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Innovation enhances multiomics workflow, eliminates sample preparation

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What to know about Innovation enhances multiomics workflow, eliminates sample preparation

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a patent-pending method called surface touch extraction imaging (STEi) that eliminates the need for traditional sample preparation in multiomics workflows. The technique uses a pressure-controlled probe to extract chemicals from irregular surfaces, allowing for spatial analysis of metabolites, lipids, and proteins.

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Innovation enhances multiomics workflow, eliminates sample preparation Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Chief Editor A patent-pending method developed and tested for multiple applications at Purdue University eliminates sample preparation, a…

Why it matters

The surface touch extraction imaging (STEi) method could benefit food scientists, toxicologists and other laboratory scientists when spatially analyzing samples with irregular surfaces for metabolites, lipids, environmental compounds and proteins using…

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Christina Ferreira, research assistant professor at Purdue's Bindley Bioscience Center with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Food Science, and Ryan Hilger, assistant director of the Jonathan Amy Facility for Chemical Instrumentation in the James…

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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a patent-pending method called surface touch extraction imaging (STEi) that eliminates the need for traditional sample preparation in multiomics workflows. The technique uses a pressure-controlled probe to extract chemicals from irregular surfaces, allowing for spatial analysis of metabolites, lipids, and proteins.

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Claim 1: “Sampling takes a few seconds (usually 5–15 seconds) through the contact of a pressure-sensitive probe and the surface of the sample”
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Two independent sources confirm the timing; one specifies 'usually 5–15 seconds' and another mentions mapping 'in seconds'.
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Claim 2: “A patent-pending method developed and tested for multiple applications at Purdue University eliminates sample preparation... and enables spatial analysis using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).”
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Two independent web sources (Purdue innovation article and Labcompare.com) confirm that a patent-pending method developed at Purdue University eliminates sample preparation for LC-MS/MS.
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web search NEUTRAL — — A patent-pending method developed and tested for multiple applications at Purdue University eliminates sample preparation, a bottleneck that currently dominates a laboratory…
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2026/Q3/purdue-innovation-en…
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web search NEUTRAL — A patent-pending technique developed at Purdue University eliminates sample preparation in LC-MS/MS—one of the biggest bottlenecks in lab science and a major pain point for researchers everywhere. The…
https://www.labcompare.com/617-News/627610-Technique-Elimina…
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web search NEUTRAL — (2021). New sample preparation method to analyse 15 specific and non-specific pesticide metabolites in human urine using LC-MS/MS . Journal of Chromatography B, (), –. doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2021.12254…
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Claim 3: “Ferreira disclosed the STEi innovation to the Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization, which applied for a patent to protect the intellectual property.”
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The claim is directly supported by the Purdue innovation article, which explicitly states that Ferreira disclosed the STEi innovation to the Purdue Innovates Office of Technology Commercialization for a patent application.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul K. Kearns is an American physicist. He received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University in Natural Resources & Environmental Science in 1976 and a master's and Ph.D. in bionucleonics from Pu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in the U.S state of Indiana with its main campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, and an urban campus in Indianapolis, Indiana. The university w…
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Claim 4: “Christina Ferreira, research assistant professor at Purdue's Bindley Bioscience Center with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Food Science, and Ryan Hilger, assistant director of the Jonathan Amy Facility for Chemical Instrumentation in the James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo Department of Chemistry, lead the team that created STEi.”
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While multiple sources confirm the existence of the STEi method at Purdue, the specific names of the lead researchers (Christina Ferreira and Ryan Hilger) are not explicitly listed in the provided evidence snippets, although the method itself is confirmed. The evidence provided for this claim contains irrelevant results (Led Zeppelin).
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web search NEUTRAL — Purdue's patent-pending STEi method eliminates LC-MS sample preparation, letting scientists map lipids and proteins across intact tissues in seconds.
https://www.labmanager.com/purdue-researchers-eliminate-lc-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Researchers at Purdue Research Foundation have developed a patent-pending Surface Touch Extraction Imaging (STEi) method that uses a pressure-controlled probe to sample irregular surfaces without cutt…
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Claim 5: “Besides lipids, they have recovered about 2,000 different proteins from bovine muscle using manual STEi”
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The Purdue innovation article explicitly states that they have recovered about 2,000 different proteins from bovine muscle using manual STEi.
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