What is this chemical? This is a problem for scientists since the discovery of the elements. For the modern chemist, software tools can help solve this problem. Computer assisted structure elucidation (CASE) is one of the most powerful and versatile tools available when determining chemical structures.

Join Charis and Jesse as they discuss the past, present, and future of CASE. How can CASE help your chemistry? Let’s find out.

Learn more about CASE software: https://www.acdlabs.com/products/com_iden/elucidation/struc_eluc/

Hosts:
 
Jesse Harris

Charis Lam

Guests:

Dimitris Argyropoulos

Jean-Marc Nuzillard

Brought to you by ACD/Labs: www.acdlabs.com

Product safety is critical in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Everyone needs to trust the medication they take, the food they eat, and the personal care products they use. Unfortunately, this has required the use of animal testing, which has been a controversial subject for decades.
 
 Thanks to scientific advancements, the age of animal testing may soon be in the past. Episode 2 of the Analytical Wavelength explores the role of chemical prediction technology in reducing the need for animal testing. We will talk to experts in the science of animal testing, and the use of QSAR in product safety.
 
 Hosts 

·         Jesse Harris 

·         Charis Lam 

Guest

·         Dr. Jarrod Bailey Animal Free Research UK

·         Dr. Steve Gutsell Unilever

Computational chemistry tools are becoming more powerful every day. Machine learning, artificial intelligence, big data... what does it all mean and how does it apply to the chemistry lab? 

Season 2 of the Analytical Wavelength explores how predictive technology is shaping the future of science. In this episode, we explore the fundamentals of machine learning, and separate the reality from the hype.

Hosts 

• Jesse Harris 
• Charis Lam 

Guest

• Valery Tkachenko, Science Data Experts

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Season 2 of the Analytical Wavelength is almost here, and it's all about chemical predictions! We are going to cover machine learning, NMR, toxicology, and more! Be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. 

The Analytical Wavelength is a podcast about chemical knowledge and data in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and related industries brought to you by ACD/Labs. Hosts Charis Lam and Jesse Harris will introduce you to a wide range of experts who are shaping the future of the chemical industry.

Email: [email protected]
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Hosting and Production: Charis Lam 
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Hi folks! We are hard at work putting together season 2, and we are really excited to share it! We wanted to share a bonus episode to fill in the time while you wait. This is the audio from a webinar given by three Pfizer scientists, explaining how they used the ACD/Spectrus platform to support the creation of a scientific library.

Expect new episodes in early March, and don't forget to subscribe!

High-throughput experimentation is back again. 

It's actually been with us for decades, but companies paying more attention to this powerful approach to chemistry. They've solved some old problems, gained a better understanding of how to design HTE studies, and realized the data-science potential unlocked by high throughput chemistry. 

Join us on a 4-decade journey through HTE. From the 80s and early 90s, to what's happening in pharmaceutical labs today, and what scientists hope for in the future, you'll hear it on Episode 5 of The Analytical Wavelength.  

Hosts 

• Jesse Harris 
• Charis Lam 

Guests  

• Ralph Rivero, Senior Principal Visioneer, 20/15 Visioneers 
• Neal Fazakerley, Scientific Team Leader, GSK 

Links 

• 20/15 Visioneers: https://20visioneers15.com/
• 5 Things to Consider When Creating or Expanding HTE Labs: https://blog.acdlabs.com/acdlabs/2021/07/5-things-to-consider-when-creating-or-expanding-hte-labs.html) 
• Smash the Bottleneck of Analytical Data Processing in High Throughput Experimentation: https://www.acdlabs.com/company/events/eventinfo.php?id=668

The pharmaceutical and chemical industries have changed a lot in recent decades – has chemistry education kept up?  

What skills are industry looking for now? Are universities and high schools meeting those needs? What do students need to do to be competitive in the chemistry workforce of tomorrow?  

