Patrick Fast
Botanist, Lead Microscopist, Herbarium Supervisor, HPTLC Lead Chemist at Alkemist Labs - Stanton, California, United States
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Founded in 1997, Alkemist Labs is a pioneer in botanical identity testing with expanded capabilities in phytochemical potency analysis. We are passionate about full method transparency, personalized technical support, and unrivaled customer service. With our expertise in this very specialized testing niche, we can help you in all aspects of ensuring that you know exactly what is in your products. Alkemist Labs helps companies achieve and maintain quality products and cGMP compliance.In addition to services such as identity verification by HPTLC and microscopy and potency testing by HPLC and GC, we now offer Next-Generation DNA Sequencing as a new powerful tool available for speciation in plant-based products. Because this technology has often been misapplied and standard methods are not yet developed, Alkemist Labs uses this platform alongside more established and accepted testing methods in order to accelerate understanding of this technology and help make it one of the useful testing tools for dietary supplements and ingredients.Alkemist Lab's mission is to bring transparency to all areas of natural products industry testing includes education tools designed to demystify testing and help companies obtain accurate results to support regulatory compliance and illustrate their quality commitment to consumers. In addition to our testing services, Alkemist also offers a full catalog of reference materials to be used by your in-house laboratory. These critical tools for botanical identity verification, including the Alkemist Labs complete line of Composite Reference Botanicals (CRBs), AHP-Verified Botanical Reference Materials (BRMs), all easily purchased through the Alkemist e-commerce section of the website.We are hiring! We are looking for talented Scientists, Chemists, Analysts, Technicians and Quality Assurance personnel. For more information, visit www.alkemist.com/job-openings/