Life Scientist Appreciation Week
Celebrate the breakthroughs that move science forward! From June 23 – 27, 2025, Proteintech’s 8th annual Life Scientist Appreciation Week returns with daily giveaways, live webinars, the beloved cupcake truck tour across Chicago, nationwide lab drop‑offs, and the $1,000 Best Mentor research grant.
Browse activities below during LSAW 2025
< Grand Cupcake Event Chicago
Are you located in Chicago? Join us at a campus near you! We'll be celebrating all the amazing work that life scientists do while indulging in delicious cupcakes. ALL Life Scientists are welcome to join, so grab a lab mate, and we'll see you there!
- Join us in Downtown Chicago: Friday, June 27th, 11:00-12:30 PM CT | RSVP Here
- Join us in Hyde Park: Friday, June 27th, 1:30-3:00 PM CT | RSVP Here
Cupcake Drop Offs >
Not located in Chicago, but still want to celebrate? If you're located in one of the cities listed below, you can enter to win a personalized cupcake drop-off for your entire lab! If you are randomly selected, we will provide cupcakes for the whole lab delivered by your local sales rep.
Raffle entry closes June 24 - winners to be announced on June 25!
Terms & conditions below.
< 25 x $1,000 Product Grants
We understand that unforeseen funding delays can disrupt valuable experiments. We aim to offer a helping hand, so research momentum isn’t lost.
Proteintech is offering 25 grants worth $1,000 each to help keep vital projects on track. Product grants can be applied to Proteintech antibodies and other products.
Entry Period: June 11 - June 25, 2025, Winners announced June 26
Best Mentor Award >
Postdoc fellows often go above and beyond in their duties as mentors, and Proteintech wants to recognize their hard work and commitment with the annual Best Mentor Award - Postdoc Category.
For this award to be a success, we turn to you, the public, to nominate and vote for great postdoc mentors in your lives to win a $1,000 grant that your mentor can put towards their research.
Nomination Period: June 2 - July 5, 2025
< Webinar
The Breakthrough of AI in Life Science Research
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the life sciences – accelerating discovery and unlocking entirely new dimensions of biological understanding. Join our upcoming webinar featuring a panel of experts who will discuss how they are utilizing AI to streamline their scientific breakthroughs.
This session will highlight cutting-edge applications of AI across several research areas including pre-clinical drug screening, disease detection, morpholomics, and 3D epitope mapping.
Meet the speakers:
- Dr. Layla Hosseini-Gerami, Chief Data Science Officer at Ignota Labs
- Jaela Caston, PhD candidate at the University of California, San Francisco
- Jonathan Woodburn, Chief Technical Officer at WSK Medical
- Dr. Amy Turner, Scientific Marketing Specialist at Proteintech
Terms & Conditions - Nationwide Cupcake Drop Off Raffle
- No purchase is necessary.
- Entry is open from May 28 - June 24, 2025. Winners will be randomly selected and notified via email by June 25th, 2025.
- Selected winners have until June 30, 2025 to accept their prize, or another winner will be chosen.
- Winners will receive a maximum of 2 dozen cupcakes. Winners must be available for an in person delivery by a Proteintech Representative before August 31st, 2025. After August 31st, 2025, prize is forfeited.
- If the selected winner cannot accept the prize as written above, a new winner will be chosen.
- One entry is allowed per email.