UCT to give QuEChERS talk and more at Midwest AOAC Meeting

UCT Food and Environmental Technical Specialist Don Shelly will be making three presentations at the 31st annual Midwest Section AOAC International Meeting and Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, June 4 –7.  Don will be speaking on “An Improved Method for the Determination of Haloacetic acids and Dalapon in Water”, “C18 Sorbents and QuEChERS Clean-up:  Are Variations in Pesticide Recoveries Manufacturer Dependent?” and “Modified QuEChERS Procedure for the Analysis of Bisphenol A in Canned Food Products”. 

Visit www.midwestaoac.org/2012.html for more information.

UCT Presents work at TIAFT 2012 (June 3- 8th 2012)

As an active supporter of forensic endeavors around the world, UCT is proud to announce the presentation of research at this years annual meeting of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists  (TIAFT). This years meeting is being held in the city of Hamamatsu (Japan) and brings together the worlds best toxicologists to discuss new developments in the area of forensic toxicology. UCT is known around the globe for its SPE sorbents and methodologies for assisting analysts extract, confirm and quantify drugs in various types of matrices.

The work being presented at TIAFT2012 involves the analysis of amphetamine type drugs (Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, MDA, amd MDMA) in small samples of hair (10 mg). The extraction was performed (after base digestion of samples) using UCT's flagship sorbent Clean Screen DAU (CSDAU206). Not only was the sorbent able to isolate the drugs, but the highly purified extract when tested by LC-MS/MS showed minimal matrix effects (<6%) and high recoveries (>95%) showing why this sorbent is highly recognised around the world as the market leader in forensic and clinical toxicological analyses for not only the amphetamine drugs but a wide and diverse range of drugs, poisons, and other medications often faced by analysts in these facilities.  

UCT Presentation at AECLDPA, La Rocholle, France, May 24-25 2012

The education of scientists around the world remains an important mission for UCT.  We are proud to announce that our own Dr. Jeff Hackett will be presenting work at the Annual Congress of Association of the Expert Chemists and Laboratories Departmental and Public Analysis (AECLDPA) in La Rochelle, France, May 24th-25th. This meeting brings together the top scientists in the analytical field of veterinary drug analysis.  Dr. Hackett will be discussing the extraction/analysis of beta-agonists and pharmaceutical residues in muscle tissue using UCT's premier solid phase extraction columns and equipment. These include the Clean Screen and XtrackT families of SPE cartridges. UCT is a reknowned manufacturer of SPE sorbents for forensic/clinical toxicology laboratories.  UCT is also known for its support in other areas such as Equine and Veterinary Toxicology. UCT's SPE sorbents are highly regarded for their reproducible results, which means higher productivity, efficiency and less analytical laboratory down time.

UCT Specialties exhibits at the American Coatings Show

UCT Specialties LLC, a leader in the specialized silane industry, will be exhibiting at the American Coatings Show in Indianapolis, Indiana,  May 8th–10th, 2012.  Come visit us at Booth #432 to receive our new 2012 UCT Specialties Catalog as well as brochures for Silane Coupling Agents and our Glass-clad PS200 coating.  We look forward to meeting with you at the show.

UCT Silanes in Microfluidics

UCT is known around the world for its involvement in the specialty silicon manufacturing market as well as a leader in the supply of Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) products for Forensic, Clinical and Environmental laboratories.  As a continuing demonstration of our leadership in the specialty silane arena, products from UCT Specialities are being used to advance the area of Microfluidics and Bio-sensors.

In a recent paper by Dr. Jo Kyoo and associates (Analyst 137, 875-882 (2012)), Tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydroctyl-1-trichlorosilane (UCT Part Number T2492) was used in microfluidic traveling-wave electrophoresis (TWE) as a way to separate several dyestuffs. In this report, T2492 was used as part of the process to produce microfluidic channels.  Without efficient microfluidic channelling, the separation process in the electrophoresis would itself be inefficient.  UCT Specialties continues to manufacture high quality specialty silanes, silicones, catalysts and coatings for a vast variety of manufacturing markets.  Coupled with our excellence in the Solid Phase Extraction markets, this demonstrates UCT Inc. as a leader for your silicon related chemistry products.

UCT Sorbent Approved by EPA for 525.3 Method

UCT is proud to announce that Universal Cartridge ECUNI525 has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Method 525.3 DETERMINATIONOF SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN DRINKING WATER BY SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION AND CAPILLARY COLUMN GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/ MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC/MS). After rigorous testing by chemists at UCT and EPA, and full scrutiny of the data by officials at EPA, the agency has included Universal Cartridge ECUNI525, accessories, and the UCT extraction protocol in the 525.3 method (available at www.epa.gov). Final EPA approval of 525.3 is expected in June 2012.

Analysis of Beta Agonist (Ractopamine) by Clean Screen® DAU

UCT is aware of the need for scientists around the globe to monitor the safety of the food we eat. In light of this, UCT has always produced sorbents of the highest quality and efficiency for over 25 years. The flagship of these sorbents is the Clean Screen® DAU, which is the most popular SPE product on the market for extracting drugs from biological fluids and tissues, in both human and animal.

This efficiency for extracting Ractopamine from animal tissue has recently been reported (J. Chromatography B (e-published March 2012)) by Dr. Ana Vulic (Croatian Veterinary Institute, Zagreb) and the staff of the Institute. In this report Dr. Vulic's team analyzed the retina's of food producing pigs that had been dosed with low level concentrations of the drug and compared the levels with non dosed animals. It was found that in using Clean Screen DAU quantitative measurements of ractopamine were able to be made using a LC-MS/MS technique. The team was able to recover over 95% of the drug from the matrix with minimal matrix effects. This is another clear demonstration of the power of this sorbent when employed in the area of drug extraction and isolation.