This week the NCQBCS hosted a visit from Alexander Makarov, Director of Research for Global Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry at Thermo Fisher Scientific.  Makarov, inventor of the Orbitrap mass analyzer, toured the facilities, met with NCQBCS staff to discuss collaborative research projects, and gave a seminar to the entire UW-Madison campus community.  The seminar covered the history of Alexander’s conception of the Orbitrap analyzer, its development both at HD Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific, and the future possibilities that the device offers.