Chemical Landmark 2013: Lonza, Pioneer of chemistry in upper Valais
The fifth « Chemical Landmark » award went the Upper Valais: the chemical site of Lonza was awarded in honour to its role in the economical development of the Upper Valais.
Picture ©: Christian Pfammatter, Visp
In 1898, the first important industrial site was put in service by Lonza in Gampel. The presence of a hydroelectric powerplant and the natural abundance of lime made the production of calcium carbide possible, which was an important light source at that time. The range of products was then broadened owing to an important chemical industry in Visp and to intensive research efforts, even in difficult economic times. Hereby, for over a century, Lonza has been among the most important actors in the development of the Upper Valais.
The award ceremony was held on 26 September 2013 with over 60 guests, including past and present Lonza collaborators and personalities from politics and the economy of Valais. The ceremony was opened by Prof. Dr. Karl Gademann, President of the «Platform Chemistry» at SCNAT, who welcomed the audience and presented the SCNAT and the « Chemical Landmark » programm. A retrospective of the activities of the Visp site was then presented by Raoul Bayard, Lonza Site Manager Visp. The latest technologies used for the production of antibody drug conjugates in Visp were then highlighted by Iwan Bertholjotti, Director Program Management Pharma Operations. The importance of Visp in the chemical history of Upper Valais was stressed in the laudatio of Prof. Dr. Paul J. Dyson, Director of the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at EPFL.
Media coverage
Basler Zeitung, 27.9.2013, p. 31
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Website
http://www.chemicallandmarks.ch
Kontakt
Dr. Adrien Lawrence
SCNAT, Platform Chemistry
+41 31 310 40 96
More information:
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Picture ©: Lonza AG
David Spichiger, SCS
07.10.2013
Galeries of the ILMAC-Forum events are online
Beautiful pictures of the SCG FH-Award ceremonies at ILMAC in Basel from Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 25-27, 2013, as well as of the Dr. Max Lüthi Award ceremony are available on the ILMAC website.
David Spichiger, SCS
01.10.2013
Embellish you office with the Calendar 2014
"A Year in the Lab: The Chemist´s View”
Embellish you office with the chemistry calendar 2014. 12 amazing pictures from the ChemistryViews' photo competition 2013 show the beautiful side of chemistry and its life in the laboratory.
The calendar is distributed by the GDCh and published in collaboration with Viley-VCH. It can be ordered via the GDCh web shop (www.gdch.de/shop). Prize: € 10.- (+ mailing costs).
The calendar is also an ideal gift. Reduce your pre-Christmas stress by ordering your friends' Christmas presents today.
David Spichiger, SCS
30.09.2013
SCG-FH Awards winners: 'Analytics in the Life Sciences'
Sina Saxer, FHNW, Romina Dörig, who was representing the team of Prof. Christiane Zaborosch from ZHAW and Götz Schlotterbeck, FHNW were honored with the SCG-FH Award for their project in the field of 'Analytics in the Life Sciences'.
Picture: Prof. Götz Schlotterbeck, FHNW takes
the award and the congratulations from
David Spichiger, Executive Director of the SCS.
The SCG-FH Awards are given for innovative joint-projects between Universities of Applied Sciences (FH) and their industrial partners. The award ceremony and the following lectures were held at the ILMAC Forum in Basel as part of the fair's forum program.
On Wednesday, 25.09.13 the winners of the categories 'Molecules for Life Sciences' were honored and on Friday, 27.09.13 the winners of the category 'Chemistry & Environment' will be awarded. All project are also shown at the shared stand of the SCG and the FH as part of the project exhibition.
Winners of the SCS-FH Award in the category 'Analytics in theLife Sciences'
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Dr. Sina Saxer, FHNW
Printing enzymes for colorimetric assays on paper -
Romina Dörig, ZHAW (Prof. Christiane Zaborosch)Development of a high sensitivity label-free waveguide interferometry instrument: A project between the Center for Biochemistry ZHAW and Creoptix GmbH
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Prof. Götz Schlotterbeck, FHNWSynergy of metabolic profiling, pharmacological testing and process engineering enables in auguration of a bamboo pilot plant extraction unit in Fuijan, China
ILMAC-Forum: an interesting 4-days program
Program of the ILMAC-Forum
SCS/FH Stand: Hall 1.1, Stand C84
from left: Götz Schlotterbeck, Romina Dörig, Sina Saxer, David Spichiger
David Spichiger, SCS
26.09.13
SCG-FH Awards winners: 'Molecules for Life Sciences'
Rainer Riedl, ZHAW, Lucy Kind, FHNW and Markus Rimann who represented Ursula Graf-Hausner, ZHAW were honored with the SCG-FH Award for their project in the field of 'Molecules for Life Sciences'.
Picture: Prof. Rainer Riedl, ZHAW takes the award and the congratulations from David Spichiger, Executive Director of the SCS.
The SCG-FH Awards are given for innovative joint-projects between Universities of Applied Sciences (FH) and their industrial partners. The award ceremony and the following lectures were held at the ILMAC Forum in Basel as part of the fair's forum program.
The winners of the categories 'Analytic in the Life Sciences' and 'Chemistry & Environment' respectively will be honored on Thursday, 26.09.13 and Friday, 27.09.13 between 10 and 11 a.m. All project are also shown at the shared stand of the SCG and the FH as part of the project exhibition.
Winners of the SCS-FH Award in the category 'Molecules for Life Sciences'
- Prof. Rainer Riedl, ZHAW
Tackling antibiotic resistance: a joint project of the center for organic and medicinal chemistry ZHAW and the Bioversys GAG - Dr. Lucy Kind, FHNW
Remineralization of sub-surface carious lesions initiated by a selfassembling peptide - Development of a bioceramic tooth model - Prof Ursula Graf-Hausner, ZHAW
Skin bioprinting: an innovative approach to produce standardized skin models on demand
ILMAC-Forum: an interesting 4-days program
Program of the ILMAC-Forum
SCS/FH Stand: Hall 1.1, Stand C84
Reiner Riedl Lucy Kind Markus Rimann
David Spichiger, SCS
25.09.13
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