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SPEC 2022: International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy – Collection Published

Analyst is pleased to announce the publication of a new themed collection for SPEC 2022: International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy, guest edited by Dr Aidan D. Meade, Professor Fiona M. Lyng and Professor Hugh J. Byrne (Technology University Dublin).

 

The collection includes research from participants of the 12th International Conference on Clinical Spectroscopy, SPEC 2022, held in Dublin, Ireland on the 19th-23rd June. The articles cover a range of topics reflecting the themes of the conference: clinical translational studies, in vivo applications, ex vivo applications, therapy monitoring and theranostic sensors, data science and computational methods, advanced/emerging technologies and emerging applications/multi-modal systems.

The guest editors (above, left to right: Aidan D. Meade, Fiona M. Lyng and Hugh J. Byrne) discuss the conference and articles in an editorial, which can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3AN90074F

Articles in the collection will be free to access until 31st December 2023.

 

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ABS Trust: Gordon F. Kirkbright and Edward Steers Bursary Awards, 2023

The Association of British Spectroscopists Trust (ABS Trust) invite applications for both the 2023 Gordon Kirkbright Bursary and the 2023 Edward Steers Bursary. 


The Gordon F. Kirkbright bursary award is a prestigious annual award that assists a promising early career scientists of any nation to attend a recognised scientific meeting or visit a place of learning. The fund for this bursary was established in 1985 as a memorial to Professor Gordon Kirkbright in recognition of his contributions to analytical spectroscopy and to science in general.

Owing to the generosity of an ABS former trustee, an eminent atomic spectroscopist, Professor Edward B.M. Steers, the ABS Trust are now able to award an annual Edward Steers bursary, in addition to the long standing Gordon Kirkbright bursary, to similarly assist a promising early scientist engaged in or utilising analytical spectroscopic techniques.

The ABS Trust defines early career as being either a student, or an employee in a non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 5 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks. The same conditions apply to each bursary.

Although both funds are administered by the ABS Trust, the Kirkbright award is not restricted to spectroscopists, but is open to all involved with or utilising analytical science-based techniques.

Applicants to complete the following online form by the deadline for completion is 30th November 2023.

Visit the ABS Trust website for more details or contact abstrustuk@gmail.com with any questions

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Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2023 now open for nominations

Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2023

We are delighted to announce the Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship is open for nominations.

The Analyst Emerging Investigator Lectureship is a platform for an early career analytical scientist to raise the profile of the analytical sciences to the wider scientific community and general public.

Lectureship details

    • The recipient will receive up to £2000 contribution towards travel and accommodation costs to attend and present a lecture based on their research at a leading international meeting.*
    • Recipients will be invited to contribute a review to Analyst in the following year.

 

How to nominate

Self-nomination is not permitted.

Nominators must send the following to the editorial team (at analyst-rsc@rsc.org) by 15th September 2023.

  • A recommendation letter, including the name, contact details and website URL of the nominee.
  • A one-page CV for the nominee, including their date of birth, summary of education and career, a list of up to five of their top independent publications, total numbers of publications.
  • A one-page statement of achievement with a lay summary, written by the nominee describing their best accomplishments.
  • A supporting letter of recommendation from an independent referee. Ideally this could be for example the nominee’s post doc or PhD supervisor.

The nominator and independent referee should comment on the candidate’s presenting skills.

Incomplete nominations or those not adhering to the above requirements will not be considered.

Particulars and selection criteria

  • Have completed their PhD
  • Have published in Analyst in the past 3 years
  • Be working in a research area within the scope of Analyst
  • Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path). Please contact the Editorial Office if you have any queries
  • The editorial team will screen each nomination for eligibility and draw up a shortlist of candidates based on the nomination documents provided.
  • The recipient of the Lectureship will then be selected by the Analyst Editorial Board.

For any queries, please contact the editorial team at analyst-rsc@rsc.org.

Previous winners

2022 – Maria Cuartero

2021 – Debbie Silvester

2020 – Yi-Lun Ying

2018 – Wei Min

2016 – Patrick L. Hayes

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ENQA – 20th Brazilian Meeting on Analytical Chemistry Themed Collection

ENQA Themed Collection Published


Last year, the 20th Brazilian Meeting on Analytical Chemistry was held in Bento Gonçalves. Ahead of the meeting we put together a collection of articles showcasing some of the top analytical chemistry research from Brazil and Latin America.

