The Analytical Wavelength

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

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November 8, 2024Episode 841 min

The Importance of Digitalization in Pharmaceutical R&D

In this episode, ACD/Labs Vice President of Innovation and Informatics Strategy, Andrew Anderson, and Strategic Partnerships Director, Graham McGibbon continue their discussion on digitalization and digital transformation in the context of pharmaceutical R&D. They assess how well the industry is adapting to the current digital landscape, and what can be done to contribute to the overall digitalization process.Andrew and Graham also share their thoughts on how digitalization can be used alongside machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to assist with the innovation process through generating and enhancing the synthesis of novel chemical molecules.Listen here to Part 1: Exploring Digital Transformation in Pharma R&D

September 24, 2024Episode 728 min

Exploring Digital Transformation in Pharma R&D

In the modern world, digital computing systems and technologies are used everywhere to support our society. In this episode, we are joined by ACD/Labs Vice President of Innovation and Informatics Strategy, Andrew Anderson, and Strategic Partnerships Director, Graham McGibbon to discuss the role of digitalization and digital transformation in the context of pharmaceutical research and development.Andrew and Graham share their thoughts on what digital transformation looks like in business and in the lab, highlighting the importance of digitalizing data to enhance productivity and quality across the board.

March 5, 2024Episode 619 min

Taking Charge of Drug Discovery: Understanding the Impact of Ionization in R&D

In this episode, ACD/Labs Senior Director of Technical and Scientific Services, Karim Kassam joins hosts Jesse and Bally to dive deeper into the importance of ionization. He gives us some insight into the tools available to help accurately predict pKa along with some hints and tips to help improve accuracy in predictions. Read more about the importance of ionization in pharmaceutical R&D in this blog post: The Importance of Ionization in Pharmaceutical R&D - ACD/Labs (acdlabs.com) Find out how a deeper understanding of ionization can help improve chromatographic separations in this blog post: Improve Chromatographic Separations: Consider Mobile Phase pH & Analyte pKa - ACD/Labs (acdlabs.com)

February 5, 2024Episode 527 min

The Digital Revolution of MilliporeSigma’s Reference Materials

MilliporeSigma’s new online digital reference platform, Chemistwin® is a trail blazing digital tool to accelerate workflows in the analytical laboratory. In this episode, ChemisTwin® Project Lead Coralie Leonard and R&D Scientist Albert Farre Perez join hosts Sarah and Bally to dive deeper into the driving factors of MilliporeSigma’s reference material business transformation process. They also give us a glimpse into the first version of the platform, and how it will progress to reshape the world of analytical testing. Watch Coralie’s presentation from the Driving Efficiencies with Spectrus Virtual Symposium: https://www.acdlabs.com/resource/revolutionizing-chemistry-by-digitalizing-analysis-controls/ ChemisTwin trial registration: www.sigmaaldrich.com/ChemisTwin Learn more about ACD/Labs: https://www.acdlabs.com/

December 21, 2023Episode 422 min

Rebroadcast: Introduction to Chemical Predictions and Machine Learning

Rebroadcast of an episode from season 2 on the use of AI in chemistry. Happy holidays!Dr. Daria Thorp's end-of-year post.https://www.acdlabs.com/blog/2023-in-review-was-it-a-year-of-ai/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.GuestValery Tkachenko, Science Data ExpertsLearn more about ACD/Labs

November 30, 2023Episode 324 min

Driving Efficiency with Spectrus

Efficiency in R&D helps us be more productive, optimize, and innovate. Our recent virtual symposium “Driving Efficiency with Spectrus” brought together scientists from industry-leading organizations (like GSK, AstraZeneca, Genentech, and more) to share strategies that they have implemented, to: Accelerate structure elucidation and verification by NMR and LC/MS Make method development efficient, robust, and sustainable Manage high throughput chemical and analytical data to speed research This episode recaps all 8 presentations and how t to help recaps all 8 presentations and how ACD/Labs’ software on the Spectrus Platform was used to support these workflows. Watch the presentation recordings: https://www.acdlabs.com/resources/virtual-symposium-driving-efficiency-with-spectrus/ HTE Podcast with Neil Fazekerly: https://www.acdlabs.com/resource/episode-5-reaching-new-heights-with-high-throughput-experimentation/

October 26, 202319 min

How Do You Manage Analytical Data Management?

Creating systems for effectively managing analytical chemistry data requires a blend of scientific understanding, technological prowess, and coordinating between teams. That’s why ACD/Labs’ project management team has a critical role to play when deploying analytical chemistry solutions. In this episode, hosts Sarah and Jesse discuss project management with Hans de Bie, who has helped many global research companies deploy enterprise analytical data management solutions. The conversation covers both what it takes to effectively manage your data, and how to manage projects successfully. Learn more about ACD/Labshttps://www.acdlabs.com/

October 3, 2023Episode 119 min

Are we Effectively Harnessing the Power of Data? Reflections from ACS Fall 2023

We all know that data is powerful, but are you maximizing your data? Our very own Jesse Harris recently attended ACS Fall 2023, where the theme this year was “Harnessing the Power of Data”. Not only did he present, but he also conducted a survey to gather intel about the use of chemical software. Speaking with a variety of backgrounds, Jesse delved into details about analytical data processing software uses and challenges. This conversation with Jesse lets us dive a little deeper into the responses to his survey and discusses some data handling highlights from ACS. FAIR Data principles article: https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201618Brought to you by ACD/Labs: www.acdlabs.com

August 23, 202351 min

Season 4 Trailer and Bonus Episode: How to Overcome the Challenges of Analytical Data Management

Season 4 of the Analytical Wavelength is about to get started! To kick off the season we wanted to share a bonus episode based on a webinar ACD/Labs ran a couple of months ago on the topic of analytical data management. What is the current state of analytical data, and what are the challenges chemists are facing?Watch a video version of the webinar here:https://www.acdlabs.com/resource/how-to-overcome-the-challenges-of-analytical-data-management/Hosts:Jesse HarrisSarah SrokoszBaljit BainsBrought to you by ACD/Labs: www.acdlabs.com

April 20, 2023Episode 819 min

Exploring the Future of the Lab

Spring is finally here, and you know what else that means - conference season is back! Now is an opportunity to meet chemists from all over to learn about what is happening in the world of science. Sanji Bahl is the Director of the Marketing and Communications team here at ACD/Labs, and she had a chance to attend both Lab of the Future and PittCon in March. We talked about her experience and what she is seeing as the most important trends in chemistry.This is the last episode of season 3 of the Analytical Wavelength - plan to return with season 4 in the fall of 2023, though we may share a bonus episode over the summer, so don’t forget to subscribe!Read the press release about our partnership with ELSIE: https://www.acdlabs.com/resource/elsie-consortium-and-acd-labs-announce-partnership-to-develop-safety-materials-database-for-el-research-at-pittcon-2023/Brought to you by ACD/Labs: www.acdlabs.com