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News
September 2011
Our road show in Europe was rescheduled this month. Due to fact that the time for planning this event in Europe was too short, we decided to change plans and go west again! Now, we will be covering three cities in the US in November, starting at Durham / NC (Nov 14), then San Diego / CA (Nov 17) and Irvine / CA (Nov 18) during our Freeze Drying of Pharmaceuticals & Biologicals seminar series. Just follow this link for the full agenda: http://www.spscientific.com/PDFs/Training/Road-Shows/Fall-US-Road-Show-Poster_Final.pdf
We did not fully skip the idea of a European road show! Mark your calendars for May 2012: Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Basle! We even have a surprise for all participants, an unexpected guest lecturer. Wait and stay tuned – details will follow soon…
July 2011
This will be an exciting month for us: our new Lyostar III system from SP Scientific is scheduled for installation this month. Besides a new software platform, the system will also have the new Praxair ControLyo™ technology. A few pictures of the new system will be posted soon on our website!
Just briefly before the summer break in August, we started the planning procedure for a new road show – not India, not USA, this time in good old Europe!! For now we schedule this event for mid of November this year, covering three cities in one week throughout Europe. More details coming soon!
June 2011
This month, our annual freeze drying seminar Freeze Drying in Practice – ERLANGEN Seminar 2011 was again a great success. The seminar was conducted for the seventh time this year which underlines its profound character – academic style! Although the design of the seminar was changed a bit in 2011, and competitive seminars were given as well at about the same time, we still have had a surprisingly large number of participants! Even the multiple choice exam was great, although only 12 people attended. If you like to see some pictures of the 2011 speakers, just check out our Pictures page!
We are currently looking for new Freeze Drying Focus Group members! We have a vacant position for a postdoc (12 months) and an undergraduate pharmacy student (internship, 6 months). Details of the job description might be accessed here: www.phramtech.uni-erlangen.de.
Jacob Beirowski is about to finish his PhD thesis. Early this month, he finally took a position at Sanofi-Aventis in Frankfurt (Main) starting in August 2011. The group wishes him all the best for his future career!
January 2011
The Freeze Drying Focus Group will be attending for the first time ARABLAB (http://www.arablab.com) in Dubai this year! During this international trade show, specialized seminars are offered for visitors dealing with specific research interests. Anas Al-Hussein and Dr. Gieseler will be presenting on Stabilization of the Model Protein LDH by Freeze‐Drying New Formulation and Process Aspects during the BIOLab seminar section. The talk will be given on Tuesday, March 8 at 10:20 am.
This month, the first official announcement of the Erlangen Freeze Drying in Practice seminar 2011 will be released. The seminar will be held on Thursday, June 9 in the ARVENA hotel, Tennenlohe. Since 2004 it is now the seventh time that we conduct this seminar series. Dont miss this great opportunity to network within the field of freeze-drying science and to get an update on the latest trends and developments within this field of interest. The seminar language is still German!
The set-up of the seminar in 2011 is a bit different than in the last years. First, we had to move the seminar into the meeting rooms of our partnering hotel due to a shortage of availability of classrooms in the University. Moreover, the seminar in 2011 is a one day seminar, presented in an academic style. Lastly, we offer this time - on a voluntary basis – a short multiple choice test at the end of the day for the attendees. This test will be graded and the results certified!
For more information or to download the seminar agenda, please visit our Erlangen Seminar site on http://www.freeze-drying.eu. As many of you already know, we only accept a limited number of attendees and the seminar typically fills up very quickly. Safe your spot and register timely!
Henning Gieseler was invited to give a lecture during the AAPS National Biotech Conference in San Francisco (May 16 -18) this year. The lecture will be given during a short course Freeze Drying of Biologics and will be covering PAT in Freeze drying. See http://www.aaps.org/meetings/workshops/NBC/index.asp for more information!
December 2010
Just before Christmas, the University of Erlangen awarded Dr. Henning Gieseler the venia legendi (Habilitation) in Pharmaceutics. The title of his submitted thesis is Quality by Design (QbD) in Freeze-Drying Using Advanced Process Analytical Technology (PAT). Note that a Priv.-Doz. (PD) in Germany would about equal to an Adj. Professor in the US.
