BOSCA Award 2014
Congratulations to Professor Ian D Wilson on being awarded the inaugural BOSCA, and thank you to everyone for submitting their nominations
Ian trained as a biochemist at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UK), going on to a PhD at Keele University (UK). He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry, most recently as a Senior Principal Scientist in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics at AstraZeneca. Since 2012, he has been at Imperial College London (UK), 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 bioanalysis 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 view our video interview with Ian by clicking here.
The award was presented to Ian by Bioanalysis Senior Editor Neil Spooner at the Imperial International Phenome Training Center, 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 BOSCA, in recognition of his lifetime’s achievements in the field of bioanalysis. The award is a recognition not only of his own achievements but those of the people he has been so generous in giving his time to – we value his wisdom, his humour and his honesty.”
Ian was nominated by his colleagues, who highlighted his pioneering research in drug metabolism, molecular toxicology and metabonomics, and his generosity as a collaborator, teacher and mentor. One nominator commented “His wide knowledge and deep devotion to the field inspires his collaborators and gives them the tools to surpass logistic or technical limitations.”
To mark the occasion, we are making a selection of Ian’s articles from Bioanalysis available free to Bioanalysis Zone members:
- Global metabolic profiling for the study of alcohol-related disorders. Helen G Gika, Ian D Wilson. Bioanalysis (2014)
- Quantification of urinary mevalonic acid as a biomarker of HMG-CoA reductase activity by a novel translational LC–MS/MS method. Alison VM Rodrigues et al. Bioanalysis (2014)
- The importance of experimental design and QC samples in large-scale and MS-driven untargeted metabolomic studies of humans. WarwickB Dunn, Ian D Wilson, Andrew W Nicholls, David Broadhurst. Bioanalysis (2012)
- A QC approach to the determination of day-to-day reproducibility and robustness of LC–MS methods for global metabolite profiling in metabonomics/metabolomics. Helen G Gika, Georgios A Theodoridis, Mark Earll, Ian D Wilson. Bioanalysis (2012)
- A workflow for the metabolomic/metabonomic investigation of exhaled breath using thermal desorption GC–MS. Cristina Guallar-Hoyas, Matthew A Turner, Gavin J Blackburn, Ian D Wilson, CL Paul Thomas. Bioanalysis (2012)
- Global metabolic profiling (metabonomics/metabolomics) using dried blood spots: advantages and pitfalls. Ian Wilson. Bioanalysis (2011)
- Metabolite profiles from dried blood spots for metabonomic studies using UPLC combined with orthogonal acceleration ToF-MS: effects of different papers and sample storage stability. Filippos Michopoulos, Georgios Theodoridis, Christopher J Smith, Ian D Wilson. Bioanalysis (2011)
- Addressing the challenge of limited sample volumes in in vitro studies with capillary-scale microfluidic LC–MS/MS. Paul D Rainville, Norman W Smith, Ian D Wilson, Jeremy K Nicholson, Robert S Plumb. Bioanalysis (2011)
We would like to thank everyone involved in the award.
To find out more about subsequent winners of the BOSCA award, click here.