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Email: 03 Online This Month [email protected] 10 Under Scrutiny 07 Editorial In My View What You Think 12 Macrofluidics Meets athologyP by Richard Gallagher 16 Juan Muñoz-Arnanz and 13 Setting the Scene With Odors Lourdes Ramos call for cheaper, faster, greener POP analysis 08 Contributors 14 Sense a Revolution 17 Should we be focusing on the effects of toxic cocktails? asks On The Cover Alberto Mantovani APRIL 2014 # 15 the Analytical Scientist The ultimate in simplicity: 18 Don’t become a victim of funding Upfront In My View Feature Solutions DNA aptamer-based sensors Don’t be a dedicated follower Is it time for a shake up in How to guarantee that beef for personalized medicine of funding fashion dioxin analysis? is pork-free 14 18 34 – 40 44 – 46 a paper-based diagnostic chip fashion, asserts Gary Hieftje the Mastering the Art of Simplicity Analytical Scientist George Whitesides’ 50 years of research experience has lead to a single, basic philosophy: keep it simple. from Diagnostics For All 22 – 28 (www.dfa.org). 20 Paul Petersen tells the story behind the dramatic name change for HET Instrument the Analytical Scientist the Analytical Scientist ISSUE 15 - APRIL 2014 Editor - Rich Whitworth [email protected] Editorial Director - Richard Gallagher [email protected] Scientific Director - Frank van Geel [email protected] Graphic Designer - Marc Bird [email protected] Managing Director - Andy Davies [email protected] Director of Operations - Tracey Peers [email protected] Publishing Director - Lee Noyes [email protected] Audience Development Manager - Tracey Nicholls [email protected] Digital Content Manager - David Roberts [email protected] Editor, Custom Publishing - Iestyn Armstrong-Smith [email protected] 22 Traffic and Administration Manger - Claire Lally [email protected] Editorial Advisory Board Monika Dittmann, Agilent Technologies, Germany Norman Dovichi, University of Notre Dame, USA Gary Hieftje, Indiana University, USA Emily Hilder, University of Tasmania, Australia Features 42 The Analytical Scientist × Ron Heeren, FOM-AMOLF, The Netherlands Agilent Technologies Tuulia Hyötyläinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 22 Mastering Simplicity Exploring Chinese Medicine Hans-Gerd Janssen, Unilever Research and Development, The Netherlands George Whitesides is no stranger with 2D-LC, by Oliver Schmitz Ian Jardine, Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA Robert Kennedy, University of Michigan, USA to the complexities of science but and Duxin Li Samuel Kounaves, Tufts University, USA Marcus Macht, Bruker Daltonik, Germany has chosen to forged a new path Luigi Mondello, University of Messina, Italy Peter Schoenmakers, that strives to keep science simple. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Robert Shellie, University of Tasmania, Australia Ben Smith, University of Florida, USA 34 Keeping Tabs on Dioxins Departments Frantisec Svec, University of California at Berkeley, USA Jean-François Focant puts Ian Wilson, Imperial College London, UK forward a case for a radical review 44 Solutions: Keeping it Kosher, Published by of the EU’s monitoring strategy by Ashley Sage Texere Publishing Limited, Booths Hall, for dioxins in food and feed. 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