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It is with great sadness and shock that we learned of having lost on Friday September 6, 2013 a great friend, father, husband, scientist, mentor, symposium organizer, and a revolutionary intellectual thinker, who had a remarkable ability of addressing and describing fundamental problems in laser physics in new and enlightening ways. Although it is impossible to adequately capture the full exten...

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Introduction and history This article highlights many of the issues of concern for analytical scientists working in the area of bioanalysis. It draws mainly on topics presented at the Reid International Bioanalytical Forum which is a microcosm of the issues faced by workers in this field and their attempts to solve them. The Forum was established in 1975 by the late Dr Eric Reid, Director of th...