Integration of Automated Sample Preparation and ICP-MS Trace Metals Analysis of Clinical Samples

Sample preparation of clinical samples involves a lot of challenging tasks. How nice would it be if these could be handed over to a robot? In this webcast you’ll learn how to simplify your analytical workflow with full automation from sample to result.

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Event Overview:

The analysis of trace metals in clinical samples like blood and serum is common routine and an integral part of patient diagnosis, pathology, and clinical research. This includes levels of essential minerals, biomarkers and toxic metals. Currently, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is the most popular analytical method due to its ultratrace measurement sensitivity for all relevant elements and high sample throughput.

The practical bottleneck that limits a laboratory’s sample throughput is the sample preparation procedure, which involves homogenization, dilutions, and reagent additions. Therefore, it involves a significant manual workload. Upcoming regional regulations present additional challenges in terms of method validation and compliance. This webcast will introduce a fully automated and integrated solution for the preparation and analysis of clinical samples with ICP-MS. Different sample preparation methods will be discussed. The advantages of using an IVD-certified reagent kit will be highlighted, using practical analytical studies.

Key Learning Objectives

• Understand analytical challenges and solutions for the analysis of clinical samples
• Evaluate advantages of an automated and integrated workflow for sample preparation and analysis
• Assess advantages and disadvantages of different sample preparation strategies

Who Should Attend

• Laboratory managers and analysts in the field of clinical analysis
• Laboratory physicians and clinical pathologists
• Researchers involved in clinical research and trials
  

Speaker:

Rui Santos, PhD
Global Manager, ICP-MS Applications
Analytik Jena GmbH


Rui Santos, PhD, currently is the global manager of ICP-MS applications at Analytik Jena GmbH in Porto, Portugal. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemistry from the University of Porto in 2008. He has published 10 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has presented 39 scientific works at international conferences. He has coauthored an article in the Portugese national book, O Valor Acrescentado das Ciências da Terra No Termalismo e No Engarrafamento da Água, and written 23 technical reports and 16 application notes at Analytik Jena. He also is the recipient of 2 awards. His career has included time at UCTM-Lab, the lab of the Mineral Science and Technology Unit of the National Laboratory of Energy and Geology. There, he worked as an ICP-MS specialist and developed different analytical methodologies that were applied to Portuguese mineral waters and geological materials characterization, including ultratrace elements analysis and isotope ratios determination. He also was responsible for the hydrochemistry department at UCTM-Lab, where he managed a lab to maintain analytical quality control under Portuguese standards. He was responsible for the preparation and determination of the reference values for a national project on proficiency testing for water analysis and participates in a different scientific research project, MinReMol. He is still a national auditor for the Portuguese Institute for Accreditation for testing laboratories under the NP EN ISO/IEC 17025[AD9][RS10] , the international standard with general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboraties. His main research activities have been related to geochemistry and groundwaters. Santos used isotope ratios determined by ICP-MS to help understand the water/rock interactions in groundwater systems and also the geochemistry in environmental studies. Some of the projects involved isotope dilution in different types of reference materials.

In his current role with Analytik Jena, he is responsible for developing new application notes in all types of sample matrices. He also trains internal ICP-MS specialists and provides customer training support worldwide. He also promotes the company’s products at international conferences, seminars, and workshops.

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