Fat Chance
Scientists aim to produce more efficient fuels and other bioproducts by using multi-omics approaches to understand the fundamental workings of cells in changing environments. This petri dish contains different mutant strain colonies of Yarrowia lipolytica, an oil-producing yeast.
Photo credit: William R. Wiley, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) (CC 4.0)
Wheel of Fortunate Purification
HPLC fractions from one of three protein purification steps in the preparation of respiratory Complex I from E.coli.
Photo credit: David Morgan (Flickr)
What’s Up, Doc?
NASA Twins Study investigators are looking for metabolic changes in retired astronaut Scott Kelly and studying how it correlates to the food he ate during the One-Year Mission and Twins Study. Here, he watches a bunch of fresh carrots float in front of him while preparing to partake of their crunchy goodness on the International Space Station.
Photo credit: NASA
Dandelion Clock
An X-ray image of two dandelions illustrates how gratings-based X-ray imaging provides information on small-angle X-ray scatter (red scale) as well as conventional absorption radiography (gray scale). Such enhancements to X-ray imaging may eventually help distinguish between explosives and benign materials for security screening or even improve medical imaging.
Photo credit: PNNL
The Detectorist
The backpack-mounted laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system was developed to conduct nuclear safeguard monitoring by Los Alamos National Lab.
Photo credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory
We Are the Children
CDC epidemiologist Caitlin M. Worrell’s photograph of a collection of dried blood samples, obtained from school children in Northern Haiti as part of a transmission assessment survey (TAS) being carried out in the Dondon Commune. The results of such surveys allows the national program to determine if mass drug administration has been successful in reducing the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis (LF).
Photo credit: Public Health Image Library (PHIL), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Timeless HPLC
FDA research chemist Judy Regan purifies peptides using HPLC – in 1987.
Photo credit: US Food and Drug Administration
Rich Whitworth completed his studies in medical biochemistry at the University of Leicester, UK, in 1998. To cut a long story short, he escaped to Tokyo to spend five years working for the largest English language publisher in Japan. "Carving out a career in the megalopolis that is Tokyo changed my outlook forever. When seeing life through such a kaleidoscopic lens, it's hard not to get truly caught up in the moment." On returning to the UK, after a few false starts with grey, corporate publishers, Rich was snapped up by Texere Publishing, where he spearheaded the editorial development of The Analytical Scientist. "I feel honored to be part of the close-knit team that forged The Analytical Scientist – we've created a very fresh and forward-thinking publication." Rich is now also Content Director of Texere Publishing, the company behind The Analytical Scientist.
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. Now I can be found working on The Analytical Scientist, finding the ‘human angle’ to cutting-edge science stories.
