucial capability in identifying the connection between toxins in the environment and the onset of disease. Using laser irradiation, this machine allows molecules in fresh-frozen or formalin-fixed tissue sections to be identified and localized in the tissue without the need to utilize molecule-specific reagents, such as antibodies. #ysph #publichealth #epidemiology #environmentalhealth

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epidemiology, publichealth, environmentalhealth, ysph

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