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Industrial Adsorbents Presentation
Jan 22, 2020 /
A presentation by Fred Ghanem looking at the two new product ranges of industrial adsorbents from Purolite Life Sciences.
Agarose End Of Year Wrap Up 2019
Dec 19, 2019 /
End of Year wrap up from Global Sales and Marketing Director Chris Major of the Purolite Life Sciences Agarose division.
G-street Thanksgiving Potluck 2019
Nov 22, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA
Purolite's G-street plant celebrates Thanksgiving early with a potluck!
Replacing the 'art' of column packing with science
Nov 20, 2019 /
A state-of-the-art column packing training facility, with best-in-class pilot and process-scale equipment for optimal MAb bioprocessing.
Purolite Attends the International Water Conference 2019
Nov 15, 2019 / Orlando, FL
Purolite was proud to be a gold sponsor at the 2019 International Water Conference (IWC) that took place at the Hilton Lake Buena Vista Resort in Sunny Orlando, Florida November 10-14.
Purolite Celebrates Halloween
Oct 31, 2019 / Bala Cynwyd, PA
Purolite celebrated Halloween at its Bala Cynwyd Corporate Office with fun Halloween festivities.
Purolite Exhibits at the AEHS Foundation 35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy
Oct 31, 2019 / University of Massachusetts Amherst
Purolite exhibited at the AEHS Foundation’s 35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy from October 21st to October 24th at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Laboratory Scale Columns for Performance Screening
Oct 30, 2019 /
An analysis between two different agarose-based chromatography resins, packed as per manufacturer’s instructions into two commonly-used columns at smaller scales
Purolite's Production Plant Celebrates Two Year Accident Free Milestone
Oct 22, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA, USA
Congratulations to Purolite's production team in Philadelphia! After two years of continuous work to update safety programs and procedures, monitor, and encourage safe practices in the plant, Purolite's production plant celebrated two years accident free!
Purolite's Fall Cornhole Tournament
Oct 22, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA, USA
After a long round of hard-fought Cornhole matches, a champion team has been decided for Purolite's Fall 2019 Cornhole competition. The final match was set and played on October 18th, 2019 in the G-Street parking lot. This year's advanced competitors, Corn Bytes and G-Street's Beauty & the Beast faced-off in an exciting round of Cornhole as the crowd held their breath. A champion team has been declared!
Todd Stephens Visits Purolites Facilities
Sep 10, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA, USA
Today, Pennsylvania State Representative Mr. Todd Stephens visited Purolite's ion exchange resin production plant. Mr. Stephens represents the 151st legislative district, and was interested in Ion Exchange Resin's ability to reduce PFAS contamination to non-detect levels. To gain a better understanding, came for a tour and technical presentation.
Are All Resins in Fact the Same?
Aug 29, 2019 /
The key to success in Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis
Amanda Dolan Nominated in 2019 SuperNova Awards
Aug 27, 2019 / United States
Amanda Dolan, Purolite's CRM Integration Manager, has been nominated as a leader in Tech Optimization and Modernization by the Constellation Research Firm in their 2019 Supernova Awards! Help her win by voting now!
Linda E. Retirement
Aug 22, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA, USA
Linda E., Accounts Payable Manager at Purolite's office in Bala Cynwyd, PA, plans to retire end of August, 2019.
Francis Boodoo Presents at RCAP National Training Conference, 2019
Aug 2, 2019 / St. Petersburg, Florida
Francis Boodoo, Purolite's Director of Applied Technologies, was invited to present on new technologies for contamination removal at the Rural Community Assistance Partnership's National Training Conference.
Why Agarose?
Jul 31, 2019 /
For the purposes of chromatography, agarose is widely considered the best material available for the protein purification resins.
Purolite's 2019 Summer Picnic
Jul 27, 2019 / Blue Bell, PA, USA
On Saturday, July 27th, 2019, Purolite hosted a company picnic for their hardworking employees. The fun included a barbecue lunch, contests, games, a pool, and much more.
Explaining Volume and Number Particle Size Distribution in Resins
Jul 10, 2019 /
An explanation of volume and number particle size distribution in chromatography resins.
Purolite Latin Americas First Regional Sales Meeting, 2019
Jul 2, 2019 / Park City, Utah
Purolite's Latin American Regional Team hosted their first ever sales meeting at the Marriott in Park City, Utah!
Americas Mid Year Sales Meeting, 2019
Jul 1, 2019 / Park City, Utah
Purolite hosts the 2019 Mid year sales Meeting at the Marriott in Park City, Utah.
