In recent years, Isranalytica has become one of the biggest scientific events in Israel. The 21st Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society Conference & Exhibition, organized by the BioForum Applied Knowledge Center, was held in Tel Aviv on January 23–24, 2018. More than 3200 scientists from all over the world attended the show. The organizers arranged the program to cover a full spectrum of recent developments in the area of analytical chemistry. Four internationally renowned plenary speakers presented their latest results: Prof. Marco Vincenti, Director of the Regional Antidoping and Toxicology Center “A. Bertinaria” in Italy, spoke about the role of hair analysis in the investigation of drug-facilitated crimes. He reported that the drug becomes undetectable in the body fluids mostly after 1–4 days, whereas a low fraction of almost any drug gets incorporated into the keratin hair structure and can be recovered and detected even months later. Prof. Joseph Almog from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem focused on the importance of scientific methods in criminal investigations. He presented several cases of intricate crimes, which have been resolved by the application of modern instrumental techniques. Tina S. Morris from the United States Pharmacopeia, gave an overview of the almost 200-year history of USP and introduced the future developments of the quality standards. She discussed the latest trends in pharmaceutical manufacturing and their impact on the analytical science and new standards development. Andy Eaton from Eurofins Eaton Analytical, USA, spoke about the existing constraints in US drinking water regulations. He reported that most of the methods approved by US Environmental Protection Agency are developed and published 5 or more years prior to any use. The ways to take advantage of improvements in instrumentation and analytical procedures for drinking water analysis were discussed. After plenary lectures, 2 days were devoted to keynote and oral presentations running in four parallel sessions. All together, 74 leading researchers from academia and industry presented their recent achievements and addressed the most exciting developments. It has to be emphasized that the organizing committee designed the schedule very efficiently leaving plenty of time for questions and discussions at the end of the talks. Apart from the lectures, an exhibition with more than 60 exhibitors from Israel and abroad was organized. The vendors presented their products from a variety of areas, such as instrumentation, equipment, chemicals, materials, publications, analytical chemistry services, diagnostics and biotechnology. The meeting was a great success and a nice opportunity to learn about the newest trends in analytical chemistry and to establish new acquaintances and scientific partnerships. The organizing committee announced the conference next year, which will be traditionally be held in January in Tel Aviv.

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Isranalytica 2018 年回顾

近年来，Isranalytica 已成为以色列最大的科学活动之一。由BioForum应用知识中心主办的第21届以色列分析化学学会年会于2018年1月23-24日在特拉维夫举行，来自世界各地的3200多名科学家参加了展会。组织者安排了该计划，以涵盖分析化学领域的最新发展。四位国际知名的全体演讲者介绍了他们的最新成果：区域反兴奋剂和毒理学中心主任 Marco Vincenti 教授“A. Bertinaria”在意大利谈到头发分析在调查毒品犯罪中的作用。他报告说，这种药物大多在 1-4 天后在体液中检测不到，而几乎任何药物的一小部分都被纳入角蛋白头发结构，甚至可以在几个月后恢复和检测。耶路撒冷希伯来大学的 Joseph Almog 教授专注于科学方法在刑事调查中的重要性。他介绍了几个复杂的犯罪案件，这些案件已通过现代工具技术的应用得到解决。美国药典的 Tina S. Morris 概述了 USP 近 200 年的历史，并介绍了质量标准的未来发展。她讨论了制药行业的最新趋势及其对分析科学和新标准制定的影响。来自美国 Eurofins Eaton Analytical 的 Andy Eaton 谈到了美国饮用水法规的现有限制。他报告说，美国环境保护署批准的大多数方法都是在使用前 5 年或更长时间开发和发布的。讨论了利用改进的仪器和分析程序进行饮用水分析的方法。在全体演讲之后，2 天的时间用于在四个平行会议中进行主题演讲和口头报告。来自学术界和工业界的 74 位领先研究人员一起展示了他们最近的成就，并谈到了最激动人心的发展。必须强调的是，组委会非常有效地设计了日程安排，在会谈结束时留出了充足的时间进行提问和讨论。除了讲座，还组织了一个有来自以色列和国外的60多家参展商参加的展览。供应商展示了来自不同领域的产品，例如仪器、设备、化学品、材料、出版物、分析化学服务、诊断和生物技术。这次会议取得了巨大的成功，也是了解分析化学最新趋势并建立新朋友和科学伙伴关系的好机会。组委会宣布了明年的会议，传统上将于 1 月在特拉维夫举行。