- Background
- What we're looking for
- What we can offer you
- Who we are
- Q&A
You’ve already done all the hard work of synthesizing your molecule. Maybe it wasn’t the blockbuster pharmaceutical you envisioned, but it still has potential!
Now, we would like to partner to bring new life and impact from your chemistry. You may submit multiple compounds, and we will screen them using our computer models. If they are selected, you will receive the biological results for each compound as a potential herbicide, fungicide and insecticide, and you are free to publish the results.
If there is a hit, it’s up to you to decide about follow up collaboration.
Start the collaboration with us: let’s discover together if that next crop protection blockbuster is sitting in your deep freezer!
Process
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Submit proposal on Halo
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Sign MTA agreement through DocuSign
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Upload file with structures to BASF's platform
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In silico evaluation & BASF decision
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In vivo test of selected compound at BASF
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Return of in vivo results for publication
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Further collaboration
We are looking for novel compounds, such as organic molecules, natural products, and fragment-like molecules, which could be subjected to screening within our research facility, with the goal of developing new crop protection products.
- Single chemical compounds (in a dry form)
- Small organic molecules
- Natural products
- Virtual compounds (if deliverable as physical sample by partner after positive in silico testing by BASF)
- The minimum amount of compound we will accept is 5 mg (the standard amount is 8 mg).
- The material shall have purity greater than 80% as determined by current state-of-the-art analysis.
- Additional amounts of compound available for further screenings (20-100 mg) if needed.
- Analogues compounds of submitted molecule if the parent compound turns out to be a hit in the initial screening.
- Extracts or mixtures of compounds
- Solutions in solvents
- Metal-containing molecules
- Polymers
- Nanoparticles
- Microorganisms
- Toxic or explosive compounds
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Our teams are committed to putting health and safety first, making sustainability a part of every decision, and meeting strict compliance and environmental standards. We embrace diversity—in people, perspectives, and experiences—and promote open feedback grounded in honesty, respect, and trust. We see setbacks as opportunities to learn and improve.
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