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🧠 Johns Hopkins scientists have created multi-region brain organoids that mimic whole-brain networks — modeling how different regions communicate & react to therapies.

A breakthrough for #neuroscience & #drugdiscovery.

🔗 conexiant.com/articles/nex...

#Organoids #BrainResearch

New Event Explores Analytical Science’s Vital Role in Decarbonization Pierre Giusti offers a snapshot of what to expect at the first Transition Analytics for Decarbonization (TAD) conference in Paris

🌍 How can analytical science drive the energy transition?

The first Transition Analytics for Decarbonization (TAD) conference kicks off in Paris 🇫🇷 (Oct 1–3), bringing experts together on CO₂ capture, hydrogen, solar, plastics, batteries & more.

Read more: theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

“Drowning in features; thirsty for answers.”

At #ASMS2025, Susan Richardson spotlighted the toughest challenge in MS: identifying unknowns.
🔹 Microplastics & wildfire impacts on water
🔹 Periodic Table of Food Initiative
🔹 Can AI finally close the gap?

Read more 👉 ow.ly/lOKg50WNvm7
#MassSpec #Omics

🚨 Nominations close soon! 🚨

The Analytical Scientist Innovation Awards 2025 are looking for the tech, tools & software redefining analytical science.

🧪 Eligible releases: Oct 18, 2024 – Sep 22, 2025
📅 Deadline: Sept 22, 2025

Submit your pick ➡️ theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

💡 Thinking about adopting a LIMS?

When to invest, how to choose, and what to avoid — we asked 3 experts:
🔹 Richard Danielson
🔹 Dan DeHoney
🔹 Denise Bell

Their roundtable insights cover compliance, AI, automation & more.

🔗 Read here: www.theanalyticalsci...
#LIMS

🚨 Breakthrough: Magnetic spin waves (magnons) mapped at the nanoscale with electron microscopy for the first time.

This milestone opens new doors for energy-efficient spintronic devices.

🔗 www.theanalyticalsci...

#Magnonics

Does in-source fragmentation (ISF) distort metabolomics data — or can soft ionization reveal what we’ve been missing?

Plasmion’s Jan-Christoph Wolf argues SICRIT can bring parts of the “dark metabolome” into view.

🔗 Read more: ow.ly/JJBx50WQcyZ

#Metabolomics #MassSpec

A new chromatographic material claims performance beyond the state-of-the-art. But can it deliver—and why?

Bo Zhang invites the field to weigh in on whether this marks the next leap in separation science—or raises fresh questions.

Join the conversation: www.theanalyticalsci...

#Chromatography

How do we fix the chromatography talent pipeline?

At #HPLC2025, experts shared 10 ideas — from Spring Schools to rebranding chemistry itself.

👀 Could “molecular measurement science” attract new minds?

🧪 Read the roundup: ow.ly/lz3050WpKZU
#AnalyticalScience

🚀 At #ASMS2025, Boone Prentice saw more than cutting-edge science — he saw community, collaboration & optimism.

Highlights:
🔹 Multimodal + multiomics approaches
🔹 Advances in isomer resolution
🔹 A spirit of resilience amid challenges

Read his take 👉 theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

Special Edition: Mass Spectrometry in 2025

🌟 Special Edition: Mass Spectrometry 2025

From new ion sources to powerful computational tools, mass spec is pushing boundaries and reshaping science.

🔬 Trends + challenges
🧠 Insights from Clemmer, Prentice & Richardson
📈 2025’s standout research

👉 Read now: ow.ly/o8r450WMCNR

#MassSpectrometry

The Power List 2025 – Leading Voices Edition <p>Thought-provoking answers to the field’s biggest questions – and a celebration of those shaping its future</p>

🚀 The Analytical Scientist Power List 2025 is LIVE

Meet the 30 thinkers shaping the future of analytical science.

Instead of nominations, we asked scientists to answer one of three pivotal questions for the field. Our expert panel chose the 30 most compelling answers 🔗 ow.ly/ASlw50WA1uX

Single Cell Analysis: Beyond The Transcriptome <p>The future of single-cell analysis lies in multi-omics, analytical depth, real time live cell analysis, and global accessibility – not just more sequencing </p>

Single-cell science is moving beyond transcriptomics.
From multi-omics to spatial profiling, the next era is redefining how we decode biology and disease.

Read the expert insights: www.theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

#SingleCellAnalysis #Omics #Innovatio

“We’re entering the age of consumer photonics.”
#Spectroscopy is stepping out of the lab and into the real world.

