MiliporeSigma Bader Award Now Accepting Submissions
MilliporeSigma is now accepting entries for the Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation.
MilliporeSigma (St. Louis, Missouri, USA) is now accepting entries for the Alfred R. Bader Award for Student Innovation. Open to chemistry graduates in their third year of graduate employment or beyond, the award offers $5000 to the best research project with a further $500 awarded to four finalists in cash or prizes, including allâexpenseâpaid travel to the Bader Student Chemistry Symposium on 7 September, held at MilliporeSigma’s Innovation Center in Darmstadt, Germany.
The programme focus includes:
- Development of new reagents, catalysts, ligands, technologies, software, labware, or instrumentation broadly applicable to synthetic organic chemistry.
- Creative use of current reagents, catalysts, and ligands in methodology or total synthesis projects.
Eligibility:
- Applicant must have completed three full years of graduate work and be in good academic standing.
- Limited to the first 200 applicants worldwide.
- Applicants must be able to attend the Bader Student Chemistry Symposium on 7 September in Darmstadt, Germany, and give a short presentation of their graduate research.
For more information on the award and a full set of rules please visit www.sigma-aldrich.com/baderaward
AI and GenAI Applications to Help Optimize Purification and Yield of Antibodies From Plasma
October 31st 2024Deriving antibodies from plasma products involves several steps, typically starting from the collection of plasma and ending with the purification of the desired antibodies. These are: plasma collection; plasma pooling; fractionation; antibody purification; concentration and formulation; quality control; and packaging and storage. This process results in a purified antibody product that can be used for therapeutic purposes, diagnostic tests, or research. Each step is critical to ensure the safety, efficacy, and quality of the final product. Applications of AI/GenAI in many of these steps can significantly help in the optimization of purification and yield of the desired antibodies. Some specific use-cases are: selecting and optimizing plasma units for optimized plasma pooling; GenAI solution for enterprise search on internal knowledge portal; analysing and optimizing production batch profitability, inventory, yields; monitoring production batch key performance indicators for outlier identification; monitoring production equipment to predict maintenance events; and reducing quality control laboratory testing turnaround time.
