Introductions to the all CERES/Locustox personnel. Afterwards, an in-depth meeting with the relevant Locustox lab staff (those participating directly in the PSD work) took place and covered Locustox and OSU expectations and detailed objectives for the training. In attendance: Cheikh Toure, Makhfousse Sarr, Auditrice Ndaiye, Adama Ndaiye, Marie Ndao, Ndeye Sokhna Fall Ndao, Anna Ndiaye, and Emmanuel Senghor. We discussed training evaluations of both myself and the Locustox staff as well as the training schedule. The lab staff will continue to work on other projects through PSD training; however, all staff will be attending field sampling.
Some concern was expressed about the method requiring significant blow down and handling of resulting quantities (<1 mL). There is interest in obtaining a TurboVap LV. As is, the blowdown will be attempted with a nitrogen/syringe setup. I believe the TurboVap would be a great advantage, but the method is possible with the existing equipment considering the training requires so few samples. If high throughput is expected for future work a TurboVap LV would be required.
There was a problem with the lab A/C unit and refrigerant leaked. The odor prevented the lab from being occupied for several hours.
The training schedule was adapted to account for arrival on Thursday the 20th of a Chemservice OC pesticide sample and helium for the GC-ECD. In the meantime, extra LFT will be sacrificed to develop PSD production skills.
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