Peaks of Interest
LCGC's inaugural symposium for separation scientists in pharma and biopharm; Phenomenex ranks in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50; Shimadzu and Groton Biosystems collaborate on ethanol analysis; Gilson offers direct customer support in United States; Pittcon announces 2008 grant award program
LCGC's inaugural symposium for separation scientists in pharma and biopharm
LCGC North America, the largest dedicated chromatography publication in North America, announces PharmSep: LCGC's Premiere Symposium for Separation Scientists in Pharma and Biopharm Conference. PharmSep will take place from 3–6 December 2007 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
The symposium will consist of interactive tutorials, case studies, short courses on HPLC and GC, hands-on lab sessions, social networking opportunities, technology demonstrations, and interactive focus groups.
For more information, please visit www.chromatographyonline.com/pharmsep, or contact LCGC's Customer Service Department at 888-524-9922 (U.S. only) or 218-740-7028.
Phenomenex ranks in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50
Phenomenex, Inc. (Torrance, California) has been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program for Los Angeles. The Fast 50 is a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2002–2006.
Shimadzu and Groton Biosystems collaborate on ethanol analysis
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Columbia, Maryland) and Groton Biosystems (Boxborough, Massachusetts) announced a collaboration effort to interface Groton's online sampling monitors with Shimadzu's high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system to form a closed-loop solution for online analysis. Manufacturers will be able to quickly and efficiently optimize enzyme levels in mash by incorporating this system into the bio-ethanol production process.
Gilson offers direct customer support in United States
Gilson, Inc. (Middleton, Wisconsin) now offers direct support and sales in the United States. This change came into effect on 1 October 2007.
Gilson will now work directly with American customers to provide solutions for liquid chromatography (LC), solid phase extraction (SPE), liquid handling, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) clean-up requirements.
Pittcon announces 2008 grant award program
The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy has recently announced the 2008 Memorial National College Grants Program. Grants will be awarded to small college science departments for the purchase of scientific equipment, audio-visual or other teaching aids, and library materials for use in the teaching science at the undergraduate level.
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.
