With the start of 2015, Biosensors is instituting an annual award to recognize outstanding papers related to science and technology of biosensors and biosensing that meet the aims, scope and high standards of this journal. We are pleased to announce the first “Biosensors Best Paper Award” for 2015. The winners were chosen by the Editor-in-Chief and a group of Editorial Board Members of Biosensors from among all the papers published in 2013 and 2014 to track citations. Only full research articles were considered. We gladly announce that the following 3 papers were awarded the Biosensors Best Paper Award in 2015:
- 1st Prize
- Linda G. Lee, Eric S. Nordman, Martin D. Johnson and Mark F. Oldham
- A Low-Cost, High-Performance System for Fluorescence Lateral Flow Assays
- Biosensors 2013, 3(4), 360-373; doi:10.3390/bios3040360
- Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/3/4/360
- 2nd Prize
- Scherrine Tria, Leslie H. Jimison, Adel Hama, Manuelle Bongo and Róisín M. Owens
- Sensing of EGTA Mediated Barrier Tissue Disruption with an Organic Transistor
- Biosensors 2013, 3(1), 44-57; doi:10.3390/bios3010044
- Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/3/1/44
- 3rd Prize
- Petri Ihalainen, Himadri Majumdar, Tapani Viitala, Björn Törngren, Tuomas Närjeoja, Anni Määttänen, Jawad Sarfraz, Harri Härmä, Marjo Yliperttula, Ronald Österbacka and Jouko Peltonen
- Application of Paper-Supported Printed Gold Electrodes for Impedimetric Immunosensor Development
- Biosensors 2013, 3(1), 1-17; doi:10.3390/bios3010001
- Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/3/1/1
These three exceptional papers are valuable contributions to Biosensors and the biosensing field. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board of Biosensors, we would like to congratulate these three teams for their excellent work. In recognition of their accomplishment, Drs. Linda G. Lee, Róisín M. Owens and Petri Ihalainen will be awarded the privilege of publishing an additional research paper free of charge in open access format in Biosensors.
- Prize Awarding Committee
- Prof. Dr. Luigi CampanellaEnvironment, Cultural Heritage and Analytical ChemistryUniversity of Rome La SapienzaVecchio Edificio Chimica, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - 00185 - Roma, Italy
- Prof. Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-RenaultInstitute of Analytical Sciences, UMR CNRS 5280Department LSA, 5 Rue de La Doua, 69100 Villeurbanne, FranceTel. +33472448306; Fax: +33 472 43 12 06Website: http://www.univ-lyon1.fr
- Prof. Dr. Ashok MulchandaniDepartment of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaRiverside, CA 92521, USAFax: +1-951-827-5696Website: http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~adani/
- Dr. Jeff D. NewmanBiomedical Engineering CentreSchool of EngineeringVincent Building, Cranfield University, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK
- Prof. Dr. Michael ThompsonDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Toronto80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, CanadaFax: +1 416 978 8775
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