Congratulations to Nazmul Alam of University of Waterloo, Canada who won an Analyst Poster Prize at the recent MSB Symposium at Niagra-on-the-Lake, Canada
“The Analytical Research Forum provides a high impact scientific meeting for the UK analytical community with both high profile speakers and opportunities for younger researchers to present their work. Our one day format includes keynotes and invited talks plus additional oral papers selected by the Scientific Committee from the submitted abstracts. The flash poster session enables yet more participants to share their work in this exciting interdisciplinary meeting for the analytical science community.”
There will be five plenary speakers invited from around the UK, presenting on topics including…
• The sound of chemistry
• Cracking crime with lasers
• New horizons in medical diagnostics
• Rosetta: the challenge of analysis beyond Earth
Dates for your diary:
3rd May 2016: Oral abstract deadline
9th May 2016: Poster abstract deadline
3rd June 2016: Early bird registration deadline
3rd June 2016: Bursary application deadline
24th June 2016: Final registration deadline
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE
For more information about the event please see the Analytical Research Forum website. Hope to see you there!
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It’s Allergy Awareness Week 25 April – 1 May, 2016.
There are around 21 million people who suffer from allergies in the UK alone. Allergy UK is the leading national charity dedicated to supporting these people, and provides a dedicated helpline and online forums. Allergy Awareness Week hopes to draw attention to a number of allergies and promote well-being in those individuals who suffer from them.
Researchers at LGC, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Allergy Action, and the University of Manchester have combined to produce a critical review published in Analyst on the flaws in the analysis of food allergens that could jeopardise their future risk management, as well as ways to address those flaws. Follow the link below to read their review.
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Is food allergen analysis flawed? Health and supply chain risks and a proposed framework to address urgent analytical needs
M. J. Walker, D. T. Burns, C. T. Elliott, M. H. Gowland and E. N. Clare Mills
Analyst, 2016, 141, 24-35
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN01457C
Check out the Chemistry World comment on allergies from Michael Walker here.
Interested to read more about food testing? Try the ‘Detecting food authenticity and integrity‘ online collection: A compilation of papers showcasing the latest discoveries and developments in the analysis and detection of food fraud, contamination, adulteration and spoilage.
We are very pleased to share with you below some of the latest Open Access papers published in Analyst that may be of interest to you. These research papers are free to access for all – we hope you enjoy reading them.
During the months of January – March 2016, the most downloaded Analyst articles were:
Written for Chemistry World by Sarah Rogers
For the first time, Australian scientists have studied complex mixtures of natural pigments on intact Aboriginal Australian artefacts using x-ray fluorescence microscopy.
Read the full article in Chemistry World >>>
Novel application of X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) for the non-destructive micro-elemental analysis of natural mineral pigments on Aboriginal Australian objects
Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Claire E. Lenehan, Enzo Lombi, Erica Donner, Daryl L. Howard, Martin D. de Jonge, David Paterson, Keryn Walshe and Allan Pring
Analyst, 2016
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN02065D, Paper
As with previous SPEC conferences, Analyst is proud to be publishing a themed issue on optical diagnosis to feature papers from the conference and to highlight the latest advances in diagnosis and novel biomedical applications of infrared and Raman spectroscopy. 
The deadline for submission is 26th August 2016.
You can submit your article using the Analyst portal
Congratulations to our Analyst Poster Prize winners at the recent Europt[r]ode XIII meeting in Graz, Austria. The biannual conference is one of the major conference series on optical sensors and since 1992 it has been a forum for scientists and engineers from academia, research institutes and industry from all over the world.
First place was won by Idoia Urriza, Complutense University of Madrid, whose poster was entitled “New luminescent indicator dyes for oxygen, hydrogen sulphide, mercaptans and ammonia detection in biogas streams”.
There was a tie for second place. One runner up was Gillian Duffy, Dublin City University, with her poster “A fully integrated centrifugal lab-on-a-disc optical sensing platform for measurement of phosphate in water”.
