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Top 10 Reviewers for Analyst

22 Sep 2016

In celebration of Peer Review Week, with the theme of Recognition for Review – we would like to highlight the top 10 reviewers for Analyst in 2016, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.

We would like to say a massive thank you to these reviewers as well as the Analyst board and all of the analytical community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

Name	Institution
Jaebum Choo	Hanyang University
Takeaki Ozawa	University of Tokyo
Martyn Pumera	Nanyang Technological University
Chaoyang James Yang	Xiamen University
Shush Zhang	Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Lingxin Chen	Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry
Jill Venton	University of Virginia
Zachary Schultz	University of Notre Dame
Karen Faulds	University of Strathclyde
Hugh Byrne	Focas Research Institute

As a little added bonus to celebrate Peer Review Week, for the next four weeks our reviewers will be in with a chance of winning a fantastic prize! Simply submit a review for any of our journals between 19September and 16 October 2016 and you will be automatically eligible for a chance to win one of our fantastic prizes.

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Congratulations to the RSC Award winners at SciX2016!

20 Sep 2016

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

Congratulations to the RSC award winners who received their prizes at the RSC Awards Symposium, held on Monday 19 September at SciX2016, Minneapolis, USA.

Patrick Hayes was awarded the Analyst Emerging Investigators Lectureship, presented by the Executive Editor of Analyst, Philippa Hughes.

Patrick Hayes awarded the Emerging Investigator Lectureship

This lectureship was launched as a platform for an early career analytical scientist to raise the profile of the analytical sciences to the wider scientific community and general public. The candidates were asked to submit an original essay of no more than 1000 words highlighting the significant and wide-reaching impact on scientific and societal issues related to this year’s theme of health in the analytical sciences. The awardee receives up to £2000 contribution towards travel and accommodation costs to attend and present a lecture based on their research at a leading international meeting. Their essay will also be published as a Perspective article in Analyst.

The Chair of Analyst, Professor Duncan Graham (University of Strathclyde), was also awarded the RSC Theophilus Redwood Award 2016. The Theophilus Redwood Award is given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator and is awarded to Duncan for innovation and leadership in exploiting surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy in the analytical community.

Philippa Hughes presenting Duncan Graham with the RSC Theophilus Redwood Award

Congratulations to both Patrick and Duncan for their achievements!

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RSC-ACS joint symposia and RSC Awards Symposium at SciX 2016

19 Sep 2016

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

Are you attending SciX 2016? The RSC are holding symposia sessions at the conference which you will not want to miss!

The RSC and the ACS (American Chemical Society) are holding joint symposia dedicated to solving global health challenges–

Solving global health challenges: elemental techniques towards characterization, diagnostics, and detection

Monday 19 September, 3.50pm, Greenway E

Julian Tyson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US

Marya Liberman, University of Notre Dame, USA

Sandra Pratt, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Dominic Hare, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Dave Koppenaal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Solving global health challenges: molecular techniques towards diagnostics and detection

Wednesday 21 September, 1.20pm, Nicollet D2/D3

Jill Venton, University of Virginia, USA

Nick Stone, University of Exeter, UK

Jürgen Popp, University Jena, Germany

Ryan Bailey, University of Illinois, USA

Ji Xi Chen, Purdue University, USA

We are also hosting the RSC Awards Symposium where we honour the winners of the annual RSC analytical awards–

Patrick Hayes, University of Montreal, Canada (winner of the Analyst Emerging Investigators Lectureship)

Jonathan Abbatt, University of Toronto, Canada

Duncan Graham, University of Strathclyde, UK (Theophilus Redwood Award 2016)

Karen Faulds, University of Strathclyde, UK

Colin Campbell, University of Edinburgh, UK

Don’t forget to also pop by booth 108 at the conference to chat to Executive Editor, Philippa Hughes, who will be able to answer any questions you have about Analyst, Analytical Methods and JAAS.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Flow Chemistry Congress 2016

16 Sep 2016

By Rebecca Withers.

Flow Chemistry Congress will be held in Miami, USA, this year from 2nd – 3rd November 2016.

Agenda topics for the conference are as follows:

Analytical Techniques
Devices and Engineering in Flow Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Multistep Synthesis in Flow
Pharmaceutical Process and Manufacturing
Photochemistry
Polymer Synthesis
Utilizing Highly Reactive and/or Hazardous Reactants

You can also submit your research on a poster while attending the meeting. The deadline for abstracts is 26th October 2016. Please visit the conference website to submit.

Registration is open and you are able to register by visiting this page.

For further details and all enquiries, please visit the Flow Chemistry Congress website.

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Microfluidics Congress 2016

26 Aug 2016

By Rebecca Withers.

Global Engage’s 2nd Microfluidics Congress is due to take place on 20th and 21st October 2016 in London, UK.

For more information about the conference, please visit their website and see here to register.

‘Attracting experts working in all areas of microfluidics, the conference will examine the latest developments in the technologies and techniques being used for progressing medical research, as well as the challenges and future of microfluidics. Should you be an expert in developing microfluidics technologies, or a scientist using microfluidics to further medical research, the conference will be an excellent opportunity to learn, share, discuss and engage with the most current microfluidics research and technology.’

Topics to be discussed at the conference are as follows:

•Point-of-care diagnostics

•Organ-on-a-chip

•Paper-based microfluidics

•Isolation and analysis for CTCs

•Tissue engineering

•Microfabrication

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Congratulations to the ICORS poster prize winners!