🍎 Food quality 🩺 Non-invasive diagnostics 🌍 Environmental sensing

Discover what’s driving this shift in expert Q&A with Boris Mizaikoff.
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Tivadar Farkas: Industry’s Chromatography Crusader <p>2025’s Uwe D. Neue Award winner, Tivadar Farkas, reflects upon the key lessons learned across a career spanning three decades in separation science</p>

Tivadar Farkas wins the 2025 Uwe D. Neue award for a career driving innovation in chromatography. From Kinetex to Lux, his impact on HPLC and GC is unmatched. Read his thoughts on R&D, trade secrets and pushing boundaries: www.theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

#Chromatography #HPLC

“AI holds transformative potential in chromatography,” says Martina Catani.

Smarter method development. Greener separations. Miniaturized, in-field HPLC? The future looks bright.

🔬 Full story → theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

#HPLC #Chromatography #Biopharma

🎉 Who's at ASMS 2025 this week?!

We’re distributing free copies of:
📘 The 2025 Mass Spectrometry Supplement
🗞️ Our 2025 Issue

✨ Not attending? No problem, they are available to download now:

📘 Mass Spec Supplement: lnkd.in/evBEJVJQ

🗞️ Our latest issue: ow.ly/Cc8J50W1vf0

#ASMS #MassSpec

🚨 Think HPLC has peaked? Think again.

Gert Desmet says the next particle tech revolution is just over the horizon. AI-powered instruments, smarter gradients, & radical redesigns may be next.

Read the full interview 👉 theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...
#HPLC #Chromatography #LabTech

Precision Medicine 2050: With Mike Snyder <p>Continuous tracking, frequent finger-prick tests, and molecular profiling will offer a comprehensive view of health over time. Welcome to the future of healthcare</p>

🔮 What’s your vision for the future of precision medicine?

Mike Snyder, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social, envisions continuous monitoring, weekly finger-pricks, and deep profiling every few months. This will change how we track health & detect diseases. 👇

theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

Analytical Science Under Siege <p>The US government’s recent cost-cutting measures have created a tidal wave of uncertainty for scientists of all stripes. But, in the face of adversity, perhaps comes an opportunity for the analytic...

Pleased to share that my first feature for @analyticalsci.bsky.social, "Analytical Science Under Siege", is now online:

🔗 theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/2025/...

Thank you for sharing!

🔬 What will precision medicine look like in 2050?

In this interview, Lingjun Li shares her vision for a future where AI-powered diagnostics and ultra-sensitive #biomarker detection deliver truly personalized medicine.

theanalyticalscientist.com/fields-appli...

#teammassspec #analyticalscience

Neil Kelleher: The Human Proteoform Project Could Transform Medicine We’re 20-30 years away from inventing and integrating next-generation proteomics technologies into healthcare – if we start the Human Proteoform Project now

🧬 Could one project reshape medicine?

Neil Kelleher believes the Human Proteoform Project might. From diagnostics to targeted therapies, it could unlock a whole new layer of biology.

🔗 ow.ly/Ci0F50VLPHk

#Proteomics #AnalyticalScience #MassSpec

🏅 Huge congrats to Power List alum Livia Eberlin on receiving the Biemann Medal from ASMS!

Honored for her groundbreaking work using mass spectrometry to improve cancer diagnosis — science with real clinical impact.

📖 Revisit our interview: ow.ly/2rNh50VANLN
#BiemannMedal #MassSpec #ASMS2025

Trends and Challenges in Nitrosamine Testing: Part Six – Live Roundtable Kevin Parker, Jessica Hoskins, Alan Thompson, and Yingue Yang discuss trends and challenges in nitrosamine testing during a live webinar – after a quick recap

🧪 What’s next for #nitrosamine testing?

We bring together a panel of experts to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in pharma quality and safety.

🎙️They discuss regulatory expectations, LC-MS strategies, and where the industry is heading next.

▶️ Watch the full roundtable:
ow.ly/JbN150VwkKS

The Diminishing of American Science If US laboratories will have less money to pay staff, conduct research, and collaborate American science will be greatly diminished

‘The Diminishing of American Science’

The consequences of the NIH crisis is likely going to be far more extreme than we can even predict.

Prof Yates sums it up nicely for the Analytical Scientist.

#TeamMassSpec #proteomics #extracellularvesicles

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The future of analytical science: hope or uncertainty?

In the past month, optimism about the future of analytical science has taken a dramatic turn. Erin Baker shares her perspective - read the full article here! theanalyticalscientist.com/business-edu...

#chemsky #teammassspec