The collection highlights analytical chemistry research published across our journal portfolio, including articles in Analyst, Analytical Methods, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, RSC Advances, Environmental Science: Nano, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Environmental Science: Atmospheres.

This cross-journal highlights a broad range of research topics from recent years. We hope you enjoy reading the articles included in this collection at https://rsc.li/3A8eAgu.

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Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2022 Winner: Maria Cuartero

Analyst is delighted to announce the winner of our 2022 Emerging Investigator Lectureship, Maria Cuartero. This Lectureship was launched to be a platform for an early career analytical scientist to raise the profile of the analytical sciences to the wider scientific community and general public.

Professor Maria Cuartero received her PhD degree in 2014 in the University of Murcia (Spain). Later, she carried out a postdoctoral stay of 3 years in the University of Geneva (Switzerland). In 2018, she moved to KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (Sweden) as a Marie Curie Fellow, becoming Assistant Professor and Docent in 2020. Recently, Professor Cuartero has been appointed to Full Professor in Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (Spain), where she is leading a research unit focused on chemical sensors, the UCAM-SENS. In addition, she is Academic in the Young Academy of Spain and the next Chair Elect of the Division 1 of the International Society of Electrochemistry. She is co-author of ~100 peer-reviewed papers, mainly in journals related to Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry.

Professor Cuartero’s research is primarily focused on the development of new fundamental concepts in electroanalysis, being funded by several prestigious grants such as the ERC-Starting Grant (European Research Council). Other research interests comprise environmental water electroanalysis, enzymatic (bio)sensors, wearable sensors in the form of patches and microneedles for healthcare, nanotips for single cell measurements and spectroelectrochemistry with analytical purposes.

Professor Cuartero’s work has been recognized by several honours, including the Ramon y Cajal Program (2022), Early Career Analytical Electrochemistry Prize of the International Society of Electrochemistry (2018), and the Best PhD Thesis in Analytical Chemistry by the Spanish Society of Analytical Chemistry (2015).


Read Professor Cuartero’s recent articles in Analyst:

Why ammonium detection is particularly challenging but insightful with ionophore-based potentiometric sensors – an overview of the progress in the last 20 years Analyst, 2020,145, 3188-3210
A sustainable amperometric biosensor for the analysis of ascorbic, benzoic, gallic and kojic acids through catechol detection. Innovation and signal processing Analyst, 2020,145, 3645-3655

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New Associate Editor: Hideaki Hisamoto

Analyst welcomes Associate Editor Hideaki Hisamoto to the Editorial Board.


This year, Analyst was excited to welcome its newest Associate Editor to the Editorial Board.

Hideaki Hisamoto is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan. He studied at Keio University and received his PhD in 1996 on the development of novel optical chemical sensors based on ionophores and functional dyes.

He worked as an assistant professor at Keio University in 1996 before moving to The University of Tokyo as a lecturer in 1999, where he started working on the development of microanalytical and synthesis systems based on glass microfluidic devices. In 2003, he moved to the University of Hyogo (Formerly “Himeji Institute of Technology”) as an associate professor. He adopted capillary electrophoresis technique into his research and at the same time started to develop a square capillary array device aimed at simultaneous sensing of various analytes. In 2007 He moved to Osaka Prefecture University as an associate professor, then promoted to full professor in 2010. In 2022, Osaka Prefecture University was merged with Osaka City University to become Osaka Metropolitan University.

Professor Hisamoto’s research interests include optical chemical sensing, micro total analysis systems, functional dyes, molecular recognition molecules, microreactors, capillary electrophoresis, and capillary array-based analytical devices. He received the Young Investigator Award from Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry in 2004, CHEMINAS Young Investigator Award from Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems (CHEMINAS) in 2008, Yagami Award from Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University in 2019, and The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry Award from Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry in 2022.

Submit your work to Professor Hisamoto today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/an

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Analytical Nanoscience Themed Collection Published

Analyst is pleased to announce the publication of a new themed collection on Analytical Nanoscience, guest edited by Analyst Associate Editor Professor Jun-Jie Zhu (Nanjing University), Tim Albrecht (University of Birmingham), Karen Faulds (University of Strathclyde) and Russ Algar (University of British Columbia).

