The Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme - DAP

On July 16, 2025, the participants of the Regional Forensic Capacity Building for Synthetic Drug Detection and Analysis training program continued their hands-on training with the RADIAN ASAP equipment. Expert guidance was provided by distinguished resource personnel, including Dr. Barry K. Logan and Mr. Francis Diamond from the Centre for Forensic Science Research and Education (CFSRE) in the USA, along with Dr. Ciara Pitman, Dr. Taposh Kumar, and Mr. Mark Ritchie from Waters Corporation.

The day’s sessions focused on essential aspects of forensic analysis, such as sample preparation and extraction techniques, data acquisition, including how to handle issues such as missing masses and overloads etc. Emphasis was also placed on practical skills such as understanding data transmissions, downloading data, data analysis and report generation with the LiveID software. They also delved into the complexities of fragment ions in mass spectrometry data.

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