And the second runner up was Maciej Trzaskowski, Warsaw University of Technology, with his poster “Mobile SPR system for detection of biological threats”.
The winners were selected by a panel of judges and the prizes were awarded by Analyst Deputy Editor Rebecca Brodie. First prize was 300 Euros, with both runners up winning 150 Euros each. All received a certificate to recognise their achievement.
Congratulations to Idoia, Gillian and Maciej!
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| Idoia Urriza | Gillian Duffy | Maciej Trzaskowski |
To celebrate the recent Europt[r]ode conference in Graz, Austria, we have put together a collection of papers from Analyst and Analytical Methods dedicated to optical chemical sensors and biosensors research.
These papers will be free to read (with the creation of a free account) until the end of April. We hope you enjoy reading them!
Do you fancy submitting an article to Analyst or Analytical Methods? Why not submit to us today or alternatively email us with your suggestions!
An antibody-free microfluidic paper-based analytical device for the determination of tear fluid lactoferrin by fluorescence sensitization of Tb3+
Kentaro Yamada, Shunsuke Takaki, Nobutoshi Komuro, Koji Suzukia and Daniel Citterio
Analyst, 2014, 139, 1637-1643
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01926H
Sensing applications based on plasmonic nanopores: The hole story
Andreas B. Dahlin
Analyst, 2015, 140, 4748-4759
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN02258K
An integrated sensing and wireless communications platform for sensing sodium in sweat
G. Matzeu, C. O’Quigley, E. McNamara, C. Zuliani, C. Fay, T. Glennon and D. Diamond
Anal. Methods, 2016, 8, 64-71
DOI: 10.1039/C5AY02254A
Application of PAMAM dendrimers in optical sensing
E. Soršak, J. Volmajer Valh, Š. Korent Urek and A. Lobnik
Analyst, 2015, 140, 976-989
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00825A
Development of a low cost microfluidic sensor for the direct determination of nitrate using chromotropic acid in natural waters
Deirdre Cogan, Cormac Fay, David Boyle, Conor Osborne, Nigel Kent, John Cleary and Dermot Diamond
Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 5396-5405
DOI: 10.1039/C5AY01357G
Emerging priority substances in the aquatic environment: a role for passive sampling in supporting WFD monitoring and compliance
Lisa Jones, Jenny Ronan, Brendan McHugh, Evin McGovern and Fiona Regan
Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 7976-7984
DOI: 10.1039/C5AY01059D
Label-free biosensors based on in situ formed and functionalized microwires in microfluidic devices
Yanlong Xing, Andreas Wyss, Norbert Esser and Petra S. Dittrich
Analyst, 2015, 140, 7896-7901
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN01240F
Plasmon-enhanced optical sensors: a review
Ming Li, Scott K. Cushing and Nianqiang Wu
Analyst, 2015, 140, 386-406
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01079E
Biosensor-based microRNA detection: techniques, design, performance, and challenges
Blake N. Johnson and Raj Mutharasan
Analyst, 2014, 139, 1576-1588
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01677C
Magnetic optical sensor particles: a flexible analytical tool for microfluidic devices
Birgit Ungerböck, Siegfried Fellinger, Philipp Sulzer, Tobias Abel and Torsten Mayr
Analyst, 2014, 139, 2551-2559
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00169A
The 44th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC 2016) is due to take place at the Marriott San Francisco Marquis, CA between 19th – 24th June 2016.
‘The goal of HPLC 2016 is to bring together scientists who use and develop HPLC, capillary electrophoresis, supercritical fluidic chromatography, microfluidics, and mass spectrometry to exchange ideas, best practices, and latest developments.’
Dates for your diary:
April 11th 2016: Abstract deadline for Poster Presentations
April 18th 2016: Registration and fee payment deadline for presenting author
April 18th 2016: Final program posted online
May 1st 2016: Deadline for reduced registration fees
June 1st 2016: Final deadline to submit late-breaking posters to the online program
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE
For more information about the conference and to register your interest please see their website: HPLC2016.org
