Hot Topics: 2018’s Most Popular Articles
Of the many articles we published last year, which most grabbed your attention? Here are our Top 10 most read…
1. The Power List 2018: Top 40 Under 40
No surprises that the “Fab Forty” were top of the pops! This year’s Power List included younger, up-and-coming analytical scientists working across the globe in clinics, forensics labs, academia, and industry.
2. Metabolomics: The Superglue of Omics
As the profile of metabolomics continues to soar, Martin Giera, Mary Spilker and Gary Siuzdak offer their thoughts on the future of the field.
3. Top 40 Under 40: 4 Years On
Our new Top 40 Under 40 Power List was released this year, but what are the finalists from the 2014 Top 40 doing now? We catch up with a quarter of them to find out if and how the experience influenced their career.
4. The Birth of MS/MS Screening
Donald Chace describes how the revolution in metabolomics and clinical diagnostics – which has given rise to modern newborn screening – all started with the analysis of amino acids and acylcarnitines 20 years ago.
5. (Still) Surfing the Proteomics Wave
We Sit Down With John Yates III, who talks to us about single cell analysis, scientific innovation, and why mass spectrometry is the “coolest method on the planet.”
6. Industrial Revelations: Michele Suman
Our new series for 2018 – putting industry scientists in the spotlight – started with Michele Suman, champion of food analysis.
7. Everything You Wanted to Know About a Career in Chemistry* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Navigating the road from graduate to PhD to first job can be tricky. Luckily, entrepreneur and professor Peter Kissinger is on hand with some wise and witty advice for pursuing a successful career in the chemical sciences.
8. Sniffing Out a Test For Parkinson’s
How a British woman – who can identify people with Parkinson’s disease by smell alone – is helping scientists pinpoint the molecules behind the giveaway scent.
9. The Art of Writing
Publications are vital to building your profile, but for many scientists it’s less of an art and more of an afterthought. Paul Haddad, Emily Hilder and Frantisek Svec present a straightforward guide to preparing papers and posters that will get you noticed.
10. Mum’s the Word
The humble pregnancy test has altered little since the 1980s. But this radical re-design by Lia Diagnostics aims to protect women’s privacy – and the planet.
A former library manager and storyteller, I have wanted to write for magazines since I was six years old, when I used to make my own out of foolscap paper and sellotape and distribute them to my family. Since getting my MSc in Publishing, I’ve worked as a freelance writer and content creator for both digital and print, writing on subjects such as fashion, food, tourism, photography – and the history of Roman toilets.
