Wednesday, October 27, 2010

SOFT 2010 recognition

UCT was well represented at this years annual meeting of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT), held at Richmond, VA. Among those presentations well recieved by members of SOFT was the analysis of post mortem samples for THC and metabolites given by David Schwoppe (NIDA). In his presentation, David described data obtained using Clean Screen® THC columns. He is currently studying for a PhD with Dr. Huestis who has presented many studies into the analysis of THC using the world renowned UCT Clean Screen THC sorbent.

Samantha Tolliver, who is based at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Miami Dade (Florida) presented a study into the analysis of ante/ post mortem concentrations of opiates using the famous UCT Clean Screen DAU column. An interesting presentation employing this sorbent was offered by Julie Elbogen, who validated a method for the chiral analysis of Methamphetamine. This study was conducted as part of her degree program.

In the field of animal testing toxicology, Prof. Adam Negrisz of the University of Chicago, Illinois presented some studies into the analyses of drugs in equine urine. These studies were carried out on both the Xtract® and C18 SPE columns. UCT has supported the laboratories and facilities involved in animal drug testing for many years, and Prof. Negrusz's work is evidence of this. Daniel Baker (Franklin County Medical Examiners Laboratory, Ohio) presented a poster describing the wide range of drugs that can be isolated and analyzed from post mortem samples using Clean Screen DAU SPE columns.

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