The Analytical Division operates at two sites with a total of 8,000 square feet of working space. One of the laboratory sites is at the University of California, San Francisco. The other is located at an off-site location in South San Francisco. We have completely equipped, modern facilities and a highly trained staff to provide fully automated analysis for drugs and metabolites in biological fluids. The sections are Research and Development, Support, Method Troubleshooting and Routine Laboratory.
Personnel includes permanent staff, postdoctoral scholars and visiting scientists.
The DSU is equipped with state of the art analytical equipment which performs automated sampling, computerized data acquisition and report preparation. Automated sampling, computerized data acquisition systems allow expeditious study execution. Often, a single multiresidue analysis for a parent compound and several polar metabolites can be accomplished in a single run with rapid chromatography. All researchers are responsible for complying with SOP requirements during sample preparation and analysis. Monitoring of records and documents is accomplished by routine audits and inspections.