Mass Spectrometry

As we prepare to launch The Analytical Scientist Innovation Award, the articles in this month’s issue unwittingly form links in the innovation chain – from idea to marketed product – contributed by people who have been there, done that.

Generating robust biomolecular signatures from diabetic wound fluid

How hundreds of extracellular signaling proteins secreted during immune responses were ... discovered – and what it tells us about the whisperered conversations between cells

Researchers tackle elucidation of sulfur-containing metabolites in plant extracts with Fourier ... transform mass spectrometry

In May, emerging analytical professionals gathered at a UK conference of the same name to present ... and network – and to compete for The Analytical Scientist’s first ever prize.

A combination of HDX-MS and IMS will help to explore the basis of functional failures in proteins linked to medical conditions.

Worldwide helium demand far exceeds current production levels. For many gas chroma- tography applications, the ... switch to hydrogen is painless. What’s stopping you?

Jumping on the breath biomarker bandwagon is tempting, but a number of failures to observe the ... fundamental rules of good science have cast doubt over the ... technique. Here, the authors describe best practice, from collection to clinical evaluation.

Three gurus describe significant breakthroughs in micro and nanoscale analytical techniques and envisage where they might take us next.

The Problem: How can we rapidly detect economically-motivated adulteration of food and deter fraudsters from ... committing future crimes?