Bio-analysis

This course is explicitly also open to pharmacy students who are motivated to set up analytical methods and have an interest in lab work. This course is comparable to bioanalysis (FA-319-09, half time), whereas FA-CPS337 is full time. 

In this course you will become acquainted with the analysis of drugs, metabolites and endogenous substances in biological matrices (blood, urine, etc.).The detection of low concentrations of a compound in a complex matrix is often needed, but also enormously challenging. During this course attention will be paid to the design of bio- analysis methods, the problems encountered and possible solutions.

 

The theory is divided into 3 parts: sample preparation, separation and detection, and HPLC in combination with mass spectrometry (LC-MS). During the course you wil be working on set-up and validation of a bioanalytical method. The theory is mastered by reading literature and presenting the main points in lectures to each other. The experiments are completely designed and conducted by you, with input by supervisors, mainly during presentations of your plans en results.