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Bioanalysis and Bioanalysis Zone are pleased to announce the winner of the inaugu-ral Bioanalysis Outstanding Contribution Award (BOSCA).

Earlier this year, readers of Bioanalysis and Bioanalysis Zone were asked to nominate colleagues for the 2014 BOSCA, an award to recognize those whose work has advanced the field of bioanalysis.

We invited you to nominate your bio-analytical heroes and we received nomina-tions from around the world. The winner was selected by a judging panel made up of members of our advisory board. They con-sidered not only the research carried out by each nominee, but their contribution to the wider bioanalytical community.

There were many deserving nominations and it was a tough decision but in the end, the judging panel were unanimous. And the award goes to…

Professor Ian D Wilson, Imperial College London (London, UK).

Ian trained as a biochemist at the Uni-versity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (Manchester, UK), going on to a PhD at Keele University (Keele, UK). He has worked in the pharmaceu-tical industry, most recently as a Senior Principal Scientist in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics at AstraZeneca (London, UK). Since 2012, he has been at Imperial College in London, where he has a personal Chair in drug metabolism and molecular toxicology. His research is directed towards developing hyphenated analytical techniques to apply to drug bio-analysis and metabolism and problems in toxicology and metabonomics.

Accepting the award, Ian commented, “It is a great pleasure and an honor to receive this award – it is very humbling”. He went on to thank his co-workers, saying, “If I can take any credit for the Award, it is in

the careful selection of my co-workers and collaborators!”

You can find out more about Ian’s work and watch a video interview with him at www.bioanalysis-zone.com.

The Award was presented to Ian by Bio-analysis Senior Editor Neil Spooner at the Imperial International Phenome Train-ing Centre, recently established to offer hands-on training for metabolic profiling.

Presenting the Award, Neil highlighted Ian’s collaborative spirit, saying, “I’m extremely proud to be here to present Ian with this inaugural Bioanalysis Outstand-ing Contribution Award, in recognition of his lifetime’s achievements in the field of bioanalysis. The Award is recognition not only of his own achievements but those of the people he has been so generous in giv-ing his time to – we value his wisdom, his humour and his honesty.”

Ian was nominated by fellow bioana-lysts, who highlighted his pioneering research in drug metabolism, molecu-lar toxicology and metabonomics, and his generosity as a collaborator, teacher and mentor. One commented, “Ian is an enthusiast, a real fanatic of bioanalyti-cal research. His pioneering work in the application of hyphenated techniques and high-resolution spectroscopic has gathered thousands of citations and is recognised as reference work for numerous research groups active on (among others) drug metabolism, toxicology and metabolomics. Ian is a real inspirational teacher: either as co-worker, tutor, examiner or simply lecturer in a conference he immediately attracts the audience’s interest and gets the best from others. His wide knowledge and deep devotion to the field inspires his collaborators and gives them the tools to surpass logistic or technical limitations. He spends time discussing, sharing opin-

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ions or instructing but he also thinks of the future of his collaborators: he always tries to maximize the potential for training younger scientists. He contrib-utes towards these goals by organizing meetings and a great deal of travelling to publicise developments and evolution in life sciences. Professor Ian Wilson is my group’s bioanalysis hero.”

Ian has been a frequent author for the journal and to celebrate this inaugural BOSCA, we are making a selection of Ian’s articles from Bioanalysis free-to-access at www.bioanlaysis-zone.com.

We would like to thank everyone involved in the award. If you would like to nominate a colleague for next year’s award, please contact the Editor.