May 2015 Issue of The Analytical Scientist

Actually, I don’t have the power. But you do, as we launch the 2015 Power List to celebrate the Top 100 most influential analytical scientists.

Hair analysis has been spectacularly debunked as “pseudoscience” – what now?

Conventional mass spectrometry can only measure the mass of a molecule – what if you could image the same molecule simultaneously?

Sons and daughters; love and lemur scent

Two advances in (bio)pharmaceutical manufacture that aim to democratize the gift of medicine

The Uwe D. Neue award recognizes the impact that breakthrough work by industrial scientists has on analytical science. 2015’s recipient is Mark Schure – and here’s why.

This year, I feel proud and humbled to have received two special accolades – the Dal Nogare Award and the Uwe D. Neue Award. After many years in both industry and academia, it’s extremely gratifying to be recognized. Here’s how I got where I am today.

How can a metrology project to measure zero help in the goal of cleaner air?

My love of biology, mass spectrometry and computer programming has led me down an uncommonly rewarding path of discovery and innovation. Here, I share some of my story and look towards the horizon of my exciting and ever-changing field.

David Duffy, Ulf Landegren, Antoine van Oijen, and Menno Prins crash through the concentration barrier and investigate the ultimate limit of analytical sensitivity.

I find myself attempting a graceful “glissando” into greying semi-retirement. And what better way (other than Volvo-driving) to add gravitas and prestige than by teaching?

Sitting Down With... Richard Pollard, President of Ocean Optics, Dunedin, Florida, USA.

As associate scientific director of Nutritional Chemistry and Food Safety at Covance Laboratories, Katerina Mastovska must tackle the most challenging analytical questions. And she loves every second.

As new technology platforms push us to the limits of what’s possible, the metabolomics community is closing in on the future of the field: routine and rapid quantitative analysis.

Particle agglomeration can compromise the clinical efficacy of pharmaceutical products and must therefore be closely controlled. Automated particle image analysis provides one technology which can aid agglomerate detection. This article provides practical guidance on how imaging can be applied as a routine method to robustly identify and quantify the state of agglomeration of pharmaceutical formulations.