Advances in Forensics & Toxicology 2016 eSeminar

Separation Science has developed its third online eSeminar focusing on advances in forensics and toxicology. Taking place in two 2-hr sessions, one each on 29 November and 1 December, this two-day online educational event will provide forensic scientists, toxicologists and those who work in laboratories within the forensic and toxicology industries with updates and guidance on the latest methods, protocols, processes and applications of chromatography, mass spectrometry and related techniques with key experts providing practical insights into their respective fields.

 
Featured Speakers and Presentations

TUESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER

A Future for Dried Blood Spots in Forensic Toxicology?
Christophe Stove (Laboratory of Toxicology, Ghent University, Belgium)

The Use of Fully Automated Dried Blood Spot Extraction Protocols in Doping Controls
Laura Tretzel and Andreas Thomas (Center for Preventive Doping Research / Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University Cologne, Germany)

Automated Determination of Cannabinoids in Hair by SPE-GC-EI-MS/MS with Focus on THC-COOH and THC-OH
Oliver Lerch (GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG, Muelheim, Germany) and Tobias Kieliba (Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany)

 
THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER

Rapid Update of Screening Methods for the Detection of New Psychoactive Substance Use in Human Urine by Software Assisted Metabolite Identification
Bjoern Moosmann (Institute of Forensic Medicine Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Germany)

Automation of Bidirectional Solid Phase Extraction (BDSPE) for Unattended Sample Preparation in Forensic Toxicology
Angelika Köpf (LCTech GmbH, Dorfen, Germany)

Challenges in Postmortem Forensic Toxicology: Using LC-Ion Trap MS/MS as a Screening Tool to Identify New Illegal Synthetic Fentanyls in South Florida
George Hime (Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Dept., Toxicology Laboratory, USA)