From left to right: Russ Algar, Tim Albrecht, Karen Faulds, Jun-Jie Zhu

The themed collection includes research and reviews on the application of nanomaterials and nanotechnology to enable chemical and biological analysis, sensors, and imaging; methods for the fundamental characterization of nanomaterial structure and properties; bionanotechnology; detection or characterization of nanomaterials in the environment or biological matrices; and spectroscopies and imaging methods with nanoscale resolution.

The guest editors discuss the scope of the collection and highlight some notable articles in an editorial, which can be accessed here: http://xlink.rsc.org/?doi=10.1039/D1AN90110A

 

 

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Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Science 2022

Since 1988, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt has endowed the Heinrich-Emanuel-Merck Award for Analytical Science worth 15,000 EUR.

The award is intended for chemists up to the age of 45 at the time of the application deadline, working on the development of new analytical methods and their applications in areas of human interest. Their work should be directed towards the improvement of our conditions of life, providing solutions to analytical problems in the areas of life sciences, material sciences or environmental sciences.

The prize will be awarded at a special award ceremony at the EuroFAST2022, Nijmegen/the Netherlands, April 19–22, 2022.

The evaluation will be performed by a jury of 5 internationally recognized analytical scientists, chaired by Professor R. Zenobi, ETH Zurich.

Applications/nominations should be submitted until 31 December 2021 to:
Professor Dr Renato Zenobi
ETH Zurich
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
HCI E 329
CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
E-Mail: zenobi@org.chem.ethz.ch

Self-applications are explicitly encouraged, as are nominations by a department, colleague or society.

Applications – preferably in English – must contain a brief scientific curriculum vitae including the applicant’s age and be based on one original paper that contains own research results, published within the last 3 years.

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Bioanalytical tools for enabling precision medicine – themed collection now published

The new themed collection Bioanalytical tools for enabling precision medicine for Analyst is now published.

The collection consists of papers and reviews on bioanalytical tools for enabling precision medicine. The field of healthcare continues to move from the inefficient, one-size-fits-all-patients medicine of today, toward the data-driven and personalised medicine of tomorrow. Articles in this collection cover bioanalytical tools for enabling precision medicine, including imaging, spectroscopy, machine learning and miniaturised technologies on both solid tumours and liquid biopsy samples. The focus of this collection is not limited to cancer but is relevant to other diseases such as cystic fibrosis, diabetes and infectious diseases.

This collection is co-guest edited by Analyst Advisory Board member Professor Steven Soper (The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA) and Professor Andrew Godwin (Director, Molecular Oncology, The University of Kansas Medical Center, USA).

These articles will be *free to read until 10th November 2021

We hope you enjoy the collection!

Why not submit your high impact research to Analyst today?

*Access is free through an RSC account (free to register)

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Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2021 Winner: Debbie Silvester

Analyst is delighted to announce the winner of our 2021 Emerging Investigator Lectureship, Debbie Silvester. This Lectureship was launched to be a platform for an early career analytical scientist to raise the profile of the analytical sciences to the wider scientific community and general public.

Associate Professor Silvester received her MSc in Chemistry from the University of Bristol, UK (2005), and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, UK (Dec 2008). She was an intern at Schlumberger Cambridge Research, before arriving at Curtin University in Perth, Australia in 2009. In 2012, she was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) and in 2017, an ARC Future Fellowship. She has had multiple career breaks and worked part time since 2013 due to caring responsibilities. Professor Silvester’s research is focussed on developing a new class of sensors for toxic gases and explosives based on miniaturised electrodes and ionic liquid solvents. She aims to understand gas and explosive behaviour in ionic liquids and use this knowledge to inform innovative sensor designs that will push detection limits to analytically relevant levels.

Professor Silvester’s work has been recognised by several awards and honours, including the Le Fèvre medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2021), the Rennie Memorial Medal from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (2019), a Western Australian Young Tall Poppy Award, named on the Analytical Scientist Power List (2020) and elected a Fellow of the RACI (2020). She is currently the secretary for the Electrochemistry Division of the RACI, and the Australia/New Zealand representative for the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). She has also served as an editor for Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Chemistry.

We offer our warmest congratulations to Debbie on her achievement!


Read Professor Silvester’s recent Analyst paper: Thin films of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)-ionic liquid mixtures as amperometric gas sensing materials for oxygen and ammonia. Analyst, 2020,145, 1915-1924

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