Professor Musah and Meghan traveled to an garlic farm in Schenevus, NY to collect garlic and analyze its headspace.
Meghan collecting headspace.
Professor Musah's Book is Published
Professor Musah’s book “Analysis of Drugs of Abuse” has been published. Both Kristen and Cameron are first authors for chapters in the book. Congratulations!
Paper Accepted by Analytical Chemistry
Samira and Justine’s paper, “Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry and Kohonen Artificial Neural Networks for Species Identification of Larva, Pupa and Adult Life Stages of Carrion Insects” was accepted by Analytical Chemistry.
End of the Year Celebration
The Musah Lab celebrates the end of another successful year!
Kristen's Research on LADI-MS Featured in Article on Mass Spectrometry Imaging Techniques
In an article by Biocompare talking about advancements in mass spectrometry imaging , Dr. Chip Cody of JEOL discusses his excitement about our newly-developed technique, Laser-Ablation DART Imaging Mass Spectrometry (LADI-MS). He talks about Kristen's research, in collaboration with Dr. Ed Espinoza from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab, regarding the imaging and mapping of ion spatial distributions in endangered wood species. Read the article here.
Musah Lab Presents at ASMS
Professor Musah presenting her poster.
Professor Musah, Justine, and Kristen traveled to San Diego, CA to present at the 66th Annual Meeting for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Kristen presented a talk titled “LADI of the Wood: Imaging of Small-Molecule Spatial Distributions in Endangered Wood Species by a Novel Ambient Ionization Imaging Technique”. Professor Musah and Justine presented posters titled “Knot What You Think: Species Identification of Illegally-traded Woods by Direct Analysis in Real Time-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry” and “The Time He Dies as Told by Flies: Identification of Necrophagous Insects by DART-HRMS for Post Mortem Interval Estimation” respectively.
Kristen giving her oral presentation on her research.
Justine presenting her poster.
Musah Lab Presents at Multidisciplinary Approaches to Forensic Investigations Symposium
Meghan and Megan went to the Multidisciplinary Approaches to Forensic Investigations Symposium at Boston University in Boston, MA. Meghan presented a poster titled “SPME-facilitated Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Plant-based Legal Highs for the Development of a Headspace Database”.
Meghan presenting her poster.
Musah Lab Wins JEOL Photo Contest
The Musah Lab won JEOL's Selfie Contents: Best Instrument Team Photo
Allix Graduates from UAlbany
Allix graduated from the University at Albany Summa Cum Laude with a double major in Chemistry and Mathematics as well as a minor in Business. She was the Commencement Speaker for the Science and Mathematics Graduation and will be continuing her PhD studies in the Musah Lab. Congratulations Allix!
Allix Graduates from the Honors College
Allix graduated from the Honors College. Her thesis was titled “Forensic Identification of Condom Lubricants by Advanced Statistical Analysis Processing of Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometric Data – Towards Development of a Condom Residue Database for Forensic Science Practitioners”.
Meghan Receives Graduate Scholarship
Meghan received the College of Arts and Sciences Lawrence and Marie Shore Graduate Scholarship for 2018 – 2019. Congratulations Meghan!
Musah Lab Recognized at Celebration of Scholarship
Allix and Nana-Hawwa presented posters at the UAlbany’s Celebration of Scholarship. Both Professor Musah and Allix were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the research field.
Musah Lab Presents at Undergraduate Research Symposium
Allix and Nana-Hawwa and presented at the University at Albany’s 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Allix presented a talk titled “Development of a Condom Lubricant Database using Direct Analysis in Real Time – High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (DART-HRMS) for Forensic Science Practitioners”. Nana-Hawwa presented a poster titled “Rapid Species-level Identification of Atropine and Scopolamine-containing Psychoactive Seeds by Chemometric Processing of Direct Analysis in Real Time – High Resolution Mass Spectral Data”.
Nana-Hawwa presenting her poster at the UAlbany Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Allix presenting her research at the UAlbany Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Professor Musah Presents at Canadian Forest Service Workshop
Professor Musah presented a talk titled “Woodn’t You Like to Know What You Have? Endangered Wood Species Identification Through Chemical Imaging and Multivariate Statistical Analysis of DART-MS Chemical Fingerprints” at the Canadian Forest Service Workshop.
Allix Receives Chemistry Awards
Allix received the Derk V. Tieszen Award for achievement in chemistry, physics and mathematics as well as the ACS Outstanding Senior in Organic Chemistry Student Award. Congratulations Allix!
JEOL Trip
Professor Musah, Justine, Kristen, Megan and Allix traveled to JEOL in Peabody, MA.
Allix Presents at ENY-ACS Undergraduate Symposium
Allix presented her talk titled “Blow Flies - Glow Flies: Investigation of Fluorescence in Carrion Fly Eggs” at the Eastern New York American Chemical Society 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted at Siena College.
Allix Receives President's Award
Allix received the President’s Award for Leadership – Distinguished Scholar-Leader Award. Congratulations Allix!
Professor Musah Presents with Mystery Author Archer Mayor
The New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, SUNY hosted Professor Musah and mystery author Archer Mayor to discuss “Corpses, Blow Flies, and Post-Mortem Forensics”.
Tianyu Presents at ACS Conference 2018
Tianyu presented a poster titled “Synthesis and Biological Effects of a Novel Carborane-based α-Amino Acid for the Treatment of Glioblastoma” at the 255th American Chemical Society Conference in New Orleans, LA.