Analytical Services International

Season's greetings from Team ASI! 🎁🎄 We wish you and your families a wonderful Christmas. We look forward to working with you again in 2025. All the best for the year ahead! ✨ #seasonsgreetings #festivewishes

As the festive season approaches, we are reflecting on some of our key successes this year at ASI. In September, we were pleased to host our annual seminar at the Barber-Surgeons' Hall', with expert speakers presenting a range of topics around drug facilitated crime. A huge thanks to Anca Frinculescu, Russell Webster, Dawn Dines, Dr Justin Varney-Bennett and Dr. Lewis Couchman for sharing your knowledge and insights with us! 📅 We look forward to welcoming you to our next seminar in 2025, more information coming soon! ✨ #drugmonitoring #forensictoxicology #event #networking #forensicexperts

The team at ASI have been very busy this year! 👩🔬👨🔬 Still, our colleagues have remained committed to every opportunity to talk to industry professionals and inspire the next generation of #scientists and #analysts into STEM careers! 🧪 We look forward to even more opportunities for our #forensic experts to speak at #school #careers #events, student insight days and our annual seminar in 2025 ✨ #studentinsights #stem #biolab #forensictoxicology #bioanalysis #futureinforensics #careersdays #clincialtrials #tdm #therapeuticdrugmonitoring #toxicology #forensicscience

With the increasing popularity and known shortfalls in regulating electronic cigarettes (ECs), a study was published: Analysis of illicit drugs in purchased and seized electronic cigarette liquids from the United Kingdom 2014-2021. This publication discusses the trends driven by legislation changes, the importance of education regarding the risks associated with #electronic cigarette use and the potential health risks, if multiple compounds under the UK Misuse of Drugs Act and Psychoactive Substances Act are present. 📄 Read the study: https://ow.ly/7iCk50PL68V

A review of analytical parameters in ‘rapid’ liquid chromatographic methods for bioanalysis: Can we do better? This year our Laboratory Operations Manager, Katie Lawlor, published her first academic paper on the applications of rapid bioanalysis 🤝 Read the #academic paper here: https://ow.ly/YnQO50SzKYm #academicpublishing #teamsuccess #bioanalysis

We are proud to announce that we have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, demonstrating our commitment to the Armed Forces community. 🎖️ IntaForensics Forensic Access Limited Alecto Forensics Analytical Services International Forensic Testing Service - Drug, Alcohol and DNA Testing & Expert Reporting #armedforces #armedforcescovenant UK Ministry of Defence

📊📈 With limited data for the interpretation of #bloodconcentrations of #etizolam in post-mortem cases in literature, this study was published: Femoral blood concentrations of the designer #benzodiazepine etizolam in post-mortem cases. Hikin LJ, Smith PR, Maskell PD, Kurimbokus H, Ashong E, Couchman L, Morley SR. This publication explores that with a liquid #chromatography with tandem #massspectrometry method, the data from this study will further help forensic practitioners interpret post-mortem etizolam concentrations. 📄 Read the study: https://ow.ly/ioVx50PRb1W #academicresearch #drugdiscovery #drugresearch #druglegislation #healthresearch

Last night, our Business Unit Director, Jacqui Dokoupil & Facility and Research Director, Dr. Lewis Couchman, attended the Whitgift School Careers Convention 👏 🎤 Dr. Couchman was also invited to host a presentation on Forensic Toxicology for students. 👩🔬👨🔬 This event is a great opportunity for our team to meet and inspire the next generation of scientists - thank you for inviting us! 🤝 #forensicscience #bioanalytics #toxicology #scientists

Back in September, we hosted our annual seminar at Barber-Surgeons' Hall in London, with a host of experts presenting on the subject: Drug Facilitated Crime 👏 A huge thanks to Anca Frinculescu, Russell Webster, Dawn Dines, Dr Justin Varney-Bennett and Dr. Lewis Couchman for sharing your knowledge and insights with us! 📅 We look forward to welcoming you to our next seminar in 2025, more information coming soon! ✨ #drugmonitoring #forensictoxicology #event #networking #forensicexperts

The latest official figures suggest that there is an average of 49 drug poisoning deaths per week across England and Wales, involving opiates - such as heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl and synthetic opioids. This includes cases like Alex Jacques, where he took a substance sold as Xanax, but was contaminated with a synthetic opioid - nitazenes. Over the last 18 months - labs in the UK, including Analytical Services International (ASI), are testing for this and capable of finding these drugs in blood samples. Read the article: https://ow.ly/yTyn50TVk4q #forensictoxicology #drugmonitoring #nitazenes #drugresearch