MS Bioworks LLC was organized in the State of Michigan as a multiple member managed limited liability company in May of 2010
After a month or so of exchanging emails we drove from Ann Arbor Michigan to Madison Wisconsin and presented the MS Bioworks business plan.
Promega formed an alliance with MS Bioworks to continue building its core proteomics capabilities with a focus on product development and providing analytical services to the research community. An initial cash injection from Promega enabled MS Bioworks to start up.
Our original logo featured a mass spectrum. The isoptope pattern featured in the logo is from the peptide formed by concatenating the founders names DAVIDRAVIRICHARDMICHAEL, in our world this peptide would be observed as the (M+6H)6+ species Click the image to see the full logo.
We found 3300sqft of lab and office space in Ann Arbor. MS Bioworks is located at 3950 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
After some minor renovations 3950 Varsity Drive is starting to look like a mass spec lab. Now all we need are the instruments...
Orbitrap Velos was delivered. A Linear ion couple to an Orbitrap!
With help from the local business accelerator Ann Arbor Spark (https://annarborusa.org/) we identified Pryor Design (https://prydesign.com) to help with web site design and business branding.
LTQ Orbitrap Velos installation completed
The TSQ instrument has been retrofitted with modified electronics enabling time scheduled acquisition
