SPIFAN meetings at AOAC Mid-Year Meeting—Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Attended the 3rd stakeholder meeting of AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition (SPIFAN) and the Expert Review Panel (ERP) to discuss the current developments in methods of analysis for infant formula and reviewing and developing standards for global acceptance.
As Chair of the Nucleotides Working Group, responsible for delivering a presentation on the analysis of nucleotides in infant formula and adult nutritionals and leading the working group in the development of the Nucleotides SMPR.
Attended the inaugural SPIFAN Working Group meetings to discuss the current developments in methods of analysis for infant formula and reviewing and developing standards for global acceptance. These meetings were held at AOAC headquarters, and it was valuable time spending five days talking analytical methods and I learned a lot.
I took some personal time and saw the museums and monuments of Washington DC.
I attended the 124th AOAC Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Attended the 1st stakeholder meeting of AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition (SPIFAN) and the Expert Review Panel (ERP) to discuss the current developments in methods of analysis for infant formula and reviewing and developing standards for global acceptance.
The resort was something quite different from a regular hotel and because of the humidity I spent almost all of my time out of doors in the pool.
Paper accepted for publication entitled "Determination of total potentially available nucleosides in bovine milk" to be published in the International Dairy Journal. This paper reports the total potentially available nucleosides in seasonal bovine milk analyzed through the sequential application of phosphatase, pyrophosphatase, and nuclease enzyme treatments prior to high performance liquid chromatographic analysis of released nucleosides.
Paper accepted for publication entitled "A liquid chromatographic method for routine analysis of 5′‑mononucleotides in pediatric formulas" to be published in the Journal of AOAC International. This paper describes an RP‑HPLC method for the routine determination of supplemented 5′‑mononucleotides (uridine 5′‑monophosphate, inosine 5′‑monophosphate, adenosine 5′‑monophosphate, guanosine 5′‑monophosphate, and cytidine 5′‑monophosphate) in pediatric formulas and milk products.
AOAC Annual Meeting & Conference—Philadelphia, PA, USA
I attended the 123rd AOAC Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. This meeting marks the quasquicentennial, that is the 125th anniversary of AOAC International.
Philadelphia is an important city in American history. I enjoyed spending a few hours visiting key landmarks where the nation of the United States of America was born.
SPIFAN meetings at AOAC Mid-Year Meeting—Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Attended the 3rd stakeholder meeting of AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition (SPIFAN) and the Expert Review Panel (ERP) to discuss the current developments in methods of analysis for infant formula and reviewing and developing standards for global acceptance.
Appointed Nucleotides Working Group Chair
As Chair of the Nucleotides Working Group, responsible for delivering a presentation on the analysis of nucleotides in infant formula and adult nutritionals and leading the working group in the development of the Nucleotides SMPR.
SPIFAN meetings—Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Attended the inaugural SPIFAN Working Group meetings to discuss the current developments in methods of analysis for infant formula and reviewing and developing standards for global acceptance. These meetings were held at AOAC headquarters, and it was valuable time spending five days talking analytical methods and I learned a lot.
I took some personal time and saw the museums and monuments of Washington DC.
Vendor visit—Edmonton, Canada
Spent time learning about vitamin A and vitamin D analysis by immunoassay.
Edmonton was famous for having the largest mall in the world at one time. It had a ice-skating rink and roller-coaster indoors!
AOAC Annual Meeting & Conference—Orlando, FL, USA
I attended the 124th AOAC Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Attended the 1st stakeholder meeting of AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition (SPIFAN) and the Expert Review Panel (ERP) to discuss the current developments in methods of analysis for infant formula and reviewing and developing standards for global acceptance.
The resort was something quite different from a regular hotel and because of the humidity I spent almost all of my time out of doors in the pool.
Paper accepted for publication
Paper accepted for publication entitled "Determination of total potentially available nucleosides in bovine milk" to be published in the International Dairy Journal. This paper reports the total potentially available nucleosides in seasonal bovine milk analyzed through the sequential application of phosphatase, pyrophosphatase, and nuclease enzyme treatments prior to high performance liquid chromatographic analysis of released nucleosides.
Paper accepted for publication
Paper accepted for publication entitled "A liquid chromatographic method for routine analysis of 5′‑mononucleotides in pediatric formulas" to be published in the Journal of AOAC International. This paper describes an RP‑HPLC method for the routine determination of supplemented 5′‑mononucleotides (uridine 5′‑monophosphate, inosine 5′‑monophosphate, adenosine 5′‑monophosphate, guanosine 5′‑monophosphate, and cytidine 5′‑monophosphate) in pediatric formulas and milk products.
AOAC Annual Meeting & Conference—Philadelphia, PA, USA
I attended the 123rd AOAC Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. This meeting marks the quasquicentennial, that is the 125th anniversary of AOAC International.
Philadelphia is an important city in American history. I enjoyed spending a few hours visiting key landmarks where the nation of the United States of America was born.
AOAC Annual Meeting & Conference—Dallas, TX, USA
I attended the 122nd AOAC Annual Meeting in Dallas.
Hotel was a short walk from the 6th Floor Museum; a sobering place.
Laboratory visit—Columbus, OH, USA
Visited a laboratory and learned about the method used for measuring total potentially available nucleosides.