22 Aug 2016

By Rebecca Withers.

Congratulations to our Analyst Poster Prize winners at the recent ICORS conference in Fortaleza, Brazil. This international conference brings together experts from different fields to discuss the frontiers of Raman spectroscopy. The conference aims provide an environment for in-depth scientific discussions of Raman-based techniques, as well as for scientific exchange that ideally will seed new collaborations.

The winners were as follows:

Ziyi Cheng from Hanyang University, Republic of South Korea, with their poster SERS-based wash-free immunoassay of prostate specific antigen using microdroplet sensor.

Faris Sinjab from University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, with their poster AFM-Raman of single cells: decoupling biomolecule concentration from sampling volume for quantitative Raman measurements.

Katarzyna M. Marzec from Jagiellonian University, Poland, with their poster Imaging of the biomarkers of atherosclerotic alternations in murine brain – IR and Raman studies.

Well done to our three winners!

Left to right, Ziyi Cheng, Katarzyna M. Marzec, Faris Sinjab

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What we do in the shadows…

19 Aug 2016

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

Written by Professor Boris Mizaikoff (University of Ulm, Germany), Associate Editor of Analyst and passionate trail runner

What goes up, must come down...

We are all passionate scientists, but we all have a “dark” side. I know for example that Professor Pat Unwin at Warwick University is an accomplished musician, likewise, Professor Dermot Diamond at Dublin City University. And myself? I run. I run trail races. I run ultra trail races.

What’s the meaning of “ultra”? Well, anything beyond a marathon: 45k… 50k… 70k… 100k… 160k… and beyond! I just ran across the beautiful island of Corsica – 5 days, a whopping 185k, 12,000m of altitude up and all the way down again. Tough? Yes… but doable! Admittedly, you go through 10 “runners highs” and 25+ “runners lows”. But in the end – doable! And after that adventure, I asked myself, how different are profession and passion actually? Maybe we should explore this a little further…

Let’s consider an example – writing an EU proposal or an ERC grant? Tough? Yes… but doable! And honestly, there are at least 10 “proposal highs” and 25+ “proposal lows” you go through. So, how different are profession and passion? Let’s see by comparing writing a major proposal versus preparing for an ultra trail race!

1. It’s all about preparation – A clear “yes” for both!

2. You need to focus – True, relevant in both cases!

3. Preliminary results are important – It’s all about knowing what you are up to… tick the box for both!

4. Step outside your comfort zone – No new achievements without breaking new ground. Ticked!

5. Physical and mental fitness – A prerequisite, right?

6. You never know whether you will be successful, unless you try – Guess we agree! Ticked!

7. If you fail, try again, fail better – Ticked for both!

8. Never give up – Who would ever do that?

After all, not so different right? Seems there is a lot of analogy between preparing a proposal and preparing for an ultra trail race! Whether you are a musician, an ultra trail runner, a scientist or an interdisciplinary combination, if you do it with passion, it may be tough, but it is doable!

See you on the next (ultra) trail! And don’t forget 9. Any step is a step closer to the finish line 😉 Cheers, Boris

More stories on Europe’s toughest trek: Corsica GR20 can be found here

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Themed issue dedicated to surface-enhanced Raman scattering now published

15 Aug 2016

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

The new themed issue for Analyst dedicated to showcasing the latest high impact research in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is now published.

SERS has become a mature vibrational spectroscopic technique in the chemical, material, and life sciences. This themed issue, Guest Edited by Professors Duncan Graham, Bin Ren and Richard Van Duyne, highlights the recent discoveries and advances in the field of SERS.

Read their introductory editorial here.

There is also a special editorial by Pat Hendra describing the history behind the discovery of SERS. You can read the full issue here– Enjoy!

Make sure you also check out out the Chemistry World article on a paper published in this themed issue by Colin Campbell et al. on SERS nanoprobes to guide cancer radiotherapy dosing.

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ASASS 2

18 Jul 2016

By Rebecca Withers.

ASASS (ACROSS International Symposium on Advances in Separation Science) is an International Symposium dedicated to showcasing the latest and greatest achievements in the field of separation science and related techniques, bringing together the leading scientists and practitioners within Australia, with invited international experts of world renown.

ASASS will be taking place from November 30 to December 2 in Hobart, Tasmania.

To find out more details about ASASS 2016, please click here. You can also see here for registration information.

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Congratulations to the SPEC 2016 poster prize winner

18 Jul 2016

By Rebecca Withers.

Congratulations to our Analyst Poster Prize winner at the recent SPEC meeting in Montreal, Canada. This international conference series brings together clinicians and scientists who are developing and improving innovative pre-clinical and clinical applications of vibrational spectroscopy that can lead to health care delivery improvements.

The winner was Anna Balbekova of the Technische University Wien with her poster Multimodal (FTIR and LA-ICP-MS) Imaging of a Tumor Treated With Sunitinib and Cisplatin.

Well done Anna!

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Top 10 Reviewers for Analyst

Congratulations to the RSC Award winners at SciX2016!

RSC-ACS joint symposia and RSC Awards Symposium at SciX 2016

Flow Chemistry Congress 2016

Microfluidics Congress 2016

Congratulations to the ICORS poster prize winners!

What we do in the shadows…

Themed issue dedicated to surface-enhanced Raman scattering now published

ASASS 2

Congratulations to the SPEC 2016 poster prize winner

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