Agilent Technologies Presents Thought Leader Award to Dr Lawrence Lesko
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that Dr. Lawrence J. Lesko from the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy in Orlando, USA, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award for his research into preclinical toxicological assessments of new medicines.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, California, USA) has announced that Dr. Lawrence J. Lesko, of the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology at the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy in Orlando, USA, has received an Agilent Thought Leader Award for his research into preclinical toxicological assessments of new medicines.
Dr. Lesko and his team are working to identify novel biomarkers that can help drug makers better assess new drug candidates and can also potentially enable doctors to better manage treatments.
Monty Benefiel, Agilent vice president and general manager of the Mass Spectrometry Division, said: “We are pleased to support Dr. Lesko’s research, which is addressing important needs in the rapidly evolving field of systems toxicology.”
“I am very pleased and appreciative of Agilent’s Thought Leader Award,” said Dr. Lesko. “It enables our team to identify metabolomic safety biomarkers of drug-induced renal toxicity and the mechanisms by which these toxicities occur. This research will lead us to identifying at-risk patients and exploring the use of concomitantly administered medicines as protectants against drug-induced renal damage. It could have a major effect on improving drug development and clinical care.”
Best of the Week: Food Analysis, Chemical Migration in Plastic Bottles, STEM Researcher of the Year
December 20th 2024Top articles published this week include the launch of our “From Lab to Table” content series, a Q&A interview about using liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC–HRMS) to assess chemical hazards in plastic bottles, and a piece recognizing Brett Paull for being named Tasmanian STEM Researcher of the Year.
Using LC-MS/MS to Measure Testosterone in Dried Blood Spots
December 19th 2024Testosterone measurements are typically performed using serum or plasma, but this presents several logistical challenges, especially for sample collection, storage, and transport. In a recently published article, Yehudah Gruenstein of the University of Miami explored key insights gained from dried blood spot assay validation for testosterone measurement.
Determination of Pharmaceuticals by Capillary HPLC-MS/MS (Dec 2024)
December 19th 2024This application note demonstrates the use of a compact portable capillary liquid chromatograph, the Axcend Focus LC, coupled to an Agilent Ultivo triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for quantitative analysis of pharmaceutical drugs in model aqueous samples.