Purolite Attends AWWA ACE19
Jun 18, 2019 / Denver, CO, USA
Purolite exhibited at American Water Works Association (AWWA) ACE19 from June 9th to June 12th at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.
Expanding the Frontiers of Biocatalysis
Jun 17, 2019 /
Discover how to optimise processes using modern, robust, high performing enzyme carriers
Purolite Life Sciences - providing regulatory support in life sciences
Jun 13, 2019 /
The regulatory environment is ever-changing, driven by increasing regulatory requirements, increasing development costs and times, and market pressures impacting pharmaceutical and food industries.
Purolite's Spring 2019 Cornhole Tournament
Jun 7, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA, USA
After a long round of hard-fought Cornhole matches, a champion has been decided for the Spring 2019 Cornhole competition. The final match was set and played on June 7th, 2019 in the G-street parking lot. This years advanced competitors, The Bala Sixers and G-street's 2 Corny Guys faced off in an exciting round of Cornhole as the crowd held their breath. A champion has been declared!
R&D Update - Q3 - 2019 - Praesto XS
Jun 4, 2019 /
Join us for round-up of key R&D updates each quarter.
Mid-year Business Update | Agarose Chromatography Division
May 28, 2019 /
As we approach the second half of 2019, I wanted to provide a business update with respect to progress of the Agarose Chromatography division of Purolite Life Sciences
Packing for Efficiency
May 24, 2019 /
In order that the purification process and the final product are robust and secure, it is vital that chromotography columns are properly packed and qualified in a reasonable time frame.
The Future in Protein A Affinity Matrix Design | Part Three
May 8, 2019 /
Praesto® Jetted A50 resin is the first product designed by combining the new technology for continuous manufacturing of agarose beads with a novel alkaline-stable Protein A ligand.
Craft Hour With Chop 2019
May 3, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA
As a result of the success of Purolite’s payroll initiative to collect donations for the Children's hospital of Philadelphia, Purolite employees were invited to volunteer at the hospital’s main location in Philadelphia for a Volunteer Craft Hour.
The Future in Protein A Affinity Matrix Design | Part Two
Apr 29, 2019 /
With the continued growth and therapeutic commercial importance of mAb production, the availability of high-quality agarose resins is critical.
G-street Plant and Bala Cynwyd Headquarters Celebrate Administrative Professionals Day
Apr 24, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA
Purolite Philadelphia's administrative staff were all invited to Chili's Restaurant on City Line Avenue for a luncheon.
The Future in Protein A Affinity Matrix Design | Part One
Apr 23, 2019 /
Protein A affinity chromatography continues to be the preferred method for commercial purification of antibodies because of its high selectivity and robust resin performance over repeated purification cycles.
Purolite presents at the WQA Convention in Las Vegas
Apr 23, 2019 / Las Vegas, NV, USA
Purolite's Jord Yniguez presents at the Water Quality Association's Convention & Exposition 2019 about removing PFAS from water using ion exchange resins.
Case Study CalB immo Plus Immobilized Enzyme
Apr 16, 2019 /
In addition to a complete range of enzyme carriers - Lifetech™ ECR, the Purolite Life Sciences team has developed ready-to-use immobilized enzymes for a variety of applications in industry. The immobilized enzymes developed at Purolite cover different groups such as transferases, hydrolases, isomerases etc.
Security of Supply
Apr 9, 2019 /
Today, Purolite has one of the world’s largest agarose resin manufacturing facilities - producing a range of high flow agarose Protein A chromatography resins specifically designed to give purification performance equal to, or better than, today’s market leading agarose resins.
Purolite Offers Additional Language Options for Product Data Sheets
Mar 26, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA
Product data sheets are now available in Romanian and Polish.
Purolite Philadelphia Employees Raise Money For The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mar 6, 2019 / Philadelphia, PA
On March 3, 2019, CHOP hosted a celebratory party at the Fillmore to raise money to research treatments for pediatric brain tumors. Purolite Employees from the Bala office and G-street plant raised $8,644 in support of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
What is Jetting?
Feb 22, 2019 /
What can our jetting process do for you? Purolite Life Sciences uses Jetting to produce both copolymer and agarose-based resins, and are the only resin supplier in the world with the ability to manufacture jetted agarose products.
What is Seeding?
Feb 5, 2019 /
Seeded polymerisation: mono-size, ultra-fine beads for chromatography