AnagnosTec was founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the University of Technology, Berlin. The company offers services, contract research and products for bioanalytical applications based on MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. The activities at AnagnosTec is mainly focused on the development of novel MALDI-TOF mass spectrometrie techniques in the fields of biotechnology, clinical microbiology, industrial microbiology, food analysis and on the development of intelligent software solutions to handle and interpret mass spectrometric data.