Our road show in India in November was (again) a splendid success. Three one-day seminars in three different major cities in India (see September 10 for details) covering all aspects of freeze-drying: this is Freeze Drying Focus Group style. You may have a look at some pictures in our Picture section.
October 2010
BIOTECHNICA 2010 is coming up soon (October 5-7, Hannover, Germany) and the Freeze Drying Focus Group will be exhibiting. We are located in hall 9, booth F42. You might get more information about this trade show here:
http://www.biotechnica.de/homepage_e?ns_campaign=sea_nat&ns_mchannel=keyword_allgemein_nat&ns_source=google_nat&ns_linkname=Biotechnica&ns_fee=0
If you want to contact us directly in a F2F meeting, just use the Biotechnica Partnering feature on their website!
Having trouble to follow presentations on freeze-drying in English? SP Scientific initiated a new webinar series in German. The first webinar will be given on Grundlagen der Gefriertrocknung by Dr. M. Gieseler. In early 2011, Dr. H. Gieseler will be presenting on MTM and SMART Freeze Dryer. The talk is entitled: „PAT in der Gefriertrocknung – Ein Überblick über MTM und das Konzept des SMART Freeze Dryer™. A detailed schedule of these webinars is available here: http://www.spscientific.com/LyoTech-Center/LyoLearn-Webinars/Deutschsprachige-Pr￤sentationen.aspx. More webinars in German will certainly follow!
September 2010
Dr. Stefan Schneid accepted a job offer from Syntacol this month, a great opportunity for him and a position with a fairly lot of potential and responsibility. We all wish him a great start!
After a very successful road show in the US early this year, the Freeze Drying Focus Group decided to do another show in November in India. This is the second time for us to perform in India. The seminar is scheduled for the week of November 15, 2010 covering Mumbai (Nov. 15), Hyderabad (Nov. 17) and Chennai (Nov. 19) in just a single week! An official seminar agenda will be available soon in our Download section.
July 2010
Susanne Rutzinger is getting married this month. Now we have to get used to her new last name: Hibler. Best wishes to her and her husband!
This month, Henning Gieseler will be giving a talk at the University of Erlangen, Division of Pharmaceutics which is entitled Quality by Design (QbD) in Freeze-Drying Using Advanced Process Analytical Technology (PAT)". The talk is scheduled for July 15, the announcement can be obtained from the website of the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy: http://www.chemie.uni-erlangen.de/veranstaltungen. The talk will be given in English and is part of his Habilitation.
April 2010
The US road show of the Freeze Drying Focus Group was a big success! We had more than 250 participants in three different cities and lots of good discussions and fun! The only downer after presenting in the last city (San Francisco) was the volcano eruption in Island. The group got stuck for another week in SF, but enjoyed the situation as good as possible. However, everyone was quite happy when we arrived safely back in Frankfurt. A few pictures and snap-shots are uploaded on our Pictures page. Enjoy!
February 2010
First official announcement 2010: the Freeze Drying Focus Group will Go West. The group officially releases the agenda for the Freeze-Drying of Pharmaceuticals: Principles and Practice - Road Show USA 2010. The seminar series is a joint effort between our group in Erlangen and SP Scientific, formally known as SP Industries. The road-show will be performed in the week of April 12, 2010. The following cities are covered: Princeton, NJ (April 12), Boston, MA (April 14), San Francisco, CA (April 16). The detailed agenda can be downloaded here (download agenda). Looking forward to seeing you!
January 2010
Dont miss another opportunity to learn more about freeze-drying - for free! Jacob Beirowski is giving a webinar on January 21st. His talk is entitled: The Freeze Drying of Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Critical Factors. It is the 5th webinar given from our group in 2009/2010 and certainly underlines, among others, the quality and up-to-date character of our research. Learn more by following this link: http://www.spindustries.com/webinar/lyolearn_schedule.jsp.
December 2009
Good news for one of our group members, Stefan Schneid. He will be defending his thesis this month - there is no doubt that this will be a nice Christmas present for him!
November 2009
Early this month the first official announcement of the Erlangen Freeze Drying in Practice seminar 2010 has been released. We started this seminar series in 2004, and 2010 is going to be our sixth seminar in Erlangen. Besides presentations given by our group, external speakers have been invited to lecture on design of freeze-drying equipment, primary packing material in lyophilization, use of risk assessment tables and contract manufacturing. Dont miss this opportunity to network within the filed of freeze-drying science and to get an update on the latest trends and developments within this field of interest. For more information or to download the seminar agenda, please visit our Erlangen Seminar site on http://www.freeze-drying.eu. Note that the seminar is limited to 45 attendees, and typically fills up very quickly. Safe your spot and register timely!
