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7 03, 2022

PCC-funded researchers learn new fundamentals of Beta-2 agonists

By |2022-03-07T08:24:49-07:00March 7th, 2022|Categories: Blog|Tags: |

A research team led by Mississippi State University’s Dr. Amanda Patrick recently completed a PCC-funded project on beta-2 agonists, revealing new fundamentals of how the prohibited substances behave in a mass spectrometry environment. These findings could lay the groundwork for better [...]

1 03, 2022

73 – Innovative Approaches for Detecting Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Abuse – Fred Schaufele, PhD

By |2022-03-01T08:51:26-07:00March 1st, 2022|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Fred Schaufele is a Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and a Co-Founder at XCellAssay. He’s a research scientist with extensive knowledge and capabilities in a broad variety of biochemical, molecular, and cellular fields. In this [...]

15 02, 2022

72 – In-Depth Review of the WADA Prohibited List – Olivier Rabin, PhD

By |2022-02-17T14:14:05-07:00February 15th, 2022|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Olivier Rabin is the Senior Director of Science and Medicine at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Among his many responsibilities are overseeing the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods as well as the Athlete Biological Passport. He joins [...]

9 02, 2022

PCC-Funded Researcher’s work on HIF stabilizers wins TIAFT Young Scientist Award for Best Oral Presentation

By |2022-02-09T13:08:20-07:00February 9th, 2022|Categories: Blog|

Liesl Janssens of Ghent University won the Young Scientist Award for Best Oral Presentation at 2022’s virtual meeting of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT). The award comes from the presentation of PCC-funded research performed in Dr. Christophe Stove’s lab. [...]

1 02, 2022

71 – Investigating the Athlete Exposome and its Importance for Drug Testing – Mario Thevis, PhD

By |2022-02-01T07:49:01-07:00February 1st, 2022|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Mario Thevis is Professor and head of the Centre for Preventive Doping Research at the German Sport University of Cologne. He is also Director of the European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), a forensic chemist, Editor [...]

31 01, 2022

Anti-doping research funding available; deadline for pre-applications March 1st

By |2022-10-20T15:51:49-06:00January 31st, 2022|Categories: Blog|

The Partnership for Clean Competition offers funding to scientists all over the world who contribute to research that impacts anti-doping. What falls under that umbrella? Any science that contributes to the PCC's research priorities: Developing methods of cost-effective testing to [...]

24 01, 2022

Newly published research demonstrates novel possibility for detecting blood doping

By |2022-01-24T09:49:05-07:00January 24th, 2022|Categories: Blog|Tags: , |

Newly published research shows that the erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) influences the process of cell division and growth for red blood cells, leading to higher quantities of larger red blood cells. The finding could be helpful in the realm of clean sport [...]

18 01, 2022

70 – Identifying Protective Behaviors in Athletes to Promote Anti-Doping Adherence – Lindsay Duncan, PhD

By |2022-01-18T07:45:51-07:00January 18th, 2022|Categories: Podcast|

Dr. Lindsay Duncan is a professor in the Kinesiology and Physical Education Department at McGill University in Montreal. She specializes in health psychology, health communication, and health interventions. She joins us in this interview to talk about new [...]

10 01, 2022

Prepare Now: PCC’s March 1st pre-application deadline for anti-doping research funding coming up

By |2022-01-20T12:34:18-07:00January 10th, 2022|Categories: Blog|

With the new year comes new Partnership for Clean Competition opportunities for researchers doing work applicable to anti-doping. The PCC will have its first pre-application deadline on March 1st for Grant and Fellowship applications. The pre-application is relatively short and straightforward. [...]