Drugs of Abuse in Oral Fluids: Automated SPE Extraction and LC/MS/MS Determination using A Robotic Autosampler
Presenter: Fredrick Foster, GERSTEL Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Outline: This presentation will provide you with an insight into the automation of solid-phase extraction and sample preparation techniques as well as their use during the analysis of oral fluid samples for drugs of abuse.
A Modified QuEChERS Methodology for the Extraction of Drugs of Abuse in Biological Samples
Presenter: Emanuele Alves, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil and Appalachian State University, USA
Outline: This presentation will provide you with an understanding about the modified QuEChERS extraction of biological samples using GC/MS as an analytical technique using a faster and greener QuEChERS methodology.
A Modified QuEChERS Approach for the Extraction of Common Prescription and Illicit Drugs from Liver Prior to LC/MS-MS Analysis
Presenter: Tina Fanning, UCT, Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA
Outline: This presentation will show you how to apply a QuEChERS method for sample clean-up of one of toxicology’s more difficult specimens to handle, post-mortem liver, for the analysis of several common prescription and illicit drugs.
Feasibility of FTIR Chemical Imaging for Forensic Analysis of Suspected Illicit Materials on Blotter Papers: LSD vs. 25-C-NBOMe
Presenter: Sabra Botch-Jones, Boston University School of Medicine, Biomedical Forensic Sciences, USA
Outline: In this presentation you will learn more aboout the N-(methoxybenzyl)-phenethylamine (NBOMe) compounds, their prevalence in forensic casework, effects, and toxicity. You will also gain an understanding of the analytical processes used for these compounds using FTIR chemical imaging and be introduced to the data obtained via chemical imaging.
Optimising Existing Techniques to Enhance the Detection of New Psychoactive Substances in Biological Matrices
Presenter: Lorna A. Nisbet, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
Outline: In this presentation you will learn about different sample preparation techniques and their application to extract NPS from biological matrices. You will also learn how to make slight tweaks to existing methods to improve the chances of detecting NPS compounds.
Rapid Identification of Explosives and Other Substances of Forensic Interest
Presenter: Richard Sleeman, Mass Spec Analytical Ltd, Bristol, UK
Outline: This presentation will provide you with an understanding of how explosive traces can be accurately detected in seconds without sample preparation. It will also demonstrate a process involving the use of thermal desorption methods for rapid identification of explosives and other substances of forensic interest.
Forensic Toxicology in the Age of Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs
Presenter: Kevin G. Shanks, AXIS Forensic Toxicology, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Outline: In this presentation you will learn about the fentanyl and designer opioids/fentanyl analogs via discussion of their pharmacology and toxicology. Furthermore, you will discover the role of these compounds in intoxications and fatalities in the USA in 2016-2017 and an analytical method for the detection of these compounds in post-mortem human blood.