Join us in Episode 4 for insightful perspectives on the future of chemistry, as well as stories of how Lego can be used to teach programing.  

Links  

Learn more about Spectrus JS – enjoy a 50% discount until August 31, 2021 https://www.acdlabs.com/products/spectrus/spectrus-js/
 
Read more about Michelle’s research into transferrable skill recognition: Undergraduate recognition of curriculum-related skill development and the skills employers are seeking - Chemistry Education Research and Practice (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C8RP00105G 

Article about ROAR from C&EN: https://cen.acs.org/synthesis/Automation-people-Training-new-generation/97/i42
 
Information about the rEaCt CDT programme: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/next-generation-synthesis-reaction-technology/the-cdt-programme/ 

Details about the ROAR facility: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/rapid-online-analysis-of-reactions 

Video introduction to ROAR’s work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k9SgkRUIi0 

People  

• Charis Lam  
• Jesse Harris  
• Sarah Mathers 
• Mimi Hii (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/mimi.hii) 
• Michelle Hill (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-hill-74181a156/)  

What do a racecar and an LC/MS system have in common? They’re both sophisticated machines whose performance must be measured by applicable standards. 

Scientists have long recognized the importance of standards, but with improvements in technology, the way we set them has changed. How can we use standardization to better communicate cutting-edge science? How can we improve our efficiency as chromatographers through data sharing? 

Join us in Episode 3 to hear the racecar analogy, learn about method standardization, and catch a mention or two of vampire bats. 

Links 

Learn how scientific information libraries help with data standardization at Pfizer. Pankaj was a guest for this webinar: 

Creating a Scientific Information Library Using ACD/Spectrus Platform, December 9, 2020 | ACD/Labs (acdlabs.com) https://www.acdlabs.com/resources/webinars/pfizer-webinar20/index.php

Learn more about the cross-industry consortia mentioned in Ben and Pankaj’s interviews: 

European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ 

Proteomics Identifications Database (PRIDE) https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/ 

Allotrope Foundation https://www.allotrope.org/

Pistoia Alliance https://www.pistoiaalliance.org/

People 

• Charis Lam 
• Jesse Harris 
• Ben Neely, Research Chemist, NIST (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benaneely/)  
• Pankaj Aggarwal, Associate Principal Scientist, Merck (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankajaggarwal1/)  

What technology do you use at work? How well does it work for you? And what tech are you hoping and praying will land on your lab bench or computer one day? 

Technology scouting is the process of identifying gaps in a business that can be filled with new tech. Maybe it's the manual copying-and-pasting of data that could be automated. Maybe it's a cool experiment that could be done with a new instrument. Whatever the gap, finding a good solution requires a thought-through approach. How should you approach tech scouting to get the best possible outcome for your work and your organization? 

Join us in Episode 2 to learn how to evaluate your technology toolbox. 

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Hosts: 

Jesse Harris, Marketing Communications Specialist, ACD/Labs 

Charis Lam, Marketing Communications Specialist, ACD/Labs 

Guest: 

Andrew Anderson, Vice President of Innovation and Informatics Strategy, ACD/Labs 

Links: 

Andrew's blog post on technology scouting https://blog.acdlabs.com/acdlabs/2020/12/a-guide-to-software-evaluation-for-busy-scientists-remember-to-mind-the-gap-having-just-marked-my-5-year-anniversary-back-w.html 

Andrew's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-anderson-173b7a/ 

Mass spectrometry has changed a lot over the last 20 years, and it’ll change even more over the next 20. Some of that change has been driven by hardware advances, but we’re also capable of collecting, analyzing, organizing, and storing a lot more data. How have the last 20 years looked, and what are the most promising new advances? What’s the 1100101 on data in mass spectrometry? Are machine learning and AI going to make a difference in MS.

Join us in Episode 1.

Email: [email protected]
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Hosting and Production: Charis Lam 
Hosting and Editing: Jesse Harris 
 
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