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This list highlights five of the remarkable contributions that HeLa cells have made to science and medicine.

Mass spectrometry is an important tool for a multitude of research disciplines, from identifying toxins in food and beverages, diagnosing bacterial infections to imaging samples at the biomolecular level. In this list we will explore some of the exciting trends within the field of mass spectrometry and the applications that are exploiting these advances to move the technique forward.

In this list we will highlight some of the less well known but nonetheless ground breaking and important milestones in microbiology from the past seven decades.

In this list we highlight 8 exciting examples of recently developed “organs in a dish”.

If Valentines wasn’t for you, Twitter had your back with #AcademicValentines.

Here we take a look at 5 novel approaches to repair diseased and damaged hearts.

We asked you to tell us how you would describe your job to a 5-year-old, here is a selection of our favourites.

Here we discuss the 8 main types of water contaminants, and how they can be prevented.

Proteomics is a rapidly expanding field, aided by improvements in instrumentation accuracy and sensitivity, size and affordability. Whilst it is a valuable tool in the quest for improved understanding, diagnosis and treatment, a number of areas are proving problematic. In this list, we will discuss some of the challenges that researchers come up against in proteome analysis.

2017 has been a busy year for applied science research and breakthroughs, which can have wide ranging impacts from health and welfare, forensic investigation to food analysis. In this list we bring together seven of the most exciting advances.