BMI/PRISM Combined Seminar Series

Thursday January 22nd

Room: GB06

Time: 11:30 am-12:30 pm

Presenter: Anas El-Aneed University of Saskatchewan

"Development of mass spectrometric methods to analyze psychoactive substances in cannabis and magic mushrooms"

Anas El-Aneed (Ph.D. Biochemistry (2007) & M.Sc. Pharmacy (2003), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada; M.B.A. (2012), the University of Saskatchewan, Canada; and B.Sc. Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1997), Lattakia University, Syria) is a Professor and Assistant Dean of Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2007, he was awarded the Governor General Gold medal for his Ph.D. thesis, supervised by Dr. Joseph Banoub; it was centered on the mass spectrometric analysis of bacterial carbohydrates. He Joined the University of Saskatchewan in 2008; El-Aneed’s research relies on the use of different mass spectrometry platforms for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of small organic compounds. His current research is focused on urine biomarker discovery for respiratory illnesses, analyzing natural psychoactive substances from cannabis and magic mushroom, evaluating lipid-based drug delivery systems, and developing MALDI matrices. To date, he has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to over 180 conference abstracts. He has supervised/co-supervised 50 trainees and research staff to-date. He is also on the editorial board of Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry. He is currently the Vice President of the Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry, and he has been appointed by the Federal Government to the NSERC governing council since 2018.

 

Next BMI/PRISM Combined Seminar

Thursday January 29th

 Presenter: Janet Hill University of Saskatchewan

 

 

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