Peptide synthesis
FOR WHOM ?
Chemists (technicians, engineers, supervisors) wanting to undertake peptide synthesis. Biologists or analysts with some basic knowledge of organic chemistry
OBJECTIVES
– Review the theory of peptide synthesis in solution and on supports
– Be able to critically select a synthetic approach from the most recent strategies and methods for the synthesis of peptides and analogues
– Be able to carry out a solid-state synthesis of a peptide
– Be able to purify and analyse a peptide
DETAILS
Where : Montpellier
Laboratory: IBMM
Equipment: Synbio3 Platform
Training Coordinators: Gilles Subra, Pascal Verdié
Preparative HPLC for the purification of peptides
FOR WHOM ?
Engineers and technicians using phase liquid chromatography
OBJECTIVES
– Know the critical parameters and influencing factors in the process of peptide purification by HPLC (high pressure liquid chromatography)
– Be able to optimize the purification protocol according to the defined criteria
– Be able to apply a change of scale (analytical to preparative)
DETAILS
Where : Montpellier
Laboratory: IBMM
Training Coordinators: Pascal Verdié, Luc Brunel
Nanoparticular systems: preparation and characterisation methods
FOR WHOM ?
Technicians, engineers, researchers in the pharmaceutic, cosmetic, environmental, chemical, agrifood industries
OBJECTIVES
– Acquire the state-of-the-art in polymer and lipid nanoparticle preparation techniques by bottom-up and top-down techniques
– Be able to characterize nanoparticles in terms of size distribution (intensity, number and volume) and surface charge by DLS (dynamic light scattering) coupled with zetametry
– Know how to determine the concentration of nanoparticles by NTA (individual monitoring of nanoparticles)
– Highlight the complementarity between DLS and NTA on the characterization of synthetic or natural nanoparticles, both mono- or multi-dispersed
DETAILS
Where : Montpellier
Laboratory: ICGM
Training Coordinators: Sylvie Bégu, Marie Morille, Philippe Legrand
Mechanochemistry for green synthetic chemistry
FOR WHOM ?
Technicians, engineers, researchers
OBJECTIVES
– Understand the fundamental principals of mechanochemistry
– Apply mechanochemistry in the context of green syntheses
– Acquire the state-of-the-art based on academic and industrial developments in the application of mechanochemistry to reactions
– Be capable of carrying out a reaction by mechanochemical methods
DETAILS
Where : Montpellier
Laboratory: IBMM
Training Coordinators: Frédéric Lamaty, Thomas-Xavier Métro, Xavier Bantreil
Coatings by sol-gel synthesis: preparation and industrial applications
FOR WHOM ?
Technicians and engineers working in the area of coatings: research, development and production
OBJECTIVES
– Learn about the preparation and industrial applications of coatings obtained by sol-gel methods
Master the chemical fundamentals of the sol-gel process
– Be able to prepare, on the lab scale, a coating using the sol-gel process
– Understand the correlation between the coating’s functional properties and its morphology and structural characteristics
DETAILS
Where : Toulouse
Equipment: Tools for the preparation of the sol and its deposition on the substrate; optical 3D microscope; scanning electron microscope; tribometer
Laboratory : CIRIMAT
Training Coordinator : Marie Gressier