Our group and co-workers submitted six abstracts to the upcoming 7th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology to be held in Valetta, Malta, March 8-11, 2010. You may follow the link to get more information on the congress: http://worldmeeting.org. The abstract title of our submissions are listed on our Publications site, the actual presentations will be available for download after the meeting on our website.
September 2009
Do you want to learn more about innovative Process Analytical Tools (PAT) for freeze-drying process design and control? Havent heard about MTM, TDLAS, TEMPRIS, and other systems? Dont hesitate and register for the next upcoming webinar from our group, given by Stefan Schneid within the SP Lyolearn Webinar Series. Just follow this link and register for one of the sessions during September 24th (http://www.spindustries.com/webinar/lyolearn_schedule.jsp).
Members of our group will be attending (actually for the first time) a PDA Europe conference to be held September 29-30 in Frankfurt, Germany. Stefan Schneid will be presenting on the latest achievements in the field of wireless temperature measurements using the second generation of TEMPRIS probes. His talk is entitled Application of the Temperature Remote Interrogation System (TEMPRIS) in Lyophilization – Operation Principles and Practical Experience. In addition, Jakob Beirowski will be presenting a poster Investigation of various Poloxamers as freeze-drying stabilizers in freeze-drying of nanosuspensions. Both presentations will provide a latest insight into the respective research. If you are not able to attend, we will make these presentations available for download on our Download section.
August 2009
Stefan Schneid just finished to write up his doctoral thesis. We expect to have the final version available on our website in October this year. He is expected to defend his thesis work in the same month. Further, we are happy that Stefan accepted a postdoc position in the Freeze Drying Focus Group starting this year.
May 2009
ACHEMA 2009, the International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology is coming up in May (11 - 15 May, 2009). Although the Freeze Drying Focus Group will not be exhibiting equipment this year, Jakob Beirowski is going to represent our group in Frankfurt at the IQ-Mobil GmbH booth (iQ-mobil solutions GmbH, hall 10.1, booth A42) on Wednesday (May 13) and Thursday (May 14). You may stop by and ask him some questions related to freeze-drying process control, temperature measurement in freeze-drying, or other topics you are interested in! The detailed program of the ACHEMA 2009 can be found here: http://www.achema.de/en/ACHEMA.html.
April 2009
Henning Gieseler will be giving two webinars on April 29 at 13:00 and 20:00 which are both entitled The Freezing Stage in Freeze Drying: Fundamental Concepts. This webinar is a one out of a series of webinars organized by SP Industries in 2009 (SP Industries LyoLearn Webinar Series). Two other webinars will follow this year, one dealing with Freeze-Dry Microscopy (presented by Susanne Rutzinger) and one dealing with PAT in freeze-drying (presented by Stefan Schneid). You may visit the SP website (http://www.spindustries.com/webinar/lyolearn_schedule.jsp) to get more information about the webinar schedule, topics and speaker information. Note: you can also download the recorded session of each webinar!
Dr. Gieseler has been awarded this month with the Galenus Support grant 2009. The Galenus private trust (www.galenusprivatstiftung.at) supports travel activities or literature investments of young scientists working in academia.
March 2009
A successful month for our group: the Erlangen Freeze Drying Seminar was (again) completely booked and we already have a waiting list for 2010! Thanks again to all presenters and the Freeze Drying Focus Group team for their encouragement and great presentations! You may check some pictures taken during the seminar on our Pictures site.
All three of our submitted abstracts for the upcoming National Biotechnology Conference in Seattle, Washington (USA) have been accepted. You may check the title of the individual abstracts on our Publications site. Note that all posters will be available for download after the meeting. In addition, the agenda of the NBC symposium PAT and QbD in Freeze-drying: Where are We Now? has been finalized. Henning Gieseler will be co-moderating the symposium and presenting a talk on the latest technological achievements in Process Analytical Technology (PAT) for freeze-drying.
