Importing timstof PASEF small molecule data results in an instant Skyline crash

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Importing timstof PASEF small molecule data results in an instant Skyline crash Chris Ashwood  2025-07-24 05:32
 

Dear Skyline team,

I hope you're doing well. I'm collaborating with a group that has a timstof Pro 2 and has generated PASEF small molecule data (in negative mode). When I try to import the raw files (.d folders) into Skyline daily (25.1.1.174) , they cause an instant crash with no errors or pop ups recorded. Ion mobility is not enabled in Skyline when I do this import.

If I convert the .d files (~150-300 MB) to mzML with the most recent proteowizard/msconvert version (3.0.2501) and no additional flags, conversion is successful and the mzml files (20+ GB each) import fine into Skyline (aside from the 10+ min import), as well as allowing ion mobility dimension analysis. Possibly related, if I use the "combine ion mobility scans" flag in msconvert, it crashes and isn't successful at writing a complete mzML when writing the chromatogram aspect of the mzml.

I'm unable to share the data on the public server but can email a file directly, as well as any additional details needed.

Cheers,
Chris

 
 
Nick Shulman responded:  2025-07-24 07:29
I'll send you an email directly.
-- Nick
 
Nick Shulman responded:  2025-07-24 13:27
It sounds like this is the same bug that was reported on the ProteoWizard mailing list.
This bug has been fixed in ProteoWizard:
https://github.com/ProteoWizard/pwiz/pull/3556

If you download today's ProteoWizard it will be fixed in MSConvert.

We expect to be releasing a new update of Skyline-daily and Skyline 25.1 this week, and the fix will be in there too.

If you don't want to wait for the next Skyline-daily you can install a special preview build here:
https://proteome.gs.washington.edu/~nicksh/SkylineDailyPreview/
(This preview build has not been cryptographically signed so you might need to hunt around for the "More Info" and "Run Anyway" buttons when Windows warns you it came from an untrusted source)

Let us know if you still notice any problems.
-- Nick
 
Chris Ashwood responded:  2025-07-24 14:07
Hi Nick,

Just tested with the Skyline preview build, and I can confirm it works perfectly.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Chris