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Hidden Threats: High-Throughput Strategies to Detect Aggregates in Biotherapeutics

Credit: Christoph Burgstedt / 1402266486 / Science Photo Library

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Udayabagya (Bud) Halim, PhD

Senior Marketing Analyst
Waters | Wyatt Technology

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Udayabagya (Bud) Halim, PhD

Bud Halim is a senior marketing analyst at Wyatt Technology with a PhD in physical chemistry from UCLA. He began as an adjunct professor teaching biochemistry and chemistry, while contributing as editor and author to several lab manuals. He later transitioned into the scientific instrumentation industry, serving as an applications scientist and helping scientists characterize peptides, traditional biologics, lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), and viral vectors.

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Karessa White, PhD

Senior Market Applications Scientist
Waters

Panelist

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Karessa White, PhD

Karessa White is a senior market application scientist at Waters Corporation. She obtained her PhD from the University of Florida in communication sciences and disorders, with an emphasis on auditory neuroscience. After serving her country as a United States Army Medical Service Officer, Karessa now leverages her expertise and training in molecular biology and analytical science to help biotherapeutic developers create safe and stable drugs.

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Aggregation and the formation of oligomers and high molecular weight species (HMWS) remain critical challenges in biotherapeutic development. Left unchecked, they can impact product efficacy, safety, and regulatory approval. To that end, regulators suggest the use of orthogonal techniques that can detect and characterize particles of different sizes.

In this GEN webinar, our expert speakers, Karessa White, PhD, and Bud Halim, PhD, will present a systematic approach for identifying oligomers, HMWs, and aggregates in biotherapeutics manufacturing. You will learn about a high-throughput workflow integrating dynamic light scattering (DLS) and background membrane imaging (BMI) to characterize particles across size regimes, from nanometers to sub-visible and beyond.  Key takeaways from the webinar include:

  • How oligomers and HMWs compromise stability, safety, and regulatory approval in today’s biologics
  • How orthogonal detection methods deliver complementary quantitative and qualitative insights into stability
  • Practical strategies for monitoring aggregation from early formulation through development and manufacturing

A live Q&A session will follow the presentations, offering you a chance to pose questions to our expert panelists.

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