MSACL 2026

October 4-9, 2026

Hotel Bonaventure Montréal | Montréal, Canada

Visit us at booths #1 and #2

Join Thermo Fisher Scientific at MSACL 2026 to discover research-to-routine LC-MS/MS solutions for clinical research, translational, and toxicology laboratories. Explore technologies designed to help laboratories move from complex science to reliable, routine workflows with greater ease of use, productivity, sensitivity, and confidence while supporting today’s laboratory needs and helping teams scale for tomorrow’s demands.

2026 Workshops

Tuesday, October 6 | 12:30–1:45 PM | Montreal 6-8 

Topic: Biomarkers  
Speakers:  

  • John Yates, Ph.D. (John Lytton Young Professor, Scripps Research Institute)
    • Detecting Protein Misfolding Before Amyloid Deposition: A Structural Proteomics Blood Test for Early Identification of ATTR Cardiomyopath
  • Akhilesh Pandey, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic)
    • Developing a novel assay targeting peptides and glycopeptides for congenital disorders of glycosylation

Wednesday, October 7 | 8:00–9:00 AM | Montreal 5

Topic: Toxicology   
Speakers:

  • Daniel Katz, M.S. (Developmental Technologist, Cleveland Clinic)
    • Making a Fluid Transition: Adapting an LC-HRAM Toxicology Method from Urine to Serum
  • Pierre Picard, Ph.D. (Researcher and co-founder, Phytronix)
    • Stepping Up from MS/MS to MS3 to Solve Low-LLOQ Hair Drug Testing Challenges

Posters

SQUAD bile acid profiling reveals cannabis-driven remodeling of the gut microbiome
Author: Bashar Amer

A robust triple-stage quadrupole mass spectrometer for high-throughput clinical LC–MS/MS
Author: Jingshu Guo

Robust and sensitive quantitation of 18 steroids in human serum using the Thermo Scientific™ TSQ Certis™ Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
Author: Jingshu Guo

A ready-to-run workflow for quantitating 80 drugs of abuse in whole blood with the TSQ Certis Triple Quadrupole MS
Author: Courtney Patterson

Robust and high-throughput targeted peptide quantitation using a next-generation triple quadrupole and automated ion source platform
Author: Qin Fu

Hybrid-DIA Enables Simultaneous Discovery Proteomics and Targeted Peptide Quantification in Plasma on the Orbitrap Astral Zoom Mass Spectrometer
Author: Stephanie Samra

Thermo Scientific Tox Explorer Collection
The Thermo Scientific Tox Explorer Collection is an all-in-one LC-MS/MS solution that provides confident answers to scientists in forensic toxicology, clinical research toxicology, employee drug testing, and sports anti-doping. It is now available in HRAM and QQQ MS platforms.

Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120 mass spectrometer
The Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Exploris 120 mass spectrometer sets the new standard in instrument productivity and ruggedness, delivering high confidence results for a broad range of toxicology compounds.

Thermo Scientific VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source
Improve turnaround time, reduce cost per test and minimize sample preparation with the Thermo Scientific VeriSpray PaperSpray ion source, a fully automated, high-throughput, direct ionization technique used with our newest Thermo Scientific TSQ triple quadrupole mass spectrometers.

Thermo Scientific TSQ Altis Plus mass spectrometer
With superior acquisition speeds, enhanced sensitivity, and exceptional robustness, the TSQ Altis Plus mass spectrometer delivers accuracy and precision for low-level compound detection and quantitation in complex matrices.

Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral mass spectrometer
The Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral Mass Spectrometer combines three mass analyzers: a quadrupole mass analyzer for high selectivity and high ion transmission, an Orbitrap mass analyzer for high dynamic range and high resolution measurements, and the novel Astral analyzer for fast and sensitive measurements. By combining these three mass analyzers and orchestrating the coordination of 5 separate ion packets within the instrument in parallel a new standard for mass spectrometry performance is achieved to unlock new insights into biology and disease mechanisms.

Thermo Scientific TSQ Certis Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometer
Built to perform, the advanced Thermo Scientific TSQ Certis Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (MS) helps deliver streamlined, connected, and ready-to-run triple quadrupole workflows that keep your lab productive, profitable, and worry-free—no matter who’s at the bench.

With latest hardware for higher sensitivity and software for a compliant-ready solution, TSQ Certis Mass Spectrometer delivers greater uptime and improved performance for routine biopharmaceutical, clinical research, toxicology, environmental, and food safety testing laboratories.

Thermo Scientific Stellar mass spectrometer
A new paradigm for targeted quantitation. Move biomarker candidates from discovery to validation more efficiently, confidently, and at lower cost with breakthroughs in extended scale, massive throughput, higher sensitivity, greater specificity, and unrivaled productivity. The Stellar Mass Spectrometer introduces revolutionary technology combining robust quantitation with the specificity of rapid full scan MSn acquisition creating unrivaled improvements in laboratory productivity. 

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.