108 Many multifactorial diseases, such as various forms of cancer, diabetes, coronary heart disease and schizophrenia, still pose a considerable challenge for those researchers intent on understanding their causes. Some progress has been made in identifying the genes that contribute to such diseases and the availability of the sequence of the human genome holds further potential. However, scien...

This is the first time that Lab on a Chip has put together an issue that features the younger members of the community that are potential rising stars. We often hear the opinions of supervisors and leaders in the field, but rarely do we hear the voices of students, post-docs or young researchers. Therefore we decided to elicit the opinions of these emerging investigators on issues of current co...