SelectScience Webinar Testimonial

SelectScience is doing us all a great favor by organizing and presenting webinars. They are learning opportunities at a very high level. Well presented and explained such that anyone with a suitable background will understand precisely what is being pursued, the methodology, the data presented and how to apply such information into their own projects.

Perhaps the most important thing that any scientist, of any age or status in their career, can pursue is self-education, of all types, for life, even in retirement. I've always believed that reading the literature, attending scientific meetings/lectures/conferences, talking with other scientists, watching webinars/videos, reading journals/magazines/books, is terribly important, throughout one's career. It defines being average or above average and successful in whatever directions one's career takes. Webinars are fantastic, they are free, online, on demand, with Q/As, ability to be watched time and again, and they allow for interactions with the speaker(s) even after the webinar is over. It is one way of keeping up with the scientific literature, recent advances of a technological and scientific nature, and allow one to see the very latest advances in methodology, instrumentation, techniques, data generated, newer applications, and so forth.

I've probably watched more webinars in my life than the average scientist, especially after formal retirement, and they are extremely useful, especially when there are no technical glitches or lost sound. I tend to watch most webinars derived from instrumentation firms, such as Waters, but also from other vendors and non-vendors. This particular webinar 'Biosimilar Characterization: Leveraging Protein Analytical Technology Within GMP Guidelines to Design a Pathway to a Successful Product', by Scott Berger, whom I know well, I've watched several times already, because the information it contains is extremely relevant and recent for all biopharmaceutical analyses and characterizations. It is not that the webinar only covered the ability to compare biosimilars with proprietary MAbs but the techniques and technologies used are relevant for batch-to-batch testing, lot release testing, quality control testing, and to identify any modifications in any MAbs or glycoproteins, for that matter. Other vendors offer similar webinars, indeed I just watched a different one today, not from SelectScience, coming from ThermoFisher, on the very same topics but, not done in the same depth or detail of those I've seen, honestly, from SelectScience. This is current, state-of-the-art information about instrumentation, techniques, methods, data handling, applications, immediate usage for almost everyone involved in biopharmaceutical characterizations, and terrific educational materials for tutorial purposes. It is just a great way to learn about new techniques/instrumentation/approaches, and the software needed to do protein characterization work throughout the entire, biopharma industry.

SelectScience is doing us all a great favor by organizing and presenting webinars. They are learning opportunities at a very high level. Well presented and explained such that anyone with a suitable background will understand precisely what is being pursued, the methodology, the data presented and how to apply such information into their own projects. Such webinars are indeed great resources and should be encouraged because they keep us up-to-date with what is happening in the real world, what those involved in these topics need to learn and better understand, and all one needs do is devote the time and attention. It does not matter if the webinar is coming from a sponsor such as Waters, what matters is the information being presented and how that will benefit the listener once learned. This is just another way of learning- by sitting in one's own office and watching/listening to people who really know their material and have worked in such areas for perhaps their entire careers. What a fantastic way to keep up with the literature and newer techniques, instrumentation, approaches, software, methods and data possible. This is a great way of not becoming- rusty!

Professor Emeritus, Ira Krull
Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115