Cover Picture ‐ Electrophoresis 2/2008

Regular issues provide a wide range of research and review articles covering all aspects of electrophoresis. Here you will find cutting‐edge articles on methods and theory, instrumentation, nucleic acids, CE and CEC, miniaturization and microfluidics, proteomics and two‐dimensional electrophoresis. In addition Issue 2 offers two Fast Track articles describing particularly important investigations in electrophoresis: Continuum transport model of Ogston sieving in patterned nanofilter arrays for separation of rod‐like biomolecules Zi Rui Li, Gui Rong Liu, Yu Zong Chen, Jian‐Sheng Wang, Hansen Bow, Yuan Cheng, Jongyoon Han A multiplex assay to identify 18 European mammal species from mixtures using the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene Shanan S. Tobe, Adrian M. T. Linacre     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 14/2008

Issue 14 is a regular issue including an Emphasis Section offering a series of 9 papers on ?Microfluidics and Miniaturization”?. These 9 research papers report on various topics including studying single DNA molecules, selective release of intracellular molecules on the single cell level, isoelectric focusing of proteins in an ordered micropillar array, sample stream focusing in a microchip, integrated microfluidic system for sensing infectious viral disease, EOF in annulus and rectangular channels, confinement effects on monolith morphology, accumulation and filtering of nanoparticles in microchannels, and carbon nanotubes disposable detectors.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 7/2008

Regular issues provide a wide range of research and review articles covering all aspects of electrophoresis. Here you will find cutting‐edge articles on methods and theory, instrumentation, nucleic acids, CE and CEC, miniaturization and microfluidics, proteomics and two‐dimensional electrophoresis. Issue 7 also offers one Fast Track article describing particularly important investigations in electrophoresis: “Electrokinetic Analyte Transport Assay” for alpha ‐ phetoprotein immunoassay integrates mixing, reaction and separation on‐chip Tomohisa Kawabata, Henry G. Wada, Mitsuo Watanabe, Shinji Satomura     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 11/2008

Regular issues provide a wide range of research and review articles covering all aspects of electrophoresis. Here you will find cutting‐edge articles on methods and theory, instrumentation, nucleic acids, CE and CEC, miniaturization and microfluidics, proteomics and two‐dimensional electrophoresis. Issue 11 also offers a series of 9 papers on bioanalysis related to proteomics, protein analysis, genes, DNA sequencing, SNP, genotyping and SSCP.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 13/2008

Issue 13 is a regular issue including an Emphasis Section offering a series of 10 papers on “Fundamentals and Methodologies”. These papers are related to peptide isoelectric point calculation, DNA separation by MEKC, modeling mobility of apothioneins, protein expression in osteoarthritis, capillary coating, preparative separation of proteins by dynamic field gradient focusing, determination of pKa, speciation analysis by CE‐inductively coupled plasma MS, etc.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 6/2008

Regular issues provide a wide range of research and review articles covering all aspects of electrophoresis. Here you will find cutting‐edge articles on methods and theory, instrumentation, nucleic acids, CE and CEC, miniaturization and microfluidics, proteomics and two‐dimensional electrophoresis. In addition, issue no. 6 features a series of 7 important papers on "Microfluidics and Miniaturization" dealing with LCD‐based optoelectronic tweezers, cell sorting, single cell clone analysis and cultivation, integrated ITP stacking and gel electrophoresis, floating injection, electrokinetic flows on thermosensitive surfaces and flow velocity measurement in CE chip instruments.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 15/2008

Regular issues provide a wide range of research and review articles covering all aspects of electrophoresis. Here you will find cutting‐edge articles on methods and theory, instrumentation, nucleic acids, CE and CEC, miniaturization and microfluidics, proteomics and two‐dimensional electrophoresis. Selected topics of issue 15 are: The application of perfluorooctanoate to investigate trimerization of the human immunodeficiency virus‐1 gp41 ectodomain by electrophoresis Metabolic fingerprinting of schistosoma mansoni infection in mice urine with capillary electrophoresis Supercritical fluid extraction as an on‐line clean‐up technique for determination of riboflavin vitamins in food samples by capillary electrophoresis with fluorimetric detection A two‐step electro‐dialysis method for DNA purification from polluted metallic environmental samples.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 3'2010

Issue no. 3 is a regular issue with Emphasis on “Proteins and Proteomics”. The first part has 8 articles on proteins and proteomics covering various topics, e.g. preparative divergent flow IEF, multichannel gel electrophoresis, capillary gel electrophoresis, nanoparticle‐based CE of proteins, 2‐DE in a radial gel format, depletion of high abundance proteins, and proteomic investigation of fetal brain and lentil seed. The remaining 10 articles are concerned with nucleic acids, gene expression, methodologies and application. Featured articles include: Preparative divergent flow IEF without carrier ampholytes for separation of complex biological samples (( 10.1002/elps.200900484 )) SDS‐PAGE and two‐dimensional maps in a radial gel format (( 10.1002/elps.200900526 )) Analysis of Effect of Electrolyte Types on Electrokinetic Energy Conversion in Nanoscale Capillaries (( 10.1002/elps.200900409 )) A simple method to determine the surface charge in microfluidic channels (( 10.1002/elps.200900603 ))     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 22'2008

