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February 2016
Welcome to February’s issue! From sports doping to legal highs, it’s (almost) all about the drugs, with experts from both fields looking at what analytical scientists can do as consumption rises. Four spectroscopy gurus discuss the finer points of surface enhancement in the light of a disruptive new model, while we offer our Pittcon picks and editor Rich asks if genetic modification of embryos heralds a dystopian future. Lutgarde Buydens talks chemometrics, collaboration and defying the data tsunami. And just as the judges are deliberating over the winner for 2016, we speak with the exceptional runners up from the 2015 Humanity in Science Award.
G-A-T-T-A-C-A
February 24, 2016
Imagine a dystopian society where people are discriminated against not because of their color, race, creed, religion or sex, but because of their genomic predisposition to disease...
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Defying the Data Tsunami
February 24, 2016
Sitting Down With… Lutgarde Buydens, Professor, Analytical Chemistry: Chemometrics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Solving Problems for the Greater Good
February 24, 2016
One year on – and just as judges deliberate over the winner for 2016 – we speak with the exceptional runners up from the 2015 Humanity in Science Award.
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Legal Highs & Lows
February 24, 2016
As new psychoactive substances (NPS) flood the market and “designer drug” sales are on the rise, we are faced with significant – and growing – social and analytical challenges. Here, I offer an overview of a quietly unraveling crisis.
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Gurus of Raman Spectroscopy
February 24, 2016
A group from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland has proposed a potentially disruptive new model – dynamical backaction amplification (DBA) of molecular vibrations – to explain unexpected observations in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). And they believe the work will open up opportunities for novel systems that further enhance the detection capability of SERS. However, the model has not been fully accepted by the spectroscopy community, with other researchers heading in different directions. Volker Deckert (University of Jena and Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany) and Duncan Graham (University of Strathclyde and Renishaw Diagnostics, UK) offer their own thoughts on the future of Raman spectroscopy.
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Waste Not, Want Not
February 24, 2016
Isn’t it time to share resources to open up more opportunities for metabolic profiling?
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Microchip-CE: Smaller is Faster
February 24, 2016
Exploring the potential of microchip capillary electrophoresis (MCE) to speed up sample throughput in the pharmaceutical industry.
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Is Your Biomarker Analysis Accurate?
February 24, 2016
It's time to take the plunge with supercritical fluid chromatography in bioanalytical applications.
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Pharma and Biopharma
Pharma and Biopharma
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
News and Research
Technology
The Search for the Ideal Detector
February 24, 2016
Will aerosol-based detectors ever meet all the needs of the pharmaceutical industry?
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Food, Beverage & Agriculture
Food, Beverage & Agriculture
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Mass Spectrometry
Environmental
Fish Pharm
February 23, 2016
Drugs get a second chance to enter our bodies – via wastewater and fish...
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Plug-and-Play Forensic MS
February 23, 2016
Portable mass spectrometry readies itself for on-site identification of physical evidence.
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Bringing MOFs Down to Size
February 23, 2016
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can now be nanofabricated – but what impact could the materials have on analytical science?
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
News and Research
Technology
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Mass Spectrometry
Georgia (and Pittcon) On My Mind
February 23, 2016
Are you ready for the “Pittcon experience” in Atlanta? Get the most out of the best-attended annual conference on analytical science with our top picks.
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The Gloves Are Off
February 23, 2016
What can experts in the analytical sciences do – if anything – to stop doping?
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Spectroscopy
Sample Preparation
Spectroscopy
Sensors
Data and AI
Food, Beverage & Agriculture
Chemical
Polymers
Chromatography
Liquid Chromatography
Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Chromatography
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Characterizing polysaccharide structure with SEC-MALS and intrinsic viscosity measurements
February 18, 2016
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