2021/12
Welcome to the December issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !

The stability of species is a topic of great importance in the framework of speciation analysis. The conversion of species during analysis has to be avoided during sampling, sample storage, sample pretreatment and all steps of separation and detection. For this reason the methodology of speciation analysis aims at the reduction of the analytical procedure to a minimum of operations and the avoidance of harsh conditions with respect to pH, temperature and duration. 

While such strategy can often be realized for liquid samples, solid sample call for sample pretreatment enhancing the number of operational steps of the analysis.  Researchers from Prague, Czech Republic have studied the stability of selenium species during extraction from logical material. By using the most common agent Protease XIV for extraction from biological samples they observed the interconversion of selenocystine to Se-methyl-selenocysteine. The interconversion of these species was suppressed by using a protease XXIII as an alternative (see the news below).

The stability of species in foodstuffs is of special concern, since often foodstuffs will be prepared by consumers before consumption.  An international group of researchers investigated the effect of cooking salmon on the speciation of arsenolipids naturally present in fresh fish. The speciation analysis performed revealed that arsenic hydrocarbons are partly converted to their thioxo analogs (see the news below).


Such and other possibilities to use the ICP-MS for enhanced analytical systems will be discussed during the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry taking place in January next year in Tucson, Ariziona (see EVISA`s Diary of Events).

We thank you all for your interest and your fidelity and we hope that we can meet your expectation also during the next year.


We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous Year 2022

Your EVISA team





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NEWS
EVISA is keeping you updated with what is going on in speciation analysis. In this section you will find news about the most current research results, about trends, legal issues and information from manufacturers in the field of speciation analysis.

With all the links to further information and publications the News archive is a valuable collection of "hot topics" in speciation analysis. We continuously update even former news with new links and information so that all news are actual all the time.




Selenium species are partly converted during their enzymatic extraction from biological samples with protease XIV
Researchers from Prague, Czech Republic have investigated the stability of selenium species during extraction from biological material. By using the most common agent Protease XIV for extraction from biological samples they observed the interconversion of selenocystine to Se-methyl-selenocysteine. The interconversion of these species was suppressed by using a protease XXIII as an alternative.
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Arseno lipids in salmon are partly converted during cooking
An international group of researchers investigated the effect of cooking salmon on the speciation of arsenolipids naturally present in fresh fish. The speciation analysis performed revealed that arsenic hydrocarbons are partly converted to their thioxo analogs.
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EVENTS
With a list of about 50 current entries EVISA is informing you about interesting events and keeps you updated with their deadlines. By consulting our list of deadlines you won't miss the opportunity for early registration at reduced fee or the chance to submit your contribution in time.
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PittCon 2022: 72th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Date:     March 7,2022 - March 10,2022
Location:     Atlanta, GA
February 10,2022    Early registration at reduced fee


EuroFAST 2022
Date:     April 18,2022 - April 21,2022
Location:     Nijmegen, the Netherlands
January 21,2022    Notification of acceptance
February 11,2022    Early registration at reduced fee


IMSC 2022: International Mass Spectrometry Conference
Date:     August 27,2022 - September 2,2022
Location:     Maastricht, The Netherlands
January 15,2022    Submission of abstracts
March 1,2022    Notification of acceptance
May 1,2022    Early registration at reduced fee
May 3,2022    Late breaking abstract submission e


Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.

2022 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: 17.01.2022 - 22.01.2022
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Postponed: HTC-17: 17th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology
Location: Pand Conference Center in Ghent, Belgium
Date: 26.01.2022 - 28.01.2022
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Canceled: ANAKON 2022
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Date: 07.03.2022 - 10.03.2022
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PittCon 2022: 72th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Location: Atlanta, GA
Date: 07.03.2022 - 10.03.2022
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EuroFAST 2022
Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Date: 18.04.2022 - 21.04.2022
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Spectr'Atom 2022
Location: Palais Beaumont, Pau, France
Date: 10.05.2022 - 13.05.2022
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VACANCIES

EVISA provides information about open positions for Ph.D. students, PostDocs and permanent staff in the field of speciation. Looking to fill a vacancy or needing a new career challenge? Either way this service is FREE. Many laboratories and research facilities (from Greenland to Crete) have already found their highly educated stuff through this service by EVISA. If you would like to post an open position here, please contact us at info@speciation.net !


Doctorates

15 PhD research positions in ice core-related climate science available within MSCA-ITN DEEPICE project
The DEEPICE project (Research and training network on understanding Deep icE corE Proxies to Infer past antarctiC climatE dynamics), funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative Training Network) calls for applications for 15 fully funded PhD positions (early-stage researcher, ESR) to be filled by October 2021, with attractive complementary training activities and associated research and travel budgets.
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Europe: Mercury Biogeochemistry
The EU H2020 programme is financing a Marie-Curie training network on 'mercury biogeochemistry' over the next four years (2020-2023). A total of 15 PhD positions are open throughout Europe on a variety of topics, some including ICPMS or mass spectrometry.

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Postdoctoral

Brooks Applied Labs, Bothell, WA, USA: Research Chemist
Brooks Applied Labs (BAL), an analytical laboratory in the Seattle area specializing in trace metals and speciation analysis, has a unique Research Chemist opportunity available. This position offers the opportunity to work in a commercial laboratory while pursuing individual research related to the analytical chemistry using Laser Ablation and Multi Collector ICPMS.
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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, Surrey, UK: Senior Healthcare Scientist
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and highly-motivated scientist to join the Supra-Regional Assay Service (SAS) Trace Element Laboratory, as part of the Wilson’s Disease Centre of Excellence at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford.
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UK National Measurement Laboratory (NML): Researcher - Nanomaterials

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Brooks Applied Labs, Bothell, WA, USA: Metals Chemist with ICP-MS Experience
Brooks Applied Labs, an analytical chemistry laboratory located in Bothell, specializing in trace metals and speciation analysis to support the environmental, food and pharmaceutical market sectors, is looking for an analytical wizard with working experience on ICP-MS instrumentation to join our team.
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Agilent University - Customer Education Trainer /ICPMS (m/f/d)
The full-time, permanent position, based in Germany, is available as soon as possible. Living nearby Waldbronn site is preferred. The role will be part head-office based, part working remotely combined with the travel to customer sites.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY: Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York is seeking an experienced and highly motivated analytical chemist who is specialized in trace element analysis in biological samples using ICP-MS technology.
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DIRECTORY

EVISA's directory of scientist is a versatile tool to facilitate contact with scientists in the field of speciation and related sciences. The directory is fully searchable for names, addresses, research topics etc.  You should bookmark this directory as an always up-to-date address book. (In order to hinder SPAM robots for collecting the E-mail accounts, we hide them in a special format).

More than 290 active scientists in the field of speciation analysis already joined the directory. Join this great directory that is extensively linked to all type of other information on this site, such as homepages, conferences and literature.

If your entry is still missing in this directory, please contact us at info@speciation.net.

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LINKS

EVISA provides an easy access to external information. Our database contains more than 2800 links to relevant information from numerous top scientific resources spread over the whole Web. The database is searchable both via full-text and categories such as elements, type of species and type of information. We are permanently updating our links section.

If your web site is missing here, please e-mail your link information to info@speciation.net.

 
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