Real-time forensic drug analysis using direct ionization mass spectrometry

Seized drug identification in a forensic drug chemistry laboratory usually involves an initial presumptive analysis that can often result in false positives due to the complex nature of the seized drug material and limitations of the technique used.

In these upcoming SelectScience webinars, Peter Cain, Scientific Advisor at Eurofins Forensic Services, will discuss the analysis of seized drug material using a low-cost, compact mass spectrometer. This new approach utilizes ambient ionization to analyze seized drug material without any prior chromatographic separation, therefore providing results in near real time. The improved selectivity of this analysis results in fewer false positives and therefore fewer samples requiring confirmatory GC/MS or LC/MS analysis.

Attend session 1 on Tuesday, October 13 at:

• 15:00 BST
• 10:00 EDT
• 07:00 PDT
• 16:00 CEST

Attend session 2 on Wednesday, October 14 at:

• 09:30 IST
• 12:00 CST
• 13:00 JST

Key learning objectives:

• How ambient ionization mass spectrometry can be used to analyze seized drug material without chromatographic separation
• Advantages of mass spectrometry compared to FTIR and other presumptive screening methods
• Improvements in forensic drug chemistry workflows enabled by direct ionization mass spectrometry

Who should attend?

• Forensic chemists/scientists
• Criminalists
• Crime laboratory directors
• Government Forensic & Toxicology laboratories

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