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October 2018
Welcome to our October issue!
It’s the 2018 Power List – and this year we celebrate gifted young scientists in our Top 40 Under 40 feature. In Upfront, snake sex goes solo, a pioneering 19th-century photographer finally gets the recognition he deserves, and we speak to the Nobel Prize-winning Richard Henderson about cryo-EM. Our chat with this year’s SciX chairs gives you your spectroscopy fix, and we Sit Down With epigenomic explorer, Benjamin Garcia – this year’s Biemann Medalist.
The Epigenomic Explorer
October 10, 2018
Sitting Down With... Benjamin Garcia, Presidential Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Director of Quantitative Proteomics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Industrial Revelations: Theo Jelink, AkzoNobel Chemicals
October 10, 2018
In our ongoing series championing scientists in industry, we look at one chromatographer’s experience of innovation and knowledge transfer in the field of specialty chemicals.
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A Little “Light” Reading
October 10, 2018
Presenting the latest spectroscopic research in bite-sized chunks
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Career Pathways
Clinical
Forensics
Pharma and Biopharma
Omics
Metabolomics Lipidomics
Spectroscopy in the Hot Seat
October 10, 2018
SciX 2018 – held in Atlanta – showcases cutting-edge research in the spectroscopic arena and demonstrates the impact of the technology on diverse fields. Here, several SciX chairs “pull up a pew” and share their tips for getting the most out of the conference – and their insights into the future of spectroscopy.
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Don’t Have Your Fake or Eat It
October 10, 2018
The fight against fake pharma continues: researchers at Colorado State have developed a straightforward way to detect counterfeit antibiotics – using a simple color-changing paper test. Researcher Charles Henry tells us more.
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Photos in Focus
October 10, 2018
Using synchrotron spectroscopy to work out the chemistry behind 200-year-old photographs – and raise the profile of a long-neglected artist
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No Sex Please, We’re Copperheads!
October 10, 2018
Mass spec “venomics” analyzes the deadliness of asexually produced snakes
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Source of Light – and Inspiration
October 10, 2018
A new center for electron bio-imaging was officially opened by one of the three Nobel Prize winners behind the cutting-edge technology at its heart
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Business & Entrepreneurship
Business & Entrepreneurship
Mass Spectrometry
Microscopy
News and Research
Technology
Microchips and Advanced Microscopy
October 10, 2018
Business in brief: What’s going on in analytical science?
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Burns After Reading?
October 10, 2018
Metabolomic analysis of Burns manuscripts sorts the facts from the fakes
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