Date/Time
Date(s) - Apr 15, 2026
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Part of AOAC Webinar Series on Method Development for Early Career Scientists
Wednesday, April 15 — 11:00 AM -12:00 PM ET
Analytical testing in foods, feeds, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and related products is critical to ensure a product’s purity/potency, safety, efficacy, and to meet regulatory requirements. But what do you do if there are no commercially available tests that meet your needs? There are many reasons why you may need to develop a new method, such as bringing to market a novel new product/active ingredient, changes to your sample matrix or formulation (i.e., formulating as gummy instead of pill), changes to regulations that require lower detection limits or target different impurities, etc. This presentation will cover practical considerations for custom method development with a focus on chromatographic techniques. From the initial steps of deciding on an approach, to in lab development and method validation for routine or regulatory use, the process of method development will be explained using real world case studies and examples.
Presented by Jamie Willems (Eurofins)
Dr. Jamie Willems received her Ph.D. in food chemistry from the University of Saskatchewan and currently works as a Sr. Scientist and the Manager of Special Analysis at Eurofins SFA Laboratories in New Berlin, Wisconsin. She specializes in various chromatographic based techniques (HPLC-PDA, HPLC-MS, HPAE-PAD, GC-FID, GC-MS) and has experience with custom method transfers, method development, suitability studies, method validation and flavor/fragrance analysis.
