Women in BioCop - Biographies
Organisation: Central Science Laboratory
Country: UK
* MSc. Analytical Chemistry - Food Science Group
* BSc. Forensic Science, Analyst - University of Glamorgen (2002)
Miss Ashwin is an experienced bioanalytical researcher within the Food Science Group at CSL and has been actively involved in a number of UK Defra funded R&D projects. She is also an experienced analyst working within WP6 (Pesticides).
Publications:
1. Development and Validation of Screening and Confirmatory Methods for the Detection of Chloramphenicol and Chloramphenicol Glucuronide using SPR Biosensor and Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Ashwin H, et.al Analytica Chimica Acta, 529 (2005) 103-108.
2. Detection of chloramphenicol and chloramphenicol glucuronide residues in poultry muscle, honey, prawn and milk using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor and Qflex kit chloramphenicol Ferguson J et al. Analytica Chimica Acta 529 (2005) 109-113.
3. Verification of compliance with organic meat production standards by detection of permitted and nonpermitted uses of veterinary medicines (tetracycline antibiotics). Kelly M et. Al Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54 (2006) 1523-1529
4. A new method for the rapid identification of tetracycline residues in foods of animal origin - using the Premi®Test in combination with a metal ion chelation assay. S.L.Stead, et al In press - Journal of Food Additives and Contaminants
5. Validation of the Delvotest® SP-NT according to the International Dairy Federation (IDF) standard and improved approach for detection of antimicrobial drugs in milk using Delvo®Scan scanner technology. S.L Stead, et al In submission