UPS, Tacoma – Pac NW AOAC, and Shoreline Laboratory

“Rapid Testing” is an important theme in this year’s Annual Meeting and, of course, rapid turnaround of analytical results is long sought after in the food industry and by regulators. As many of us in food safety realize, although a determinative step may be rapid enough, there are often sample handling needs that add significantly to the overall time required for analysis. When timely results are critical automation can be the answer. At this year’s meeting we will see automated sample pretreatment assume many forms, ranging from the immunomagnetic capture and purification used in pathogen detection, to automated solid phase extraction (SPE) cleanup prior to chromatographic analysis, and even the integrated components of a “Lab-On-Valve” sequential injection analyzer.

The following lectures and hands-on laboratory sessions (both onsite and in workshop following the Annual Meeting) will address automated sample pretreatment and/or fluidics automaton.

Immunomagnetic Capture:

PCR Pathatrix Training – Hands-on course on this immunomagnetic capture and PCR technology by Jinxin Hu and Santos Camara, FDA, and Marcie van Wart, Matrix Microscience. (On-site lab training as part of Microbiology goes Molecular)

Flow Injection, Sequential Injection:

From Beakers to Microfluidics – Lecture by Jaromir Ruzicka, University of Hawaii, USA (Keynote Talk)

Lab-On-Valve Technology and Sequential Injection Analysis – Hands-on course in our onsite laboratory training, including introductory lecture by Hugo Oliveira, University of Hawaii, USA (Onsite lab training, Microfluidic Automation in Analytical Chemistry) and introduced in Dr. Ruzicka’s lecture.

Automation of Solid Phase Extraction Sample Pretreatment:

Hands-on Lab Sessions on SPE Sample Pretreatment Automation – (Paralytic Shellfish Toxins by HPLC) Laboratory Workshop – June 23 and 24, at the Washington State Public Health Laboratory (Separate registration required).

High Throughput Quantitation of Saxitoxin in Human Urine Using 96-well Solid Phase Extraction. Rudy Johnson, CDC, Georgia, USA. (Marine Toxins Seminar)

Automation of Sample Preparation. -John de Kanel, Caliper LS, USA (Marine Toxins Seminar)

Automation Solutions for the Extraction and Clean-up of Residues from Food and Water – Lecture by Michael Halvorson, Gilson, Inc. (Pesticides and Industrial Contaminants Seminar)

Semi Automated, Pre-Column Oxidation Method 2005.06 for PSTs – Monitoring of UK Shellfish – Lecture by Robert Hatfield, Cefas, UK (Marine Toxins Seminar)

Marine and Freshwater Toxins – Validations, Implementations, Fluidics Automation, and the Oxidations behind the LC Fluorescence Methods for the Paralytic Shellfish Toxins
Lecture by Jim Hungerford, FDA/ORA, USA (Marine Toxins Seminar)

Principles of Pre-column Oxidation Method 2005.06 for the Paralytic Shellfish Toxins, Refinements Made at FDA, and Course Overview- (Overview lecture on 2005.06) – Lecture by Stacey (Etheridge)
DeGrasse, FDA/CFSAN (Marine Toxins Seminar)