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Company description

Mestrelab Research is a leading provider of analytical chemistry software solutions, originally founded as a spin-off from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) in Spain. The company develops innovative software products and tailored services for both academic and industrial applications, serving over 8,000 organizations across 110 countries, including universities, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and research institutions.

Mestrelab's flagship platform, Mnova, is a multivendor software suite with automation capabilities designed for combined NMR, LC/GC-MS, and electronic and vibrational spectroscopic techniques. Alongside Mnova, the company offers Mbook, an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) purpose-built for synthetic and analytical chemistry workflows. With a global team headquartered in Santiago de Compostela and offices and staff across Europe, the United States, and Asia, Mestrelab continues to grow rapidly while prioritizing quality, customer focus, and the integration of AI into scientific software.

Mnova Core Products and Plugins

• Mnova NMR: A professional solution for visualizing, processing, analyzing, and reporting 1D and 2D NMR data, including DOSY and NUS techniques.
• Mnova MSChrom: Enables processing, analysis, and reporting of LC-MS and GC-MS data from multiple instrument vendors.
• Mnova ElViS (Electronic & Vibrational Spectroscopies): Supports the analysis of various optical spectroscopy data types.
• Mnova Binding: Provides chemical shift perturbation analysis specifically designed for fragment-based drug discovery.
• Mnova DB: A database module for storing, sharing, and searching chemical and analytical data efficiently.
• Mnova Gears: A no-code/low-code automation tool for building automated workflows for analytical data and related processes.
• NMRPredict: Enables prediction of NMR spectra directly from molecular structure.
• Mbook: An Electronic Laboratory Notebook designed for synthetic and analytical chemistry, available with multiple licensing options for labs of all sizes.

Automation and Workflow Capabilities

• Mnova Gears supports no-code and low-code automation, allowing laboratories to build and deploy analytical data workflows without extensive programming expertise.
• Automation plugins include Mpublish, Peak Report, Multiplet Report, IUPAC Name, MS Scan, DB Search, and SMA, introduced in Mnova 14.2.
• Chrom QC provides automated batch quality control for chromatography data, with version 2.0 offering enhanced capabilities and an improved user experience.
• Chrom Reaction Optimization (Chrom RO) supports reaction optimization workflows with a modern, streamlined interface.
• DB Search 2.0 enables faster and smarter spectral database searching and compound identification, with new search modes, enhanced reporting, and improved visualization.
• A dedicated QC Profiling automation workflow is available for quality control of DNA-encoded libraries.
• The Mnova Purification Suite, Mnova Web, and Mnova Hub were introduced in 2024 to further extend automation and data access capabilities.

Lab Digitalization and Integration

• Mestrelab focuses on bridging laboratory systems and enabling data access through digital integration across instruments and platforms.
• The company joined Bruker's SciY platform in collaboration with ZONTAL, Arxspan, and Optimal to provide vendor-agnostic solutions for digitalizing and automating life sciences and biopharma workflows.
• Mestrelab has partnered with Arxspan to integrate ELN capabilities with automated data processing and reporting.
• ZONTAL and Mestrelab announced a platform integration to advance analytical data management.
• In 2024, Mestrelab partnered with the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) to provide USP-ID via the Mnova platform.
• Mestrelab maintains a strategic collaboration and partnership with Bruker for chemistry and pharma software applications, announced in 2018.

Specialized Scientific Modules

• Mnova BioHOS: Supports determination of a biologic drug's higher order structure.
• Mnova StereoFitter: Provides 3D structural elucidation analysis.
• Structure Elucidation: A dedicated module for advanced structural analysis from spectroscopic data.
• Screen 2D plugin: Introduced in Mnova 14.3 for high-throughput LC/GC-MS analyses.

Global Presence and Customer Base

• Mestrelab's software is trusted by over 8,000 organizations worldwide, spanning more than 110 countries.
• Over 2,000 institutions, companies, and government agencies are customers, including universities, academic institutions, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies.
• Notable users include scientists at Novartis, Oxford University, and McMaster University, among others.
• The company's headquarters are in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, where approximately 75% of the team is based, with additional offices on the East and West coasts of the United States.
• European team members are located in Austria, France, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, with further presence in New Delhi (India) and Yokohama (Japan).
• Mestrelab collaborates with resellers in China, Korea, Poland, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Quality, Compliance, and Company Values

• Mestrelab obtained ISO 9001 certification in 2022, underscoring its commitment to quality management.
• The company secured funding to establish the Mestrelab Research Center (CIM) in 2022.
• Core values include uncompromising quality, a customer-centric approach, accessible innovation for students and educational institutions worldwide, ethical software development, exceptional customer support, and building trusted partnerships.
• Mestrelab prioritizes the use of AI in its mission to deliver state-of-the-art scientific software tools.
• The company has offered extensive training resources, including over 10 free online training courses launched during the COVID-19 pandemic to support remote learning.

With a strong heritage in academic research and a growing presence in industrial and pharmaceutical markets, Mestrelab Research continues to advance analytical chemistry software through innovation, automation, and deep integration with laboratory ecosystems worldwide.

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Software attributed to Mestrelab Research

• MnovaView
• MbookView
• Mnova NMRView
• Mnova MSChromView
• Mnova ElViSView
• Mnova GearsView
• Mnova DBView
• Mnova HubView
• Mnova VerifyView
• Mnova Structure ElucidationView
• Mnova ScreenView
• Mnova BindingView
• Mnova qNMRView
• Mnova NMRPredictView
• Mnova SMAView
• Mnova Advanced ChemometricsView
• Mnova BioHOSView
• Mnova RMView
• Mnova Screen 2DView
• Mnova StereoFitterView

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