The Tampa Forensics Symposium: DART-MS on Forensics and Security

In collaboration with the University of Tampa, we are pleased to invite you to the The Tampa Forensics Symposium: DART-MS on Forensics and Security. This half-day Forum will feature leaders in the field discussing their latest advances in pharmaceutical identification, drug screening, explosives analysis, and characaterization of designer drugs using Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) Mass Spectrometry.

Introduction to DART-MS Technology and Workflows for Rapid Testing
Brian Musselman, Ph.D., CEO, IonSense

DART Analysis of Counterfeit Drugs
Facundo M. Fernández, Ph. D. , Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry-Georgia Institute of Technology.

Accelerated Analysis of Trace Evidence by DART-MS: Propellants and Projectiles
Adam B. Hall, Ph.D., D-ABC, Director, Mass Spectrometry Facility - Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis at Northeastern University

A New Mobile DART-MS System for Rapid On-Site Analysis
Berk Oktem, Ph.D., Research Scientist, MassTech Inc.

DART-TOF MS as the Primary Screening Technique in a Drug Chemistry Workflow
Erin Shonsey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Forensic Chemistry at the University of Tampa

An Anniversary Retrospective: Ten Years of DART in the Forensic Sciences
Chip Cody, Ph.D., JEOL USA

In addition we will have a LIVE demonstration of DART on the MassTech MT-50 Explorer, a site-ready MS/MS instrument for rapid, simple screening of a wide range of materials and compound types. A light lunch and registration will be from 12:00-12:30 followed by the technical program and demonstration.

There is no cost to attend the Forum and for those of you traveling to the Sanibel Conference, we are providing free transportation from the University of Tampa to the Sanibel meeting in Clearwater.

For those of you who can not attend, you may download the DART-MS Forensics Book of Abstracts to read about the application of DART-MS to the latest problems in drug identification, explosives, counterfeit products, adulteration, inks, and chemical warfare agents.