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On a crisp December day, I travelled up to Queens, New York to speak with Dr. Aaron Muth from St. John’s University about his work in cancer research with Biotage lab equipment and specifically the SNAP Bio cartridges. As an Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Dr. Muth and the members of his research group use our equipment every day. We chatted about his research, students, and the needs related to tools and equipment.
I got to take a tour of the undergraduate lab at California State University, San Marcos with Dr. Robert Lafe. His lab is one of the first to have the new Biotage® Selekt Flash Purification System paired with the Sfär columns. We discussed how his undergraduate researchers were impacted by the broadened capabilities and their opportunity to learn about new instruments, and how it has affected his own research in his goals to gain tenure at the university.
On one of the top floors in the Baylor College of Medicine Neurological Research Institute, I visited the Center for Drug Discovery and learn from the Director and Medicinal Chemistry Leader, Dr. Justin Anglin, about muscle cachexia as well as their innovative projects focused on male contraceptives. We were able to take a tour of their state-of-the-art lab after which includes a full suite of Biotage products, something Dr. Anglin uses every day.
PeptiDream Inc. relocated their head office in August 2017 and established its new research center in the Kawasaki City International Strategic Center. The expanded facility is expected to spawn innovative new drugs. The base instrumentation is provided by Biotage. R&D Director Keichi Masuya and his staff elaborate on the development.
On Aug 30, 2017 a scientific literature search for the keywords Biotage AND peptide was performed by Biotage personnel. The search identified 5380 peer-reviewed publications from the global community, excluding patents and simple citations. Below are approximately 100 titles illustrating the breadth and depth of research in which Biotage tools are utilized.
At the Forensic Medicine Lab at Toho University, researchers use ISOLUTE® SLE+ columns from Biotage. When dealing with samples that easily form emulsions like urine or blood, it allows researchers to use the established liquid-liquid extraction technique, saving significant amount of time on analysis. We spoke with the Head of the Forensic Medicine Lab Professor Masaru Terada.
Ease of use is what stands out as the top feature of Isolera™ flash chromatography system for Professor Anna Bernardi, head of the synthetic organic chemistry research group at the University of Milan. Her current research goal: developing sugar-like molecules, called glycomimetics, for healthier life.
User Case: Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. One of Japan’s innovative pharmaceutical companies uses Isolera™ flash purification systems and Biotage® Initiator+ microwave synthesizers in the development of new prescription drugs. Modern lab instruments contribute to efficient use of time and resources at Kissei Pharmaceuticals.
User Report: Syro I, University of Tokyo. The Suga Laboratory at RCAST, University of Tokyo, uses the Biotage Syro I automated peptide synthesizer for scaling up the chemical synthesis of non-standard peptides.
User report: Initiator. Prof. Nakamura at the Gakushuin University has described the Initiator as an essential tool for his group’s cutting-edge research. We asked Prof. Nakamura for his views on the latest trends in the fields of organic synthesis and drug discovery.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Case Study. Fewer transfers and the ability to evaporate difficult solvents right in the scintillation vial has made Biotage® V-10 the go-to evaporator at Sanford Burnham Prebys (SBP), a top medical research institute.
User Report: Isolera™ Dalton, Okayama University. The laboratory of Prof. Hiroyuki Miyachi at Okayama University installed Biotage’s Isolera Dalton, an automated mass-directed purification system for flash chromatography, allowing the fractionation and collection of optical isomers. “I felt like the world’s first mass-detection automated purification system had finally arrived.”
User report: Flash instruments. Chugai Pharmaceutical uses Biotage flash chromatography products for drug discovery research. When deciding to convert from manual open-column procedures to automated systems, they chose successive generations of Biotage products, ranging from the Flash+® packed column to the Biotage® Horizon, SP1, Isolera™ Spektra, and Isolera™ Dalton automated flash chromatography systems.
I met with Professor Sabra Botch-Jones in the Boston University Medical campus to talk about her career in forensic chemistry. During this interview, I learnt more about forensics than I’ve ever learned watching NCIS, and gained an insight into her fascinating career.
Interview with Dr. László Kürti and Nicole Behnke at Rice University in Texas about their recent projects, how they use the Isolera™, and interesting chemistry .
At Chiba University’s Graduate School of Medicine and its affiliated hospital, researchers are developing an LC-MS/MS method for vitamin D analysis using ISOLUTE® SLE+ and other Biotage products. We interviewed Professor Mamoru Satoh at the Disease Proteomics Center and Mr. Takashi Ishige from the Inspection Department at the affiliated hospital.
Customer Case: Satori Pharmaceuticals. Extracting target compounds from large volumes of mixture confronts chemists with challenges which are right at the heart of large scale process chemistry. Ruichao Shen at Satori Pharmaceuticals knows exactly what it takes.
In this customer case, Jonathan Tang at University of East Anglia in the UK explains how Biotage sample preparation products have been used successfully in his studies on the human skeleton.