Our Instrumentation

Waters Acquity UPLC® I-Class Waters Xevo G2-S QTof (Waters LC/QTOF)

This system was donated by Waters Corporation to CFSRE as part of a collaborative research agreement. (www.waters.com)

Projects: Development of a QTOF database for the identification of common and emerging drugs of abuse

Shimadzu Nexera XR UHPLC Series Sciex TripleTOF® 5600+ System (Sciex LC/QTOF)

This system was donated by Sciex to CFSRE as part of a collaborative research agreement. (www.sciex.com)

Waters Acquity UPLC® Micromass® Quattro micro™ API Tandem Quadrupole System (LC/MS/MS 1)

Projects: Development of a quantitation method for synthetic cannabinoid metabolites in urine using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Waters Acquity UPLC® Micromass® Quattro micro™ API Tandem Quadrupole System (LC/MS/MS 2)

Projects: A Comparative Study for Method Development and Validation for the Detection of THC, THC-OH, and THC-COOH in Blood using GC/MS and LC/MS/MS

Agilent 6430 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS System (Agilent LC/MS/MS)

This system was donated by Agilent Technologies to CFSRE. (www.agilent.com)

Agilent 5975C Series GC/MSD (GC/MS with hydrogen carrier gas)

Agilent 5975C Series GC/MSD (GC/MS 5975)

Projects: Method Development of NBOMe’s in Oral Fluid by Solid Supported Liquid Extraction and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry

Agilent 6890A/5973N GC/MSD (GC/MS Fast Oven 1)

This system was donated by Agilent Technologies to CFSRE. (www.agilent.com)
Projects: A Comparative Study for Method Development and Validation for the Detection of THC, THC-OH, and THC-COOH in Blood using GC/MS and LC/MS/MS

Agilent 6890A/5973N GC/MSD (GC/MS Fast Oven 2)

Agilent 6890N/5973N GC/MSD with CTC PAL Autosampler (HS-GC/MS)

Agilent 1100 Series HPLC/DAD (HPLC/UV)

Agilent 5890 Series II GC/FID (GC/FID)

Perkin Elmer AAnalyst™ 400 AA Spectrometer (AA)

Titertek-Berthold Crocodile ELISA miniWorkstation (Crocodile)

Projects: Evaluation of Impact of Expanding ELISA Screening in DUID Investigations

Thermo Fisher 3500 Genetic Analyzer (eDNA)

Thermo Fisher 310 Genetic Analyzer (Crick)

Thermo Fisher 7500 Real Time PCR System (RT-PCR)

Thermo Fisher 7500 Real Time PCR System (qPCR)

Projects: Evaluation of a Novel Approach to Low-Copy Number (LCN) DNA Methodologies for Generation of Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Profiles; Evaluation of a vacuum-swab protocol for recovering epithelial cells from handled evidentiary samples; Internal developmental validation of a DNA differential extraction protocol for forensic application