Regular issues provide a wide range of research and review articles covering all aspects of electrophoresis. Here you will find cutting‐edge articles on methods and theory, instrumentation, nucleic acids, CE and CEC, miniaturization and microfluidics, proteomics and two‐dimensional electrophoresis. Selected topics of issue 22 are: Microfluidics: Applications for analytical purposes in chemistry and biochemistry (( http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/elps.200800121 )) Simultaneous laser‐induced fluorescence and retro‐reflected beam interference detection for CE (( http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/elps.200800292 )) Quantitative Proteomics by Fluorescent Labeling of Cysteine Residues using a Set of Two Cyanine‐based or Three Rhodamine‐based Dyes (( http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/elps.200800092 )) Chemometric resolution of fully overlapped capillary electrophoresis peaks: quantitation of carbamazepine in human serum in the presence of several interferences (( http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/elps.200800400 )) Identification of inorganic ions in post‐blast explosive residues using portable capillary electrophoresis instrumentation and capacitively‐coupled contactless conductivity detection (( http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/elps.200800226 ))     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 20'2008

Issue 20/08 has an emphasis on “Bioanalysis” since it comprises 9 research articles on this topic including the human ABO genotyping, proteins markers of dysfunctioning pancreatic beta cells, alpha amylase depletion from human saliva, analysis of high molecular mass proteins by 2‐DE, analysis of the oxidation products of metallothionein, determination of pathogenic bacteria by CE, boronate affinity saccharide electrophoresis for carbohydrate analysis, fluorophore‐assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis, and glycan analysis by CGE. In addition, this issue includes a “Fast Track” article on the sequence variation in part of the 60 kDa glycoprotein gene within Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from citizens of the UK, which have been inferred to have been infected while traveling abroad or in the UK.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 20'2010

Issue no. 20 is a regular issue comprising 17 contributions distributed over 7 distinct parts. Part I has 3 research articles on particle analysis. Part II has 2 research articles dealing with hyphenated techniques such as CITP‐CZE and CE‐ESI‐MS. Part III reports a variety of methodologies and systems for proteins and proteomics that are described in 4 research articles. Gel DNA: theory and visualization are treated in 2 research articles making up part IV. Part V has 2 contributions that describe CE systems for water analysis. The following Part VI is on affinity and Immunoaffinity CE and has 2 research articles. The last 2 articles in this issue (Part VII) are on MEEKC and free flow electrophoresis. Featured articles include: Dielectrophoretically patterned carbon nanotubes to sort microparticles ((doi: 10.1002/elps.201000104 )) Analysis of 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate in human blood, serum and urine by on‐line coupling of capillary isotachophoresis and zone electrophoresis ((doi: 10.1002/elps.201000193 ))     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 4'2010

Issue no. 4 is a regular issue with Emphasis on “Bioanalysis”. Part I has 12 articles on bioanalysis featuring methodologies for proteomics, proteins, peptides and nucleic acids. Part II has 5 papers on interactive CE, e.g., MEEKC, MEKC and ACE. The remaining 2 articles make up Part III, and are concerned with the regulation of flow in microfluidics and sensitivity enhancement in CEC. Featured articles include: Identification of candidate biomarkers in ovarian cancer serum by depletion of highly abundant proteins and differential in gel electrophoresis. (( 10.1002/elps.200900441.R1 )) An effective SCAR‐PCR method derived from restriction site amplified polymorphism (RSAP) for the identification of female Schistosoma japonicum of zoonotic significance. (( 10.1002/elps.200900615.R1 )) Rapid and sensitive DNA targets detection using enzyme amplified electrochemical detection based on microchip. (( 10.1002/elps.200900538.R1 ))     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 6'2010

Issue no. 6 is a regular issue consisting of 18 full research papers. The first paper is a “Fast Track” contribution involving microchip electrophoresis of Alu elements for gender determination and inference of human ethnic origin. The remaining 17 papers are distributed over 5 different parts: Part I is on some trends in CEC; Part II deals with enantioseparations; Part III describes some novel detection approaches; Part IV has investigations on proteomics and proteins; Part V tackles the subjects related to pathogens, bacteria and the binding of aptamers to small solutes.     

Cover Picture: Electrophoresis 2'2010

Issue no. 2 has 19 contributions including one Fast Track contribution on “Thermophoresis of ssDNA”. The remaining 18 articles cover a wide variety of investigation involving nucleic acids, cells, viruses, interactive CE, detection methodologies in CE, enantioseparations, and studies on proteins and proteomics. Further selected articles include: Capillary electrophoresis of bone marrow stromal cells with uptake of heparin‐functionalized poly(lactide‐co‐glycolide) nanoparticles during differentiation towards neurons. (( 10.1002/elps.200900336 )) Ghrelin‐liposome interactions. Characterization of liposomal formulations of an acylated 28‐amino acid peptide using capillary electrophoresis. (( 10.1002/elps.200900394 ))