Heat Up a Pot: Coffee Provides a Lesson in Chemistry
As chemists, we’re always considering what at the molecular level makes up the materials, products and food we use and consume every day. And it’s a pretty safe bet that every day one of us (and probably lots of you) is consuming at least one cup of coffee. Whether you prefer a gourmet grind you…
Chromatography: Achieving Product Purity Requirements
In chemistry, chromatography is a process in which a mixture is separated into its various elements for the purposes of either analysis or purification. It’s one of the most common processes we use at Adesis to help our customers develop new molecules, identify unknown chemical entities and achieve their purity requirement. Different Adesis customers require…
Visit Adesis at The Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Research Symposium, November 18 – 21
Adesis is a proud sponsor of Graduate Research Symposium (GRS). The Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) Graduate Research Symposium, which provides an opportunity for 50-75 graduate students in organic chemistry to interact with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers at a single venue will take place at University of New Mexico in Albuquerque,…
From Bench Scale to Multi-kilogram:
Process Development and Specialty Manufacturing Expertise When companies come to Adesis for help with their chemistry, one of the main reasons is our ability to take a chemical reaction that works on a small scale – usually less than a kilogram – and develop the process so it works on a manufacturing scale. Before a…
Carbon Capture
One of the biggest challenges facing the chemical industry is finding novel, efficient, cost-effective methods for reducing the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In addition to strategies transitioning our current fossil fuel-based economy to more renewable sources, scientists are working on ways to reduce and remove the carbon dioxide being released into the environment. A…
The Chemist Leading the CRO: Meet Andrew Cottone
In the early 2000s, Adesis CEO Andrew Cottone was an ambitious chemist dreaming of building a world-class chemistry solution company. Then fate intervened. The R&D company he worked at was about to close, so he grabbed the opportunity to buy the business and start developing what would soon evolve into Adesis. Fast forward two decades…
Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Bug Busting and Cinema Sniffing: Congratulations to This Year’s Ig Nobel Prize Winners Each year, the Annals of Improbable Research places its tongue firmly in cheek and awards its ‘Ig Nobel Prize’ to the top scientific research of the year that “made people laugh, then think.” And this year did not disappoint. Of particular note…
Manager of Facilities & Procurement – Meet Jack Church
For over two decades Adesis has been providing exceptional chemical services for both the specialty chemical and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to the team of chemists on hand working to produce and manufacture complex chemical products, there is a dedicated support team that keeps Adesis operational each and every day. Jack Church, our manager of…
Adesis Awarded 2021 Superstars in Business
By Andrew Cottone As a company founder and president, very little competes with the pleasure of seeing your organization and all the employees recognized for exceptional work. When the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Alliance (SBA) announced that Adesis was a 2021 Superstars in Business winner, the pride was evident from our laboratories,…
Adesis Does Good for the Community and the Future of Science
If running an ethical company was a chemical reaction, community concern and volunteerism would be a significant component. Part of what makes Adesis such a strong company is our value for this key ingredient both with our employees and the community in which we live and work. Our efforts to do good are inspired by…