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 (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

Thermo Fisher GeneAmp® PCR System 9700 (Kary and Jefferies)
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

















