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More than Meets the AI: Sitting Down With Bob Pirok

November 5, 2026

Bob Pirok sees real promise in automated method development and explains why scientific judgment remains essential

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More than Meets the AI: Sitting Down With Bob Pirok

Trends Career Pathways Translational Science Business & Entrepreneurship

The Big Challenges: Part One – People, Resources, Reach

November 3, 2026

Members of The Analytical Scientist’s 2026 Top 40 Under 40 consider whether funding, training, visibility, collaboration, and access can keep pace with the field’s growing ambitions

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The Big Challenges: Part One – People, Resources, Reach

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Musings from The Power List: Flavio Antonio Franchina

November 2, 2026

Flavio Antonio Franchina considers the growing distance between generating analytical data and understanding what those data actually mean

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Musings from The Power List: Flavio Antonio Franchina

Food, Beverage & Agriculture Food, Beverage & Agriculture Data & AI Trends & Challenges Career Pathways Metabolomics & Lipidomics

The Unanswered Questions About Vitamins

October 30, 2026

Michael Rychlik reflects on the analytical limits that have guided his career – and why vitamin complexity and bioavailability still leave plenty to investigate

2 min read

Food, Beverage & Agriculture Sample Preparation Mass Spectrometry Trends & Challenges Data & AI Career Pathways

Musings from The Power List: Laura Carbonell Rozas

October 29, 2026

Laura Carbonell Rozas makes the case for treating sustainability as a core measure of analytical performance, from method development to routine laboratory use

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Musings from The Power List: Laura Carbonell Rozas

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Musings from The Power List: Gerrit Renner

October 27, 2026

Gerrit Renner explains why an analytical measurement does not end at the detector – and why trustworthy AI will depend on transparent, traceable data

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Musings from The Power List: Gerrit Renner

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Musings from The Power List: Christopher Rüger

October 19, 2026

Christopher Rüger reflects on the thrill of bringing new mass spectrometry technologies to life

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Musings from The Power List: Christopher Rüger

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Video: Hitting Her Stride – with Katelynn Perrault Uptmor

By James Strachan

October 6, 2026

Power List 2026 honoree Katelynn Perrault Uptmor discusses the growing potential of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography, the rewards of working with undergraduate researchers, and what endurance sports have taught her about science

2 min read

Video: Hitting Her Stride – with Katelynn Perrault Uptmor

Innovation Technology Innovation Career Pathways Genomics & DNA Analysis

Imagining the Tools of Tomorrow

By James Strachan

August 5, 2026

Countable Labs co-founder and CTO Christina Fan describes the mindset that led to the development of the Innovation Award-winning Countable PCR platform

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The Scourge of Self-Serving Citation Requests

By Victoria F. Samanidou

July 6, 2026

When reviewers push authors toward their own papers, publishing integrity pays the price

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The Scourge of Self-Serving Citation Requests

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More than Meets the AI: Sitting Down With Bob Pirok

The Big Challenges: Part One – People, Resources, Reach

Musings from The Power List: Flavio Antonio Franchina

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Musings from The Power List: Laura Carbonell Rozas

Musings from The Power List: Gerrit Renner

Musings from The Power List: Christopher Rüger

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The Scourge of Self-Serving Citation Requests

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