Young and Inspiring Scientists in Electrophoresis

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Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to bring to you the first issue of 2021 focused on Young and Inspiring Scientists. At ELECTROPHORESIS, we aspire to strengthen our engagement with the next generation of analytical scientists. This special issue features the work of exceptional young scientists at an early stage of their career and to promote their scientific development. The first section of this special issue contains three excellent articles under the category of general electrophoresis and CE. The first contribution presents a capillary gel electrophoretic method for viral vaccine analysis. This section also contains two valuable reviews on methods for quality control analysis of pharmaceuticals and a detailed overview on enantioselective analysis with electromigration techniques. The second section is focused on liquid phase separations and it features two contributions: a two-dimensional chromatographic technique for the screening of aqueous phases from pyrolysis bio-oils, and a microcolumn separation method for the analysis of bile acids in human biological samples. The miniaturization section presents two articles that report the concentration of microorganisms (bacteria and microalgae, respectively), followed by a review on the potential of electrospray that discusses the latest electrospray methodologies and the formation of three-dimensional structures with submicrometer dimensions. The section under the category of nucleic acids includes a report on the isolation of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, followed by a contribution on a validation method for forensic genetic casework. The particle and cell analysis section begins with a detailed review on the dielectrophoreticmanipulation of non-biological particles, which is followed by two contributions on gradient-mediated ion partitioning for the analysis of soft particles and an impedimetric assay for the analysis of mitochondrial dynamics in living cells. The last section, on proteins, presents a novel sheathless CE-MS approach for assessing the stability of bispecific antibodies. We are delighted with the superb quality of the present Young and Inspiring Special Issue, as Issue 1–2 of 2021. We would like to extend an invitation to all of you to contribute to Reviews 2022 as Issue 1 of 2022; the deadline is May 30, 2021. We also planning to dedicate another Special Issue to Young and Inspiring Scientists in Electrophoresis as issue 1 for 2023. We would like to express our greatest appreciation to all the contributors for their brilliant articles. We gratefully acknowledge the excellent and generous work and dedication of our reviewers. Thanks again to the entire ELECTROPHORESIS community for the support that made the special issue Young and Inspiring Scientists in Electrophoresis possible.