From the Editor-in-Chief: The 2013 JALA Ten: Call for Nominations

The voice of JALA resides in the spirit of multidisciplinary research at the interface of fundamental science, engineering, and technology translation. With this in mind, The JALA Ten annually honors work that has made a seminal impact toward addressing key biological and medical quandaries. The JALA Ten showcases the top 10 technological breakthroughs across a spectrum of fields that include but are not limited to laboratory automation, robotics, drug discovery, drug screening, novel therapeutic strategies and delivery technologies, diagnostics, nanotechnology, nanomedicine, microtechnology as it relates to biology and medicine, novel characterization techniques, and more.

To be considered for inclusion in The JALA Ten, nominations must be received by [e-mail] by September 22, 2012. Nominations are open to SLAS members and nonmembers, and self-nominations are welcome. A JALA Ten Selection Committee, comprising members of the JALA Editorial Board and other professionals from the broader science and engineering community with representation from the academic, industrial, and government sectors, will evaluate all nominations received. The committee will specifically search for work that has generated profound impact on the general fields of biology and medicine. Fundamental and applied breakthroughs are eligible, and all fields of innovation with specific relevance toward biology and medicine will be considered.

Nominations must include a concise and original 100-word description of the work and representative photo or illustration (with appropriate reprinting permissions), which if selected, will be published in The JALA Ten feature story. To assist the Selection Committee, nominations also must include a 500-word detailed report of why the nominated work merits selection to the The JALA Ten. Nominations must have been reported in a peer-reviewed publication to ensure that its technical merit has been previously evaluated, and the full citation in ACS style should be included as well. To be eligible for The JALA Ten, the work must be officially published (online publication is acceptable).

We hope that you will join us as we celebrate the discoveries that are forging a bright future for the bio/medical research community by nominating a colleague (or yourself) for this prestigious honor. The deadline for nominations is September 22, 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.slas.org/publications/journals.cfm or contact [e-mail].