Over the last 10 years Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) has been adopted by many clinical laboratories and been successfully implemented as the technology has become more robust, reliable and affordable. LC/MS/MS offers many technical and financial advantages for the clinical laboratory and is now seen as a complementary and in some cases a viable alternative to immunoassays. The fundamentals of tandem mass spectrometry and its clinical applications (newborn screening and Vitamin D) will be discussed along with some of the key advantages of the technology which have led to the successful adoption of the technique into clinical laboratories.
Learning Objectives of Webinar
Gain a basic understanding of Tandem Mass Spectrometry technology
Appreciate the key benefits of Tandem Mass Spectrometry when compared to immunoassay
Understand how LC/MS/MS is used to perform newborn screening and Vitamin D testing
Russell Watts, BSc (Hons), MRSC
Russell attended Nottingham Trent University where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry. He has over 13 years’ experience within analytical chemistry field starting his career at Nottingham University as a research technician at the School of Chemistry in 1998. He then changed roles in 2000 to work at Safepharm Laboratories (now Harlan) as a laboratory analyst. In 2005, he joined Waters Corporation in the Clinical Business Operations group where he worked various scientific, sales and business development roles. All of these roles involved increasing the adoption of mass spectrometry technology into clinical laboratories and allowing these laboratories to realise the benefits of this analytical technique in a healthcare setting. Most recently, Russell joined AB SCIEX in 2013 as the Manager of their clinical business unit in the EMEA region with the goal of making mass spectrometry accessible to routine clinical laboratories.
AB SCIEX helps to improve the world we live in by enabling scientists and laboratory analysts to push the limits in their field and address the complex analytical challenges they face. The company’s global leadership and world-class service and support in the mass spectrometry industry have made it a trusted partner to thousands of the scientists and lab analysts worldwide who are focused on basic research, drug discovery and development, food and environmental testing, forensics and clinical research.
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