Riva Returns!
June 13, 2025
Luigi Mondello explains why the time is right to reignite Chromatography’s much-missed “scientific retreat”
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Voices in the Community
The voices driving change and progress in analytical science. Explore stories, interviews, and community highlights that inspire and inform.
The Dark Metabolome Debate Continues: Siuzdak and Giera Respond
Jun 05, 2025
By James Strachan
Overlooking in-source fragmentation, they argue, could undermine the credibility of metabolomics
8 min read
Sitting Down With
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Nanotech Titan: Part Two
Mar 31, 2025
9 min read
The toughest peer review? A group of investors around a table, says Chad Mirkin, who talks commercialization lessons learned and major discoveries: spherical nucleic acids and dip-pen nanolithography.
Voices in the Community
Business & Entrepreneurship
The Diminishing of American Science
Mar 21, 2025
4 min read
If the proposed cuts to facilities and administration costs go ahead, US laboratories will have less money to pay staff, conduct research, and collaborate – and American science will be greatly diminished – says John Yates
Voices in the Community
Career Pathways
Science Under Siege
Feb 27, 2025
6 min read
Life in the lab goes on for Anastasia Mosendz, an analytical chemistry PhD student in Kyiv, amid alarms, trips to the shelter, and power outages
Trends & Challenges
Deep dives into the trends shaping analytical science today – and the challenges that lie ahead
Don’t Discount Another Particle Technology Revolution
May 23, 2025
By James Strachan
Despite academic research into HPLC technology slowing down, the fact is, we haven’t hit the fundamental limits, says Gert Desmet
0 min read
Liquid Chromatography
Pharma & Biopharma
HPLC: Meeting the Biopharmaceutical Challenge
May 13, 2025
7 min read
Fabrice Gritti argues while HPLC principles are based in physics, innovation thrives through system hyphenation and expansion – as seen in cell and gene therapies
Clinical
Omics
Precision Medicine 2050: With Mike Snyder
May 16, 2025
15 min read
Continuous tracking, frequent finger-prick tests, and molecular profiling will offer a comprehensive view of health over time. Welcome to the future of healthcare
Trends & Challenges
Omics
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Ron Heeren
Mar 03, 2025
13 min read
Ron Heeren shares his perspectives on the current landscape of analytical science, addressing progress in spatial biology, the “resolution revolution”, and how interdisciplinary scientists must be supported by policy to enable further progress.
Innovation
The technologies, lessons, and stories defining innovation in analytical science
Innovation Lessons Learned: With Lloyd Smith
Jan 13, 2025
By Lloyd Smith, James Strachan
As a postdoc, Lloyd Smith invented the first automated DNA sequencer – used for sequencing the human genome. Later, he founded a company, Third Wave Technologies, which successfully commercialized molecular diagnostic products. More recently, Smith coined the word "proteoform," which has been wholeheartedly embraced by the proteomics community. So you could say he knows a thing or two about innovation...
11 min read
Innovation
Career Pathways
The Philosophy – and Psychology – of Product Development
Mar 14, 2025
8 min read
In a new series highlighting industry’s often unsung heroes, Anne Marie Smith, Product Manager at ACD/Labs, discusses systems thinking, addressing unspoken challenges, and identifying the "empty fridge"
Innovation
Data & AI
The XCMS-METLIN Story
Jan 08, 2025
7 min read
Gary Siuzdak’s team at Scripps Research did more than just process LC/MS data – they mastered the art of distinguishing signal from noise, uncovering molecular identities hidden in the clutter of raw data
Innovation
Business & Entrepreneurship
The Sweet Science of Product Development
Feb 28, 2025
6 min read
Looking for a role that blends science with business? Consider product development – and a startup – says BrightSpec’s Colin Merrifield, who shares his career and innovation lessons learned.
Latest
Recent developments in analytical science
One Cell, Two Dimensions
Jun 11, 2025
Combining SILAC with high-resolution MS, SC-pSILAC offers two-dimensional proteomics at single-cell resolution for the first time
6 min read
Why Most Instrument Startups Fail – and What to Do Differently
Jun 10, 2025
By Richard Crocombe
Build a team that knows your application space, be prepared to pivot, and ignore tempting but unscalable detours
12 min read
Can Spectroscopy Help Crops Thrive in Space?
Jun 10, 2025
Raman spectroscopy proves capable of tracking plant stress in space and simulated lunar soil – offering a practical tool for future off-Earth agriculture
2 min read
Dark Metabolome Debate: A Call for Context
Jun 09, 2025
By James Strachan
Shuzhao Li sees no fundamental disagreement between “camps”
5 min read
The Optical Imaging Platform Inspired by Butterfly Wings
Jun 06, 2025
By Jessica Allerton
Polarized light microscopy and insect wings reveal secrets of diseased tissue, without staining
7 min read
The Dark Metabolome Debate Continues: Siuzdak and Giera Respond
Jun 05, 2025
By James Strachan
Overlooking in-source fragmentation, they argue, could undermine the credibility of metabolomics
8 min read
Nanomedicines, Prehistoric Tools, and Brain-Teeth Proteomics…
Jun 05, 2025
By Henry Thomas
And more mass spec research stories
3 min read
Decoding the Exposome
Jun 04, 2025
ThermoFisher’s Susan Bird shares how tools such as mass spectrometry and AI are empowering the growing field of exposomics
5 min read
