TIAFT Young Scientists "Workshop 2001"

"Oral Fluid in Toxicology"

April 6-7, 2001, Ghent, Belgium

" I T   W A S   G R E A T ! "

On April 6-7, about 50 young scientists of TIAFT met in Ghent, Belgium.
This was the first meeting of the YS committee, that was created in 1996 during the Interlaken conference. In attendence were scientists from all over the world; most came from Western Europe, but some were from the United States, Poland or Chile. Thanks to Nele Samyn, Karine Clauwert and Alain Verstraete, who were the hosts, the meeting was a real success, giving us the opportunity to meet, discuss and exchange information and ideas, leading to a stimulating experience.

The meeting started on Friday afternoon in the medieval remains of an old monastery with 5 general lectures, as following:

• Influence of collection methods on saliva drug concentrations: practical experience and literature review
  Nele Samyn (Belgium)
   
  
• Controlled experimental studies - part 1
  Rebecca Jufer (USA)
   
  
• Controlled experimental studies - part 2
  Simona Pichini (Italy)
   
  
• Overview of screening equipment and application of cut-off values
  Alain Verstraete (Belgium)
   
  
• Developments in confirmatory techniques
  Karine Clauwert (Belgium)

In order to enhance the attractiveness of the meeting, the organisers planned an enjoyable social program, offering cultural and culinary features of Gent. Three different dinner places and a night walk through the city created a nice environment for informal interaction.

Saturday was devoted to free papers, of which the abstracts are listed below.

Finally, Alain Verstraete presented the experience of the european ROSITA project and the meeting was concluded by Sam Niedbala (USA) with the presentation of the future of oral fluid in workplace drug testing.

The closing ceremony was on a boat, with a final taste of local alcohol, just to enhance the good contacts and promote frienship.

Two unforgetable days, that demonstrate the need for some informal discussions between the new generation, the people that will make the forensic toxicology of tomorrow.

Pascal Kintz, Chairman of the YSC

ABSTRACTS

• Pitfalls associated with the use of a simple sample preparation in the analysis of saliva with LC-ESI-MS/MS.
  K.A. Mortier, K.M. Clauwaert, W.E. Lambert, J.F. Van Bocxlaer, E.G. Van den Eeckhout, C.H. Van Peteghem, and A.P. De Leenheer
   
  
• Oral Fluid Testing in Road Traffic - The German Experience within the ROSITA Project
  S. Steinmeyer, H. Ohr, and M. R. Moeller
   
  
• The use of oral fluid and sweat wipes for the detection of drugs of abuse in impaired drivers
  Nele Samyn, Bart Viaene, Bart Laeremans, Gert De Boeck
   
  
• Detection of Fluoxetine and Norfluoxetine in Saliva
  Fiona M. Wylie and John S. Oliver
   
  
• Measurement of Amphetamines in Biological Samples by LC-MS/MS
  Michelle Wood, Michael Morris, Donald P Cooper
   
  
• Immunochromatographic teststrips for saliva analysis
  Jörg Zimmermann1, Nele Samyn, Maria da Costa, Thomas Wuske, Rainer Polzius, Hans-Jürgen Duchstein1
   
  
• Determination of MDMA ('Ecstasy') in saliva: a controlled study in recreational users
  Monica Navarro, Magi Farré, Simona Pichini, Jordi Ortuño, Pere Nolasc Roset, Ester Menoyo, Jordi Segura, Rafael de la Torre
   
  
• Determination of MDMA ('Ecstasy') in saliva with Drugwipe analytical device: a controlled study in recreational users
  Monica Navarro, Magi Farré, Simona Pichini, Piergiorgio Zuccaro, Roberta Pacifici, Jordi Ortuño, Pere Nolasc Roset, Ester Menoyo, Jordi Segura, Rafael de la Torre
   
  
• Elimination kinetics of oral nandrolone in urine and saliva
  V. Cirimele, P. Kintz B. Ludes
   
  
• Determination of Cocaine and its Metabolites in Saliva by GC/MS-EI
  P. Campora O.; A.M. Bermejo B.; M.J. Tabernero and P. Fernandez.
   
  
• The Finnish experience from the ROSITA project
  Marielle Grönholm and Pirjo Lillsunde