The Analytical Wavelength
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.
Episodes
31 episodes
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 phar...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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41:44
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 Partner...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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28:54
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 pred...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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19:20
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&...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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27:04
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 becom...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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22:06
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 mo...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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24:55
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 wh...
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19:08
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 cond...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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19:42
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 stat...
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Season 4
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Episode 0
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51:02
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...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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19:10
Protecting Heart Health with hERG Inhibition Prediction
Developing safe medicines is hard work. Researchers must rigorously assess every drug candidate molecule to ensure it does not harm patients. Cardiotoxicity - toxicity to the heart - is one of the factors that scientists consider....
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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22:32
Eating the Elephant of Chemical Data Digitalization
What does digitalization mean when it comes to analytical data? Who does it help? How does it enable automation, AI, and machine learning? Feel like you have more chemical data digitalization questions than answers? Our te...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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23:25
Better With Bonds: How Partnerships Support Chemical Software
ACD/Labs prides itself in offering our users vendor-neutral tools that allow them to use our software with almost any analytical instrument. For us, that means we need to work closely with many partner organisations to ensure we are compatib...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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14:26
Trends in Chemical Data: Year in Review and What to Expect in 2023
At ACD/Labs, we have a unique view of everything happening in the world of chemistry. Our customers include many of the top pharmaceutical, chemical companies in the world, as well as top research institutes and government agencies. That means ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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18:23
Demystifying GXP for Chemical Data
Regulations regarding chemical software and data can be intimidating. What is software validation? How does that relate to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)? It all begins to sound like legal mumbo jumbo....
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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17:29
A SMASHing Conference - Updates from the World of NMR
The last couple of years have been extremely disruptive. Covid-19 even influenced the world of chemistry - scientists changed the way they worked, and conferences moved online.With conferences and trade shows coming back, now ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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20:39
Is Excel Holding Back Your Research? Managing Data During Drug Development
Excel plays a critical role in research and development. Everyone from undergraduate students to elite pharmaceutical chemists relies on the program to process, analyze, and store their data. Unfortunately, spreadsheets are not designed to w...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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21:40
Season 3 Trailer and Bonus Episode: N-Nitrosmaines, Is the Worst Over?
Our experts at ACD/Labs spend their days working with the best and brightest in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. For season 3 of the Analytical Wavelength, we wanted to feature members of our team so they could share their unique per...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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30:49
AI and Drug Discovery - The Past, Present, and Future
AI-assisted drug discovery is all the rage these days. It seems as if new companies and partnerships are being announced every day. Is this a new phenomenon, or an evolution of what has been done in the past? What are the key challenges standin...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:42
Smart Chromatography and Method Development
Chromatography is a powerful a flexible technique at all stages of chemistry research. Whether you are a graduate student attempting purify a compound or a pharmaceutical company attempting to test product quality, an effective chromatographic ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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27:26
The Case for CASE - Computer-Assisted Structure Elucidation
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 vers...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:10
Chemical Predictions and Animal Testing - How Computers Saved the Bunnies
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, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:32
Introduction to Chemical Predictions and Machine Learning
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 expl...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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22:17
Season 2 Trailer - Chemical Predictions
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 Wav...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:15
Bonus Episode - How Pfizer Created a Scientific Information Library Using ACD/Spectrus
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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46:09