INTERVIEWS WITH N. SPOONER & J. RUDGE


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33 Q Q Q Could you summarize what microsampling means to you?


NS: It’s a variety of techniques for taking small biological samples, typically blood or plasma, or other biofluids, to generate high quality quantitative data that is reflective of the subject. Taking smaller samples is a more ethical approach for both the animal and for clinical subjects and enables us to get samples we just wouldn’t be able to get in other circumstances.


What began your interest in microsampling?


NS: My interest in microsampling started 9 or 10 years ago when we were trying to figure out how to collect samples in paediatric studies. Obviously when dealing with very small children, conventional methods of collecting blood samples were just not adequate, so we did some research and that’s where we started to get involved with dried blood spot sampling.


Do you see a shift in interest in implementing microsampling?


NS: I think there is a growing interest of users from different companies and other areas wanting to implement microsampling. They recognise the benefits of the technology – it’s obviously a big change for them, and that is making it go slowly but you do see it growing. There are an increasing number of publications in Bioanalysis Zone and Bioanalysis journal and an increasing amount of interest in those publications, and lot of talks at major conferences.


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