1. Precision weighing challenge

   • Juris Meija

   Analytical Challenge 04 November 2008 Pages: 405 - 406

2. Solution to spectroscopy blog challenge

   • E. Pretsch
   • R. Zenobi

   Analytical Challenge 02 December 2008 Pages: 407 - 408

   

3. Solution to standard hydrogen electrode challenge

   • Peter R. Griffiths

   Analytical Challenge 08 November 2008 Pages: 409 - 410

   

4. Tenth International Conference on Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques (NFO 10)

   • Thomas Schmid

   Conference Highlights 22 November 2008 Pages: 411 - 413

5. 4th International Conference on Trace Element Speciation in Biomedical, Nutritional and Environmental Sciences

   • Volker Nischwitz
   • Bernhard Michalke

   Conference Highlights 01 December 2008 Pages: 415 - 418

6. Digital bioanalysis

   • Elizabeth M. Miller
   • Aaron R. Wheeler

   Trends 28 September 2008 Pages: 419 - 426

   

7. Advances in microfabricated mass spectrometers

   • R. R. A. Syms

   Trends 08 July 2008 Pages: 427 - 429

   

8. Phase-changing sacrificial layers in microfluidic devices: adding another dimension to separations

   • Daniel J. Eves
   • Adam T. Woolley

   Trends 03 October 2008 Pages: 431 - 435

   

9. Imprinted nanomaterials: a new class of synthetic receptors

   • Kevin Flavin
   • Marina Resmini

   Trends 21 November 2008 Pages: 437 - 444

   

10. Advances in amino acid analysis

    • Hannelore Kaspar
    • Katja Dettmer
    • Peter J. Oefner

    Trends 09 October 2008 Pages: 445 - 452

    

11. Conjugated steroids: analytical approaches and applications

    • Rachel L. Gomes
    • Will Meredith
    • Mark A. Sephton

    Trends 21 October 2008 Pages: 453 - 458

    

12. New technologies in affinity assays to explore biological communication

    • Michael G. Roper
    • Christelle Guillo

    Trends 31 August 2008 Pages: 459 - 465

    

13. Chemosensors in environmental monitoring: challenges in ruggedness and selectivity

    • Peter A. Lieberzeit
    • Franz L. Dickert

    Trends 04 November 2008 Pages: 467 - 472

    

14. Quantitative analysis in medicine using photoacoustic tomography

    • Christoph Haisch

    Trends 05 November 2008 Pages: 473 - 479

    

15. Epigenetics: an important challenge for ICP-MS in metallomics studies

    • Katarzyna Wrobel
    • Kazimierz Wrobel
    • Joseph A. Caruso

    Trends 01 November 2008 Pages: 481 - 486

    

16. Micro- and nanotechnology for viral detection

    • Xuanhong Cheng
    • Grace Chen
    • William R. Rodriguez

    Review 04 December 2008 Pages: 487 - 501

    

17. Playing tag with quantitative proteomics

    • Anton Iliuk
    • Jacob Galan
    • W. Andy Tao

    Review 10 October 2008 Pages: 503 - 513

    

18. Label-free fluorescence detection in capillary and microchip electrophoresis

    • Philipp Schulze
    • Detlev Belder

    Review 01 November 2008 Pages: 515 - 525

    

19. Single-molecule spectroscopy of fluorescent proteins

    • Christian Blum
    • Vinod Subramaniam

    Review Open access 15 October 2008 Pages: 527 - 541

    

20. Enzyme-functionalized mesoporous silica for bioanalytical applications

    • Cristina Ispas
    • Igor Sokolov
    • Silvana Andreescu

    Review 20 July 2008 Pages: 543 - 554

    

21. Applications of microfluidic systems in environmental analysis

    • Hai-Fang Li
    • Jin-Ming Lin

    Review 30 October 2008 Pages: 555 - 567

    

22. Lateral flow (immuno)assay: its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. A literature survey

    • Geertruida A. Posthuma-Trumpie
    • Jakob Korf
    • Aart van Amerongen

    Review Open access 13 August 2008 Pages: 569 - 582

    

23. Dynamic NanoSIMS ion imaging of unicellular freshwater algae exposed to copper

    • Vera I. Slaveykova
    • Cédric Guignard
    • Lucien Hoffmann

    Short Communication 05 November 2008 Pages: 583 - 589

    

24. Non-contact protein microarray fabrication using a procedure based on liquid bridge formation

    • Michael Hartmann
    • Johan Sjödahl
    • Johan Roeraade

    Original Paper 21 November 2008 Pages: 591 - 598

    

25. A microchip-based endothelium mimic utilizing open reservoirs for cell immobilization and integrated carbon ink microelectrodes for detection

