BASi In Vivo News - December 2011
Warm wishes to you and your family this holiday season and into the New Year.
From your friends at BASi
BASi Expanding its Global Reach
BASi, a leader in drug development and research instrumentation, is expanding its global business development efforts. We’ve added three representatives to our European and one to our U.S. business development team to better serve your needs. Candace Rohde Johnson will take a leadership role to ensure we meet the growing demand for our instruments and services.
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Justin Wildgoose of Warwickshire, UK is the business development manager for Northern Europe. He has more than 10 years experience as a study director in the area of bioanalysis, including method validation and sample analysis with LC-MS/MS. Justin comes to us from ICON of Dublin, Ireland where he most recently worked in Bioanalytical Business Development. He earned his B.Sc in Applied Chemistry at Manchester Metropolitan University. |
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Grace O’Maille of Norwich, England is the business development manager for general CRO services continental Europe. She has more than 15 years experience with analytical chemistry and 3 years of bioanalysis outsourcing. For the last two years, Grace used her scientific background to facilitate client relationships and develop new business in Europe for Metabolon, a global metabolite analysis service. She earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Ohio State University and post-doctorate training in Mass Spectrometry at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California. |
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Peter Dydula of the Netherlands is the business development manager for our discovery and Culex services in Continental Europe. He has about 15 years experience in sales and business development in the pharmaceutical, clinical and medical industries worldwide. Most recently, Peter was the European business development director for Gilson International BV., specializing in liquid handling and liquid chromatography. Peter has a BA from University of Western Ontario and a MBA from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
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Andrew Zuvich of Newark, Delaware is our business development manager for the Culex on the East coast. He has more than 20 years experience in toxicology and has utilized the BASi Culex for PD/PK, telemetry and metabolic syndrome studies. Andrew most recently worked at AstraZeneca where he was an associate toxicology scientist. He is an LAT certified technician. |
BASi Poster Presentations
Validation of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Tamiflu™ in Human Whole Blood Collected in the DBS Format
Peter White, Robin Lane, Bhavna Mistry
This poster demonstrates how an LC-MS/MS assay for the determination of oseltamivir and oseltamivir carboxylate was fully validated in whole blood collected in the DBS format.
The Culex® Automated In-Vivo Sampling System: A Novel Technique for Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Collection in Preclinical Species
Peter White, David Hopper, Robin Lane, Tyler DeGraw, Bhavna Mistry, Amanda Plumb and Candace Rohde
Despite the well documented benefits of DBS sampling, the manual spotting of blood samples onto DBS cards is a labour intensive process. This poster describes a novel automated technique, using the Culex® Automated in-vivo Blood Sampling System, for directly collecting whole blood samples in the DBS format.
Development of Two High Sensitivity Methods Using the AB Sciex QTRAP 5500 for the Analysis of Low Level Inhalation Compounds
Peter White, Robin Lane, Helen Upton, Julie Chiu and Sue Faulconbridge
This poster will show how the AB Sciex QTRAP 5500 coupled with optimized chromatography and sample extraction techniques combine to produce two validated methods capable of supporting the analysis of inhalation compounds.
Look for BASi at Upcoming Conferences
Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
March 11-15
San Francisco, CA
Booth #1224
AAPS Biotech
May 21-23
San Diego, CA
Tabletop # 304
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