“…Günter Gauglitz is a giant in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry and all of us at ABC are grateful, thankful and honored that he devoted so much of his time to this special journal, where he never seems to tire of new ideas. Most recently, you can find important insights into future trends of analytical and bioanalytical chemistry in Günter's ABC Spotlight articles and editorials addressing current thoughts on the nanoworld [1], metal-organic frameworks [2], singlemolecule detection [3], the new generation: quantum sensors [4], about the Lab 4.0 [5] and more. He will be greatly missed in our daily editor work, but will certainly continue to receive our phone calls, e-mails, texts or faxes seeking his input, thoughts and insightful opinions (Fig.…”