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SPEC 2016

13 Jan 2016

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SPEC 2016 is due to take place at Palais des congrés de Montréal in Canada between 26th – 30th June 2016

‘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.’

Dates for your diary:

15th February 2016: Abstract submission deadline
10th April 2016: Early bird and presenting author registration deadline

Click here to submit your abstract

To find out more about the conference and to register your interest, please visit their website

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Themed Issue on Innovative Tools for Cancer Screening, Detection and Diagnostics now published

05 Jan 2016

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

The new themed issue for Analyst on innovative tools for cancer screening, detection and diagnostics is now published.

Guest Edited by Professor Steve Soper, University of North Carolina, USA and Dr Avraham Rasooly, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA, this collection is devoted to new technologies focused on the management of cancer-related diseases and covers a broad spectrum of new innovations including optical sensors (SERS, fluorescence, plasmon resonance, etc.), drug delivery vehicles, affinity agents, imaging contrast agents, microfluidics/nanofluidics and cell-based assays to name a few.

Cancer remains a devastating disease with 580,350 deaths and 1.66 million new cases reported in the US alone in 2013. With 7.5 million deaths worldwide, cancer is the number 1 killer globally. Although 5-year survival rates have risen from 50% in 1975-77 to 68% in 2003-2008, major challenges remain toward further improving survival rates. The keys to realizing increased 5-year survival rates depend on significant improvements in early detection strategies as well as personalized treatment selection and effectively monitoring for disease recurrence. All of these focus areas can be enhanced through the development of new technological tools. Thus, this themed issue serves as a timely dissemination of new technologies that hold promise for the management of a variety of cancer-related diseases.

Enjoy!

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Deadline extended for themed issue on carbon and graphene in analytical science

16 Dec 2015

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

We are extending the submission deadline for the upcoming Analyst themed issue showcasing the latest discoveries and developments in carbon and graphene in analytical science to January 31st, 2016. So keep sending in your high quality research to be included in this exciting issue.

Guest Edited by Professor Martin Pumera, Nanyang Technological University, this upcoming themed issue will showcase the latest technology, method and application-based science among the top researchers working in both academia and industry.

Unconfined by traditional discipline boundaries the issue will include carbon quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and (nano)diamonds in the fields of electroanalysis, spectroscopy, and separation sciences. Recently there has been significant development in this area of research and now is an ideal time to have a special issue dedicated to recent advances.

Communications, full papers and review articles are welcomed, if you are interested in submitting a paper for this themed issue please contact us to let us know.

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EUROPT[R]ODE XIII Conference Registration Now Open

01 Dec 2015

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

Registration is now open for the EUROPT[R]ODE XIII Conference taking place the University of Graz, Austria on the 20th – 23rd March, 2016.

Sponsored by Analyst, the biannual EUROPT[R]ODE conference is one of the major conference series on optical sensors. Since 1992, the EUROPT[R]ODE conference has been a forum for scientists and engineers from academia, research institutes and industry from all over the world.

We hope to see you there!

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Uncoiling collagen using advanced computers

17 Nov 2015

By Charlotte Rowley.

Written by Fiona Gillespie for Chemistry World

British and French researchers have used modern computing power to enhance mass spectrometry and analyse an extremely complex collagen molecule in a short time scale.

Two-dimensional Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (2D FT-ICR MS), developed in the 1980s, links the mass-to-charge ratios of precursors and fragments in complex samples. Compared to tandem mass spectrometry, 2D FT-ICR MS does not require isolated precursors and shows better resolution. Its applications have been limited, however, due to a lack of sophisticated computers.

Read the full article in Chemistry World >>>

Uncoiling collagen: a multidimensional mass spectrometry study

H. J. Simon, M. A. van Agthoven, P. Y. Lam, F. Floris, L. Chiron, M.-A. Delsuc, C. Rolando, M. P. Barrow and P. B. O’Connor

Analyst, 2016, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C5AN01757B, Paper

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Top ten most accessed Analyst articles from July to September 2015

27 Oct 2015

By Charlotte Rowley.

During the months July – September 2015, the most downloaded Analyst articles were:

A critical comparison of protein microarray fabrication technologies
Valentin Romanov, S. Nikki Davidoff, Adam R. Miles, David W. Grainger, Bruce K. Gale and Benjamin D. Brooks
Analyst, 2014,139, 1303-1326
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01577G, Critical Review

Fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for environmental mercury detection
Guiqiu Chen, Zhi Guo, Guangming Zeng and Lin Tang
Analyst, 2015,140, 5400-5443
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN00389J, Critical Review

Detection of calcium phosphate crystals in the joint fluid of patients with osteoarthritis – analytical approaches and challenges
Alexander Yavorskyy, Aaron Hernandez-Santana, Geraldine McCarthy and Gillian McMahon
Analyst, 2008,133, 302-318
DOI: 10.1039/B716791A, Critical Review

An overview of recent developments in the analytical detection of new psychoactive substances (NPSs)
Jamie P. Smith, Oliver B. Sutcliffe and Craig E. Banks
Analyst, 2015,140, 4932-4948
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN00797F, Minireview

