2.2 A high performance liquid chromatograph coupled to a dual mass spectrometer.
- It is installed in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry at the UCM. It is primarily used for the analysis of organometallic compounds, acrylamide, proteins, peptides and antibiotics. However, its great potential makes it suitable for a wide range of substances. Will be used by all groups in the program.
2.3 A system for capillary electrophoresis coupled to a mass spectrometer.
This combination is very recent, which suggests that it is still in development and therefore will allow the group of the Dept. of Analytical Chemistry, UAH, the development of the technique. It will be applied to the analysis of amino acids, peptides, proteins, antibiotics, and acrylamide. Their users are, in different extents, all groups in the program, since this technique is quite versatile.
3. Human Resources
The participating groups include, in addition to the research staff, the following technical staff:
Dpt. Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry:
3 Technicians
Dpt. Analytical chemistry (Chemistry Fac. UCM):
6 Technicians
Technics and Methods in Analytical Chemistry Group (Sciences Fac.. UNED):
1 Technician
Thermal Processes in Food Group (Institute del Frio. CSIC):
1 Technician and 1 Assistant
Fuerthermore, thise contracted or granted staff is available:
Dpt. Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry:
1 Researcher, 2 postdoctoral granted and 2 Technicians with I3P Contract.
Dpt. Analytical chemistry (Chemistry Fac. UCM):
7 predoctoral granted and 6 technicians
Dpt. Analytical chemistry (Chemistry Fac. UAH):
1 predoctoral contract IV CM PRICT, 3 predocotoral granted UAH, 1 predocotral granted Rep. dominicana-UAH and 1 Technician FINNOVA.
Technics and Methods in Analytical Chemistry Group (Sciences Fac.. UNED):
1 Associated Teacher
Thermal Processes in Food Group (Institute del Frio. CSIC):
2 contracted researchers
Dpt. Nutrition and Bromatology. Veterinary Fac. UCM:
1 postdoctoral granted and 1 predoctoral granted
4. Offer Services
The research groups included in the program have their human resources dedicated to research and teach at the university level. That limits their capacity to provide services for routine analysis to other research groups and industries as other laboratories usually do. Moreover, the potential of knowledge and infrastructure that builds up in the program should be used in their social environment, without detracting its main objectives which are research and teach at CSIC and the University. All these facilities and the results obtained with the program will be screened on the following social sectors: |
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The scientific community, through advice and facilities instrumental to other groups that request it and, of course, through the communication of results in journals and scientific conferences. |
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The companies, which may establish agreements and contracts to provide different types of analytical services of analytical advice when the company concerned does not have the means to solve their problems. The wide variety of problems associated with the management of quality and safety in the food industry, the enormous volume of legislation and regulations to be met by food suggests that this collaboration could be very useful. |
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The Administration, in its various local, regional and national levels. The partnership program with the various agencies responsible for ensuring the purity and quality of food can be very useful on a regular basis and especially when some kind of food scare as unfortunately often happens with some frequency. The program can be a suitable tool and ready to establish and operate appropriate technical measures for immediate resolution of problems. |
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