Name: Small Molecules, Big Consequences: From Virus Purification to Forever Chemicals
Start: 2026-05-19T18:00:00
End: 2026-05-19T20:00:00
Location: Volta Bräu

Tiny Vectors, Big Cleanup: Precision Chromatography for Safer Gene Therapy

Julia Mueller (PhD Candidate, FHNW)

In gene therapy, we use tiny biological "delivery boxes" called adeno-associated virus (AAV) to carry healthy genes into the body to repair their function. The issue? Our production site is messy, and it produces a lot of empty boxes alongside the ones containing the life-saving repair kits. I’ll explain how we use a smart, continuous recycling system called MCSGP to sort the "Fulls" from the "Empties," turning manufacturing messes into life-saving medicine.

Forever Chemicals: What They Are, Where They Come From—and What Comes Next

David Matchavariani (University of Strasbourg)

PFAS and Emerging fluorinated groups

Microbial factories to regulate nature with natural products

Olivier Kirchhoffer (Principal Scientist, Team Lead Analytical Chemistry, Syngenta)

TBA

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