Protein Purification:
Principles and Practice
INSTRUCTORS Faculty Coordinator and Primary Lecturer
Dr. William Ward , Associate Professor of Biochemistry, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University and Director of C.R.E.B.B. Dr. Ward is a noted teacher and seminar leader with more than 25 years of experience with adult professional audiences. He specializes in the chemical and physical properties of the green-fluorescent protein and other proteins involved in marine bioluminescence.
Dr. Ward is also the founder and CEO of Brighter Ideas, Inc., a multi-faceted company offering premium proteins and high quality antibodies for sale, contract protein production services, and consulting and beta testing services for the biotech & bioprocessing industries. He brings to the company 40 years of professional research experience as a protein biochemist. Professor Ward is a pioneer in the study of GFP, having begun his ground-breaking research on GFP in 1973. He has chaired three international symposia on GFP and has amassed more than 100 publications on this protein. He is the first person to use GFP in college-level lab courses and in hands-on corporate biotechnology training programs and seminars. Dr. Ward's innovative, proprietary methods enable Brighter Ideas, Inc. to produce premium proteins at wholesale prices below those of the competition. The business plan for this division of Brighter Ideas is to produce, as catalog items, highly purified proteins used in research and diagnostics. Brighter Ideas provides the most complete protein characterization in the industry.
Visit this link on the SBS website (Society for Biomolecular Sciences) for an interesting article about Dr. Ward:
"Shedding Light on Green Fluorescent Protein"Dr. Ward has co-authored (with Catherine Thomson, Ph.D.) "A Guide to Green-Fluorescent Protein: Applications in Cell Biology and Drug Discovery" for D&MD Publications. This resource-oriented practical guide presents an overview of the most important features and technological applications of Green-Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and its variant forms, and illustrates how GFP is currently being used in the biopharmaceutical industry.
D&MD Publishing is happy to extend a 10% discount to the registrants of the Protein Purification course and Biochemical Separations course. When ordering this Guide, please mention source code "9133-10%PP". To order the Guide, please contact D&MD's Customer Service Department at cust.serv@drugandmarket.com or call (508)616-5566.
Hands-On Laboratory Instuctor
Dr. Gavin Swiatek, Biochemistry Instructor, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences , Rutgers University. Dr. Swiatek has nearly 20 years of bench experience in microbiology, microbial ecology, molecular biology, and protein expression and purification. He has a 13 year working relationship with Dr. Ward as an entrepreneurial partner in short course teaching and operates as the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) for Brighter Ideas, Inc.
As an instructor for the internationally acclaimed hands-on short course, “PROTEIN PURIFICATION: Principles and Practice,” Dr. Swiatek has taught over 800 industrial scientists from across the globe. He is a master teacher, having taught formal and informal courses at all levels, including highly technical courses (for industrial scientists) in molecular biology, microbiology and biochemistry. Evaluations of his teaching are invariably superior.
Additional Instructors
Dr. Caren Villano, Biochemistry Instructor,
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Dr. Richard Ludescher, Professor of Food Science,
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Mr. Robert Muldowney, Associate Director, Structural Biology Computational
Laboratory, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
What Your Colleagues Say About "Protein Purification" at Rutgers
“I was extremely impressed with the quality of the course and caliber of all instructors ... best course like this I’ve been to ... Thank you for a wonderful learning opportunity and environment ...”
Margo Zanotto, Manufacturing Associate, Biotech, Baxter Biotech"I am sending you another note of thanks to tell you again how much I fondly remember the course at Rutgers. I recently attended a course given by another company which greatly illuminated the great job that you are doing with your courses, in terms of providing expert information in an environment that because of its enjoyable atmosphere is highly conductive to learning. Keep up the good work!."
Bruce Baldwin, Eli Lilly & Company"Bill gave an interesting and entertaining lecture. There were great analogies and stories specifically relating to his experiences."
Cindy Ali, Product Manager, BioRad Laboratories"Starting with the actual jellyfish and working with the same sample was great...l enjoyed the day-to-day progress. "
Rebecca Trerise, Applications Engineer, Millipore, Inc."Dr. Ward was very available and open to questions. He sincerely tried to answer every question asked and was very patient. The TAs were awesome, very well prepared and eager to help."
Bridget Ferdinand, Manufacturing Associate, Antigenics, L.L.C."I got far more out of the course than I had even anticipated, and it was certainly money VERY WELL spent. In that one week, the training was far more intense and the knowledge I gained more directly applicable to what I am working on than I could have attained otherwise. I still refer to the manual that you provided. I also appreciated the assistance and knowledge of your collaborators."
Robert A. Bollinger, Dept. of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
