Axis Recognizes 2025 Postdoctoral Fellows

Axis is pleased to recognize the four Forensic Medicine Fellows that recently completed Axis’  toxicology rotation.  The rotation  is a week-long virtual program where participants reviewed many aspects of a modern forensic toxicology operation, including the...

MATT 2025 Recap: Ketamine

At this year’s MATT meeting, Dr. Laureen Marinetti spoke to attendees about how to differentiate between ketamine used illicitly versus ketamine used medically.  She also discussed the origin of medical and illicit ketamine.  Ketamine was developed in 1962 for use as...

MATT 2025 Recap: Nitazene Analogs

At this year’s MATT meeting, Stuart Kurtz spoke to attendees about the prevalence of nitazene analogs and the concentrations at which Axis detects them. We have previously discussed what nitazenes are in blog posts (see links below).  As a reminder, they are potent mu...