The following papers were published in the February 2019 issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Volume 91, Issue 2.
The first item is an introduction to the entire collection by the Guest Editors, Fabienne Meyers, Carolyn Ribes, and Angela K. Wilson.

Preface

IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry: Contributions to Science and Careers
Meyers, Fabienne / Ribes, Carolyn / Wilson, Angela K.

Short Technical Review Papers

Using chemical synthesis to optimise antimicrobial peptides in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Li, Freda F. / Brimble, Margaret A.

Combating bacterial resistance by combination of antibiotics with antimicrobial peptides
Sheard, Dean E. / O’Brien-Simpson, Neil M. / Wade, John D. / Separovic, Frances

Mechanism of amyloid protein aggregation and the role of inhibitors
Linse, Sara

Metal cofactors trafficking and assembly in the cell: a molecular view
Camponeschi, Francesca / Banci, Lucia

Anticancer properties of gold complexes with biologically relevant ligands
Fernández-Moreira, Vanesa / Herrera, Raquel P. / Gimeno, M. Concepción

A new era for combustion research
Kohse-Höinghaus, Katharina

Amino acids and biogenic amines as food quality factors
Simon Sarkadi, Livia

Hydrogen-bond pattern to characterize water network
Aida, Misako / Akase, Dai


Perspective and Career Papers


Peaks and more
Meyer, Veronika R.

Strategies for success as an industrial chemist
Ribes, Carolyn

Women as leaders in academic institutions: personal experience and narrative literature review
Hering, Janet G.

Encounters with successful women scientists
Hargittai, Magdolna

Education, Human Rights, and Peace – Contributions to the Progress of Humanity
Lerman, Zafra Margolin

IUPAC’s Distinguished Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Special Topic continued in the April 2019 issue of Pure and Applied
Chemistry, completing the set with more research and perspectives papers.


Short Technical Review Papers


Half- and Mixed-Sandwich Metallacarboranes for Potential Applications in Medicine
Gozzi, Marta / Schwarze, Benedikt / Hey-Hawkins, Evamarie

Synthesis of pyrrolizidines and indolizidines by multicomponent 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides
Nájera, Carmen / Sansano, José Miguel

Computational study of acylphloroglucinols: an investigation with many branches
Mammino, Liliana

Metal-support interactions in the design of heterogeneous catalysts for redox processes
Lokteva, Ekaterina S. / Golubina, Elena V.

Synthesis of polymacrocyclic compounds via Pd-catalyzed amination and evaluation of their derivatives as metal detectors
Averin, Alexei D. / Beletskaya, Irina P.

Perspectives of Ferrocenyl Chalcones: Synthetic scaffolds toward biomedical and materials science applications
Montes-González, Ingrid / Alsina-Sánchez, Ambar M. / Aponte-Santini, Juan C. / Delgado-Rivera, Sara M. / Durán-Camacho, Geraldo L.

Synthesis of inorganic polymers under ionizing and SHF irradiation. Role of reaction media
Tarasova, Natalia P. / Zanin, Alexey A.

Bioceramics: from bone substitutes to nanoparticles for drug delivery
Vallet-Regí, María

Surface forces measurement for materials science
Kurihara, Kazue


Perspective and Career Papers


From academic research to founding a company: The story of AiCuris
Rübsamen-Schaeff, Helga

Progression towards a challenging, but worthwhile career
Aroguz, Ayse Zehra

Efforts to improve Japanese women's status in STEM fields
Souma, Yoshie

A brief overview on Brazilian women in chemistry
Santos, Natacha Carvalho Ferreira / Valli, Marilia / Bolzani, Vanderlan da Silva

Science in my life
Mascarenhas, Yvonne Primerano