Eva Meister successfully defended her PhD work this month. Congratulations, Dr. Meister! Feel free to download her PhD thesis from the Download site.
November 2008
Henning Gieseler has been invited to give a presentation on PAT in the symposium entitled PAT & Qbd in Freeze-Drying: Where are we now? The presentation will focus on the current trends in PAT for freeze drying and latest achievements. The symposium will be held during the NBC 2009 in Seattle, Washington (US), Tuesday June 23, 2009.
October 2008
Join or Webinar, entitled: Reducing cycle optimization time and costs utilizing SMART Freeze-Dryer Technology. The seminar is scheduled for October 30, 2008 and December 4, 2008 (30 min). More information can be downloaded here. Note that the registration is free of charge.
In October, the Erlangen Freeze Drying Seminar 2009 has been officially announced. The seminar will be held in March 2009 (March 19 and 20). The total number of participants is (again) limited to 45. The first version of the seminar agenda can be downloaded on our Download site.
Silja von Graberg is about to finish her thesis this month. She is the second student who graduates from the Freeze Drying Focus Group. We all wish her good luck for the future!
June 2008
A new PhD position has been granted! One of our industry partners is supporting us over the next 3 years to further investigate the transferability of collapse temperature data obtained by Freeze Dry Microscopy (FDM) to freeze-drying cycles which is an important subject for freeze-drying process optimization. Susanne Rutzinger, our new group member, just started on this position. You may check her personal profile on the Staff site.
India - we are coming! A new challenge for some of the group members will be the upcoming seminar tour in India. A one-day seminar is planned at different locations (Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad) during a single week (August 18-22). The seminar agenda will be featuring basic topics like formulation, process design, scale-up, and analytics related to freeze-drying. We are all looking forward to this new experience!
February 2008
Henning Gieseler was invited to give a presentation during the Wuerzburger Tage. The title of his talk: Value of DSC Data in the Development of Formulations for Freeze-Drying
January 2008
The new year just started and we have plenty of news:
In the last week of January, Eva Meister will be leaving for Pfizer (Groton, CT). She will be staying for about 6 weeks to perform research in Pfizers Parenteral Center of Excellence group which was started as a joint project.
Henning Gieseler was invited to give a presentation during the CPPR Freeze Drying of Pharmaceuticals and Biologicals, Breckenridge in August (see Upcoming Events). The CPPR meeting was originally intended to be scheduled on a 3 year basis: 1998 (Ascutney, VT), 2001 (Breckenridge, CO), 2004 (Breckenridge, CO). However, based on the success of the first CPPR meeting in Europe in 2006 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany), this meeting will now be scheduled in a 2 year cycle in the US as well as Europe!
By end of this month, the group will improve their thermal analysis capabilities with a new TA Q2000 MDSC.
October 2007
The first announcement for our annual freeze-drying is now online! The ERLANGEN Seminar 2008 has a lot to offer: formulation, analytics, PAT, scale-up, etc. If you are considering to attend, please note that the seminar language is German!
September 2007
Time for a break! Most of the group members will be on vacation or on a business trip during this month.
August 2007
Silja von Graberg was invited to give a talk on basic principles of freeze-drying during a two day seminar in Marburg (Germany), November 6-7. The seminar is organized by PCS GmbH. Henning Gieseler and Eva Meister were invited to present on PAT in freeze-drying and freeze-dry microscopy: a research update during the Lyophilization of Pharmaceuticals Summit in London (UK), December 2-5. This meeting is organized by Informa Lifescience Ltd.
July 2007
A good start for our research group this month: Dr. Gieseler received a 22.000 € funding from US industry for further improvement of pressure rise technology as a new PAT tool for freeze-drying.
Great news again: Johnson & Johnson, Beerse (Belgium) will be funding a new PhD position in our group. This research will be focussing on freeze-drying of nanomaterials. We will soon start to advertise the position in the appropriate Journals.
June 2007
Finally, we made it! After spending many extra hours during the weekend, our website www.freeze-drying.eu is finally online. Some sections on our website are still under construction, but "hopefully" we are able to get all information together until the summer. Comments and feedback are welcome!
Dr. Gieseler was invited to give a presentation during the 2007 NBC in San Diego, CA. Title of the talk: Process Analytical Technology (PAT) in Drying Operations: Applications to Freeze Drying and Beyond
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