Recent advances in sample preparation techniques to overcome difficulties encountered during quantitative analysis of small molecules from biofluids using LC-MS/MS
Caroline Bylda, Roland Thiele, Uwe Kobold and Dietrich A. Volmer
Analyst, 2014,139, 2265-2276
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00094C, Minireview

Turn-on fluorescent cyanide sensor based on copper ion-modified CdTe quantum dots
Li Shang, Lihua Zhang and Shaojun Dong
Analyst, 2009,134, 107-113
DOI: 10.1039/B812458B, Paper

Influence of dsDNA fragment length on particle binding in an evanescent field biosensing system
Marjo Koets, Kim van Ommering, Liqin Wang, Emilie Testori, Toon H. Evers and Menno W. J. Prins
Analyst, 2014,139, 1672-1677
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01999C, Paper

Illuminating disease and enlightening biomedicine: Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool
David I. Ellis, David P. Cowcher, Lorna Ashton, Steve O’Hagan and Royston Goodacre
Analyst, 2013,138, 3871-3884
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN00698K, Critical Review

Trends in aptamer selection methods and applications
Meral Yüce, Naimat Ullah and Hikmet Budak
Analyst, 2015,140, 5379-5399
DOI: 10.1039/C5AN00954E, Minireview

Plasmon-enhanced optical sensors: a review
Ming Li, Scott K. Cushing and Nianqiang Wu
Analyst, 2015,140, 386-406
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN01079E, Critical Review

If you have any comments or thoughts on any of these articles, we welcome you to write these in the comment box below.

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Call for papers: Themed issue on surface-enhanced Raman scattering

16 Oct 2015

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

You are invited to contribute to the upcoming Analyst themed issue showcasing the latest discoveries and developments in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).

For your article to be considered for the SERS themed issue we must receive your manuscript by April 15^th 2016.

Guest Edited by Professors Duncan Graham (University of Strathclyde, UK), Richard Van Duyne (Northwestern University, USA) and Bin Ren (Xiamen University, China) this upcoming themed issue will be dedicated to this innovative field.

SERS has become a mature vibrational spectroscopic technique in the chemical, material, and life sciences. Recently there has been significant development in this area of research and now is an ideal time to have a special issue dedicated to recent advances.

Both Communications and full papers are welcomed, if you are interested in submitting a paper for this themed issue please contact us to let us know.

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Antibiotics pit against bacterial biofilms

28 Sep 2015

By Charlotte Rowley.

Written by Harriet Brewerton for Chemistry World

Graphical Abstract Scientists in the US have designed a simple and inexpensive electrochemical device that monitors bacteria metabolites to gauge the effect of antibiotics.

Monitoring bacterial growth is important for rapidly treating infections with the lowest effective concentration of antibiotics. The effectiveness of antibiotics is traditionally tested by adding patient samples to antibiotic mixtures then visually inspecting the antibiotic growth. However, this method requires large amounts of reagents and does not consider the effect of antibiotics on the bacterial biofilm.

Read the full article in Chemistry World >>>

Electrochemically monitoring the antibiotic susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Thaddaeus A. Webster, Hunter J. Sismaet, I-ping J. Chan and Edgar D. Goluch

Analyst, 2015, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C5AN01358E, Paper

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EUROPT[R]ODE XIII Graz 2016

22 Sep 2015

By Charlotte Rowley.

Graphical abstract

EUROPT[R]ODE XIII is due to take place at the University of Graz in Austria between 20th – 23rd March 2016.

‘Covering all aspects related to the research, development and application of optical chemical sensors and biosensors‘

Dates for your diary:

October 1, 2015: Abstract submission deadline

December 1, 2015: Registration opens

December 18, 2015: Notification of acceptance

January 22, 2016: Early bird registration deadline

Click here to submit your abstract

To find out more about the conference and to register your interest, please visit their website

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SCIX 2015 – Will we see you there?

21 Sep 2015

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

Will you be at the SCIX conference on Sept 27-Oct 2 in Providence, RI, USA?

If so, we’d love to invite you to join us for a chat at our ‘Meet the Editor’ session at RSC booth #16 at lunchtime on Tuesday !

Come and learn about our journals and find out why RSC Publishing is the best home for your research.

The following Editorial staff will be attending SCIX and would be pleased to meet you and answer your questions:

Rebecca Brodie

Deputy Editor, Analyst, Analytical Methods, JAAS.

We’re delighted to be presenting two joint symposia with the ACS on “Analysis with Photons: Laser & Synchrotron Spectroscopy Science & Applications”, so do join us.

Monday, Sep 28, 9:15am, Room 554A/B

Wednesday, Sep 30, 3:50pm, Room 554A/B

Please feel free to get in touch with us before the conference to arrange a meeting.

We look forward to meeting you in Providence!

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SPEC 2016

Themed Issue on Innovative Tools for Cancer Screening, Detection and Diagnostics now published

Deadline extended for themed issue on carbon and graphene in analytical science

EUROPT[R]ODE XIII Conference Registration Now Open

Uncoiling collagen using advanced computers

Top ten most accessed Analyst articles from July to September 2015

Call for papers: Themed issue on surface-enhanced Raman scattering

Antibiotics pit against bacterial biofilms

EUROPT[R]ODE XIII Graz 2016

SCIX 2015 – Will we see you there?

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