On Monday through Wednesday, Ian and Craig are co-presenting the DoE for Bioprocess Optimisation course at University College, London. This is one of the units in the Modular Training for the Bioprocess Industries Programme (MBI®) run by the Department of Biochemical Engineering at UCL.

Guest speaker on Monday is Phil Borman of GlaxoSmithKline. At GSK, Phil is a manager in Strategic Technologies, Chemical Development, based at Stevenage.

Here’s a link to  a PharmTech paper, which Phil co-authored and upon which his talk is based.

You can also read Craig’s article that introduces the DoE for Bioprocess Optimisation module itself.

September will see the 5th running of the successful Understanding Chemical Processes workshop at the University of Southampton. This industry-sponsored event is designed to assist the UK Chemistry Academic Community in promoting data-driven decision-making within their student teams. The programme is organised and hosted by the S3RI at the University of Southampton, with PRISMTC presenting many of the key sessions. 

This learning programme is aimed at academics within the chemistry community who want to help their students develop a deeper understanding of reaction factors in order to develop robust, commercially-viable chemical processes. It is also aimed at researchers who wish to apply their understanding of the underlying chemistry in support of data-driven decisions and in search of optimised processes.

Thanks to sponsorship from industry, GSK and AstraZeneca in particular, and funding from the Chemistry Innovation Knowledge Transfer Network, places for this 3-day residential workshop are offered at nominal £50. Spaces are limited, but if your interests and current position (as academic or researcher) fit, why not visit the programme website to find out how to apply for a place? Alternatively, you can register your interest via the website, prior to making an application.   

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is scheduling its fourth High Throughput Technologies (HTT4) course for chemists and chemistry users on 20-22 March. The course runs at the University of Cambridge and has a large number of expert practitioner speakers in the field, both academically and industrially based, representing the breadth and rapid growth of current usage of HTT. One of the speakers is GlaxoSmithKline's Martin Owen, who on Day 3 is leading a session on Data and Design of Experiments. PROSIM will feature in a supporting role during Martin's session.