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Εργαστήριο
Laboratory of Forensic Medicine &Toxicology
The Laboratory of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology was established in 1946 (ΦΕΚ αρ. 94.21.4.1942) in order to promote teaching and research in the School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. At the same time, all these years the laboratory has provided its expert services to the judicial system of the country. Today, the laboratory has significantly grown and operates four distinct Units:
a) Forensic Medicine
b) Forensic & Clinical Toxicology
c) Forensic Genetics
d) Health care legislation and Medical Ethics
The main objectives of the Laboratory are:
to educate undergraduate students of the School of Medicine on Forensic Sciences (Forensic Medicine, Forensic Toxicology, Forensic Genetics, Health care legislation and Medical Ethics)
to promote research on the above scientific fields
to train doctors in the specialization of Forensic Medicine
to train Forensic and Clinical Toxicologists
to train doctors in the specialization of Occupational Medicine
to provide expert services (autopsies, clinical forensic examinations, toxicological analyses, DNA analyses) to the judicial system of the country
to provide services in the field of clinical toxicology and workplace drug testing
to collaborate with research institutions or universities
Forensic Medicine, Forensic Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology, Analytical Toxicology, Toxicity studies, Biomarkers of Toxicity (metabolomics), Legal medicine, Forensic genetics, Health care legislation and Medical Ethics
Κύριος εργαστηριακός εξοπλισμός:
Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS),
Liquid Chromatography- Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS),
Liquid Chromatography- High resolution Mass Spectrometry (LC -QTOF MS),
Enzyme multiplied immunoassay analyzer EMIT)
Real-time PCR
SeqStudio genetic analyzer
Διενεργούμενες εξετάσεις:
Autopsies, Clinical forensic examinations, Postmortem toxicological analysis, Clinical Toxicological analysis and Therapeutic Drug monitoring for hospitals, Illegal drug testing for private and state bodies, Bioanalysis (drugs and endogenous compounds) in different biological materials, DNA paternity, maternity and relationship testing, Prenatal paternity testing (http://www.test-patrotitas.web.auth.gr )
Συνεργασίες με τμήματα ΑΠΘ:
Departments of Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology, Veterinary Medicine, Chemical Engineering, Law, Lab for the study of Medical Law and Bioethics
Συνεργασίες με τμήματα εσωτερικού:
Department of Medicine (University of Athens), Department of Medicine (University of Ioannina), Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (University of Thessaly), Department of Medicine (University of Alexandroupolis)
Συνεργασίες με τμήματα εξωτερικού:
- Department of Forensic Toxicology and Chemistry, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern / VIFM,
- Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Surgery & Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of London
- Section for Forensic Genetics - Kinship and Identity, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Forensic Molecular Biology, Erasmus MC University, Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Biocentre, University of Leicester, UK.
- Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL), Maryland, USA.
- Centre for Blood Research, Harvard Medicine School, Boston MA, USA.
- Medical Toxicology Unit, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, UK.
- Toxicology Centre of Antwerp, Belgium.