Accreditations:
The Laboratory has been accredited by the national authority in accordance with EN ISO/IEC 17025:2019 Standard, and in accordance with the EN ISO/IEC 17043 Standard.
The Laboratory performances:
- the development and validation of LC-MS/MS methods of drug residues assay in food of animal origin, animal tissues, parenchymal organs, plasma and serum;
- LC-MS/MS and ELISA testing of drug residues in food of animal origin;
- LC-MS/MS and ELISA study of pharmacokinetics and withdrawal periods of veterinary drugs;
- in vivo preparation of incurred reference matrices of animal tissues by administering animals with medicated feed or veterinary drugs (according to the principles of bioethics and Council Directive 86/609/EEC) and the determination of analyte’s concentration by the developed LC-MS/MS methods;
- application of classic and innovative blood sampling techniques (e.g., dried blood spot, MitraTM Microsampling);
- providing of homogeneity of reference matrices according to ISO 13528:2015;
- providing of PT rounds of honey assay on antibiotics residues according to
EN ISO/IEC 17043; - ELISA determination of veterinary drugs in food of animal origin as well as in animal tissues, parenchymal organs, plasma and serum using EuroProxima and R-Biopharm test kits;
- validation of ELISA test kits as well as modification of sample preparation and their adaptation to the analysis of various matrices;
- AAS determination of trace elements in various samples;
- participation in international PT rounds.
Our research team:
Dmytro Yanovych
Deputy Director,
Head of the Department of Physico-Chemical Research Methods, D.Sc. in agricultural science (speciality – biochemistry)
Expertise, skills and responsibilities: registration of veterinary medicinal products and feed additives; quality control of veterinary medicinal products and feed; food safety; drug residues; R&D and validation of instrumental methods for safety control of honey bee products; experimental design and assessment of pharmacokinetics and withdrawal periods of veterinary drugs; blood sampling techniques; statistical analysis of experimental results; providing laboratory proficiency testing; carrying out trainings and seminars in food and feed analysis.
Keywords: Animal Science, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Instrumental Methods of Analysis, Veterinary Drugs Quality Control, Drug Residues, Food and Feed Analysis, Food Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Withdrawal Periods of Veterinary Drugs; Statistical Data Analysis
Mariana Rydchuk
Head of the Laboratory, PhD in analytical chemistry
Expertise, skills and responsibilities: R&D and validation of UPLC-MS/MS methods for the determination of drugs in food, animal tissues and blood; food safety; study of pharmacokinetics and withdrawal periods of veterinary drugs; carrying out trainings in LC-MS/MS determination of drug residues in food of animal origin; providing laboratory proficiency testing.
Keywords: Analytical Сhemistry, LC-MS/MS, Food Safety, Feed Analysis, Drug Residues, Pharmacokinetics and Withdrawal Periods of Veterinary Drugs; Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data
Zvenyslava Zasadna
Senior Research Scientist, PhD in biochemistry
Expertise, skills and responsibilities: R&D and validation of ELISA methods for the determination of drugs in food and feed, animal tissues and blood; food safety; statistical analysis of experimental data for pharmacokinetics and withdrawal periods study of veterinary drugs; carrying out trainings in ELISA screening of drug residues in food of animal origin; providing laboratory proficiency testing.
Keywords: Bioanalytical Chemistry, ELISA, Pharmacokinetics and Withdrawal Periods of Veterinary Drugs, Feed Analysis, Food Safety, Drug Residues
Serhiy Plotytsia
Senior Research Scientist, PhD in analytical chemistry
Expertise, skills and responsibilities: R&D and validation of UPLC-MS/MS methods for the determination of drugs in food, animal tissues and blood; food safety; study of pharmacokinetics and withdrawal periods of veterinary drugs; carrying out trainings in LC-MS/MS determination of drug residues in food of animal origin; statistical analysis of experimental results; providing laboratory proficiency testing; technical support of laboratory instrumentation.
Keywords: Analytical Сhemistry, LC-MS/MS, Food Safety, Feed Analysis, Drug Residues, Pharmacokinetics and Withdrawal Periods of Veterinary Drugs, Electrochemistry, Statistical Data Analysis