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 raffle prizes and lab drop‑offs, and the $1,000 Best Mentor research grant.
Browse activities below during LSAW 2025
Nation Wide Daily Raffle | June 23-27 >
Don’t miss your chance to win exclusive prizes during Life Scientist Appreciation Week!
Each day, a new mystery prize will be revealed—and you’ll have one day only to enter.
Come back daily to discover what’s up for grabs and submit your entry.
Open to U.S. participants only. One entry per day.
< 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.