 Photo towards Guanabara Bay taken during the MSB2018 delegation visit to Sugar Loaf |
 Delegation photo at the closing ceremony…. ….. ……….. …………….. |
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The 34th International Conference on Microscale Separation and Bioanalysis took place for the first time in Brazil. Around 130 attendees gathered just next to the sea to spectacular sights of beautiful Rio de Janeiro. Divided into two major subjects, Fundamentals of Microscale Separations and Application of Microscale Separations, speakers were top quality and attendees truly international. The conference had 5 plenaries and 17 keynote speakers, including RSC journal board members: Analytical Methods: Profs Emanuel Carrilho (Editorial Board member), Wendell Coltro and Susan Lunte (both Advisory Board members) Lab on a Chip: Profs Aaron Wheeler (Associate Editor) and Amy Herr (Advisory Board member) The program was structured around short balanced talks with time for discussion. Questions were rich during sessions and inspired insightful ideas. The mix of young researchers (including students) and experienced ones contributed to a great exchange of knowledge. Around 60 posters were presented with incredible quality according to the judging committee. We presented three from our journals Lab on a Chip, Analyst and Analytical Methods. Congratulations to the winners! Pencil-drawn Electrochemical Paper-based Analytical Devices (ePADs) for Determination of Ethinylestradiol in Water Supply Samples ROMANCE: Improving Data Exchange and Robustness in CE-MS Based Metabolomics Pencil Drawing of Electrochemical Paper-based Analytical Devices for Forensic Applications |
 Letícia and Víctor, two of the three recipients of RSC poster prizes.…………………………………… ….. |
 The conference chairs, Profs Emanuel Carrilho (USP in São Carlos) and Marina Tavares (USP). |
In addition to the conference, we visited the LADETEC (the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory, BDCL, in English) in Rio, supervised by Prof Francisco Radler. LADETEC is part of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and tested athlete samples for doping during the 2016 Olympic Games. Prof Radler, who also spoke during the Symposium with a focus on “Omics in Toxicology, Doping and Forensics”, was very kind to receive RSC delegates. As an expert, Prof. Radler is optimistic about the potential of “omics” to become as as big as the field of “nano”:
“-interesting will be to see future OMICS combinations and whatever
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 Prof Radler, Elizabeth Magalhaes and Janet Freshwater (RSC Books) during the LADETEC visit. |
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