    • Matthew K. Hulvey
    • R. Scott Martin

    Original Paper 07 November 2008 Pages: 599 - 605

    

26. Prolonged durability of electroporation microarrays as a result of addition of saccharides to nucleic acids

    • Hiroyuki Fujimoto
    • Koichi Kato
    • Hiroo Iwata

    Original Paper 07 November 2008 Pages: 607 - 614

    

27. Frontal analysis microchip capillary electrophoresis to study the binding of ligands to receptors derivatized on magnetic beads

    • Xiaojun Liu
    • Frank A. Gomez

    Original Paper 13 November 2008 Pages: 615 - 621

    

28. Nondestructive characterization of nanoscale layered samples

    • Olaf Baake
    • Peter S. Hoffmann
    • Martin Heck

    Original Paper 08 November 2008 Pages: 623 - 634

    

29. Simplex optimization of acoustic assay for plasminogen activators

    • Mirnader Ghazali
    • Gordon L. Hayward

    Original Paper 21 November 2008 Pages: 635 - 642

    

30. Screening phosphatidylcholine biomarkers in mouse liver extracts from a hypercholesterolemia study using ESI-MS and chemometrics

    • Li Yang
    • Richard Bennett
    • Matthew R. Linford

    Original Paper 23 November 2008 Pages: 643 - 654

    

31. Chiral ligand-exchange chromatography of amino acids using porous graphitic carbon coated with a dinaphthyl derivative of neamine

    • Mustapha Zaher
    • Corinne Ravelet
    • Eric Peyrin

    Original Paper 09 November 2008 Pages: 655 - 660

    

32. RNA detection using peptide-inserted Renilla luciferase

    • Takashi Andou
    • Tamaki Endoh
    • Eiry Kobatake

    Original Paper 01 November 2008 Pages: 661 - 668

    

33. Selectivity for glucose, glucose-6-phosphate, and pyruvate in ternary mixtures from the multivariate analysis of near-infrared spectra

    • Lingzhi Liu
    • Mark A. Arnold

    Original Paper 14 November 2008 Pages: 669 - 677

    

34. Antioxidant activity assay based on laccase-generated radicals

    • Endry Nugroho Prasetyo
    • Tukayi Kudanga
    • Georg M. Guebitz

    Original Paper 29 October 2008 Pages: 679 - 687

    

35. Speciation of arsenic trioxide metabolites in blood cells and plasma of a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia

    • Yuta Yoshino
    • Bo Yuan
    • Toshikazu Kaise

    Original Paper 14 November 2008 Pages: 689 - 697

    

36. Some pitfalls in PAGE-LA-ICP-MS for quantitative elemental speciation of dissolved organic matter and metalomics

    • Maria S. Jiménez
    • Maria T. Gomez
    • Juan R. Castillo

    Original Paper 16 October 2008 Pages: 699 - 707

    

37. Multiclass analysis of illicit drugs in plasma and oral fluids by LC-MS/MS

    • M. Sergi
    • E. Bafile
    • F. S. Romolo

    Original Paper 04 November 2008 Pages: 709 - 718

    

38. Genetic individualization of Cannabis sativa by a short tandem repeat multiplex system

    • Maria A. Mendoza
    • DeEtta K. Mills
    • Jose R. Almirall

    Original Paper 06 December 2008 Pages: 719 - 726

    

39. Comparison of extraction efficiencies and LC–MS–MS matrix effects using LLE and SPE methods for 19 antipsychotics in human blood

    • Eva Saar
    • Dimitri Gerostamoulos
    • Jochen Beyer

    Original Paper 11 November 2008 Pages: 727 - 734

    

40. A systematic comparison of four different workup procedures for systematic toxicological analysis of urine samples using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

    • F. T. Peters
    • O. Drvarov
    • H. H. Maurer

    Original Paper 31 October 2008 Pages: 735 - 745

    

41. Comparison of five extraction methods for measuring PCBs, PBDEs, organochlorine pesticides, and lipid content in serum

    • Jennifer M. Keller
    • Robert F. Swarthout
    • John R. Kucklick

    Original Paper 29 October 2008 Pages: 747 - 760

    

42. Capillary electrophoretic separation of humic substances using hydroxyethyl cellulose as a buffer additive and its application to characterization of humic substances in a river water sample

    • Toru Takahashi
    • Jun Kawana
    • Hitoshi Hoshino

    Original Paper 04 November 2008 Pages: 761 - 766

    

43. Headspace sorptive extraction using silicone tubes for the determination of chlorobenzenes in water

    • Manuela Schellin van Pinxteren
    • Larisse Montero
    • Peter Popp

    Original Paper 31 October 2008 Pages: 767 - 775