Method Development Strategies for Peptide Analysis

Key Learning Points:

• Learn about the basics of peptides and the digestion of proteins to peptides
• A deep dive into different phase chemistries used and the method development design space for optimizing the chromatography
• Understand critical parameters and the importance of pressure testing your methods to ensure robustness

Presenter: Helen Whitby, PhD (Senior Product Manager, Bioseparations Phenomenex)

Dr. Helen Whitby is the senior product manager for biopharma at Phenomenex. Helen has been with Phenomenex since 2007, starting in the UK sales team as a bulk and prep specialist before joining the technical team in 2016. Helen spent 6 years as a biopharma specialist in the technical team supporting all our biopharma products globally before moving to product management in 2022.

Helen has a PhD from the University of Manchester working on analogues of Shikimic acid to treat malaria. Prior to joining Phenomenex, Helen spent a year as a Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where she studied electron-deficient divalent reactive intermediates, specifically nitrenium ions for the development of antiviral agents to treat Ebola.