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James Pitt

Dr. James Pitt

Metabolic and Newborn Screening Laboratories, Victorian Clinical Genetics Servic...

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James Pitt is a Biochemical Geneticist with over 30 years of experience in the field. He is Head of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services Newborn Bloodspot Screening and Metabolic Screening Laboratories. He graduated from University of Melbourne in 1979 and obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at La Trobe University in 2003. His research interests focus on using mass spectrometric and chromatographic techniques to discover new genetic disorders, identify new biomarkers and improve diagnostic techniques for inborn errors of metabolism.

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Mass Spectrometry
Metabolomics
newborn screening
inborn errors of metab...

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James Pitt is a Biochemical Geneticist with over 30 years of experience in the field. He is Head of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Services Newborn Bloodspot Screening and Metabolic Screening Laboratories. He graduated from University of Melbourne in 1979 and obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at La Trobe University in 2003. His research interests focus on using mass spectrometric and chromatographic techniques to discover new genetic disorders, identify new biomarkers and improve diagnostic techniques for inborn errors of metabolism.