My Last “From the Editor”

Dear Reader,

Welcome again to the CRS Newsletter, which is packed with news and updates on science and our society; we have an update from the New Zealand Chapter and on the 2017 CRS Annual Meeting in Boston—this looks to be a very exciting meeting. We also have an interesting interview with Terry Allen and two nice Scientifically Speaking articles.

This is my last editorial for the CRS Newsletter, as after 12 years as an editor of the newsletter, I am stepping down from the role. It is quite amazing to think how quickly time has passed since I first started work on the CRS Newsletter. The first issue I was involved in as an editor was back in 2004 (www.controlledreleasesociety.org/ publications/Newsletter/Documents/v21i3.pdf). It is great to see that the editors have all aged so well over the last 12 years: we don’t look to have changed at all from our photos. Also, many of the standing features that we already had then have stood the tests of time and remain in the newsletter today. A few other ideas (all mine) did not survive so well. In particular, my “Secret Scientist” idea that lasted one issue in 2007 (www.controlledreleasesociety.org/publications/Newsletter/Documents/v24i2. pdf). There was also my editorial on “Colonic Irrigation or Irritation: It Is All in the Title” (www.controlledreleasesociety.org/publications/Newsletter/Documents/v25i2. pdf). This was my investigation into the use of a colon in the titles of papers and abstracts. It was precipitated by a reviewer asking me to remove a colon I had used in a CRS abstract. As I looked back over it today, it reads well, until I spotted the typo in the last sentence. A tad unfortunate, but not to worry. As Thomas Edison said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

So it just leaves me to say, enjoy the newsletter—and don’t forget to start working on your abstracts for the Boston meeting, so we can all meet up again for some exciting science.

Best regards,

Yvonne Perrie