2007/11

Dear Subscriber !

Welcome to the November issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter.

As we mentioned last month, EVISA's web site has been developed towards a huge source of information for all users interested in trace element and speciation analysis.  The existing set of databases on the EVISA web portal is answering different types of questions related to elements and their species:

  • A company database informs about 1375 companies related to trace elements and their species
  • A journals database directs you to more than 2700 journals
  • An instrument database provides information about 2375 (current and historical) instruments
  • A link database guides you to 1450 external web sites providing useful information about elements and their species
  • A materials database contains information about 325 materials (standards, CRMs etc.)
  • A component database helps to find software, scientific apparatus, components and consumables (more than 150 products)
  • A scientist's database facilitates the contact to more than 250 experts in the field of speciation analysis

Extensive linking between the different parts of the database system and other content pages (glossarization), web-2 features, such as search term proposals, and a powerful search engine support the users to find relevant information in a most efficient way.

This month we have started a new set of information pages explaining in detail the most efficient use of the different databases.  We hope that these "Help" pages will empower you to make the best use out of our database system.

We hope that our Speciation Newsletter is of some interest for you. If you have comments, suggestions for new topics or criticism, please feel free to contact us at info@speciation.net or via our contact form available from our homepage.
NEWS | EVENTS | TRAINING | VACANCIES | DIRECTORY | LINKS
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 informations 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.




EVISA's Link Database: A very versatile information source
Information about element species available on the Internet is not very easy to access via conventional text-based search engines. The reason is very simple: The term "speciation" is used in different sciences such as biology and chemistry and cannot easily be differentiated by these engines. Google will announce more than 4 Million hits for speciation and even "speciation analaysis" will result in more than 1.7 Million hits. Unfortunately, only a small part of these hits is really related to elemental speciation. As a cure to this problem, EVISA provides a Link-Database, giving direct access to relevant information available on the internet.
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NEW PRODUCTS
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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Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.

SEMINAIRE SPECIATION
Location: Montpellier, France
Date: 20.11.2007 - 21.11.2007
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3rd Forensic Isotopic Ratio Mass Spectrometry Conference
Location: Dundedin, New Zealand
Date: 26.11.2007 - 29.11.2007
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First International Symposium on Metallomics
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Date: 28.11.2007 - 01.12.2007
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Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Location: Termecula, California
Date: 06.01.2008 - 12.01.2008
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ISRANALYTICA 2008
Location: Tel-Aviv, Israel
Date: 22.01.2008 - 23.01.2008
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AIRMON 2008
Location: Geilo, Norway
Date: 27.01.2008 - 31.01.2008
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HTC-10 & ExTech-10
Location: Site Oud Sint-Jan, Bruges (Belgium)
Date: 28.01.2008 - 01.02.2008
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TRAINING
Currently there is no short course scheduled. However, EVISA and its members are able to organize short courses upon request from customers.
If you are interested in training, please directly contact EVISA.
 
 



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

National Oceanograpy Centre, Southampton: Iron biogeochemistry and ocean acidification

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Marie Curie Research Training Network on Geogenic Chemicals in Groundwaters and Soils
AquaTRAIN is inviting applications for 12 early stage researcher posts (all of which may lead to the award of a PhD or European PhD) and for 3 experienced researcher (post-doctoral research assistant) posts.
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The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK: Speciation of U and Th in groundwater
The Department of Earth Sciences at The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK) has an open position for a PHD student in the project "Speciation of U and Th in groundwater: challenging ‘established wisdom’ in U-series dating of authigenic minerals".
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Postdoctoral

National University of Singapore: Inorganic Mass Spectrometrist
The Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biochemistry at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is seeking for an Inorganic Mass Spectrometrist (TIMS OR MC-ICP-MS) to assist in the set-up of the new facilities for stable isotope research and inorganic mass spectrometry at NUS. Research will focus on the development and application of stable isotope tracer techniques to study absorption and utilization of essential elements in humans.
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Trent University: Selenium speciation in sediments and its impact on mercury availability
The Metalloid Speciation & Geochemistry research group at Trent University is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to study selenium speciation in sediments, and the mechanisms of selenium interaction with mercury. Through funding from industrial stakeholders, we will investigate the mobility and fate of selenium deposited in sediments, and how the encountered selenium species might interact with simultaneously present mercury species, using state-of-the-art analytical speciation methods in combination with geochemical laboratory and field experiments.
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Marie Curie Research Training Network on Geogenic Chemicals in Groundwaters and Soils
AquaTRAIN is inviting applications for 12 early stage researcher posts (all of which may lead to the award of a PhD or European PhD) and for 3 experienced researcher (post-doctoral research assistant) posts.
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Trent University: Selenium speciation in flue gas scrubber waters
The Metalloid Speciation & Geochemistry research group at Trent University is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to study selenium speciation in flue gas scrubber waters at coal-fired power plants. Through funding from industrial stakeholders, we will identify and quantify major Se species in these process waters, using state-of-the-art analytical speciation methods in combination with geochemical and synthetic laboratory experiments.
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Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science, Wageningen University NL, Postdoc position in ECODIS
We are looking for a candidate with (i) an internationally acknowledged PhD in environmental analytical/physical chemistry, (ii) experience with dynamic speciation methodology, and (iii) knowledge of bioaccumulation processes.
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Other

Agilent Technologies, Delaware, USA: ICP-MS Applications Chemist
Agilent is again expanding its North American ICP-MS Team and has a vacancy for an ICP-MS Applications Chemist. The successful applicant will join Agilent’s highly motivated and successful team of ICP-MS applications chemists supporting Agilent's North American Life Science Chemical Analysis ICP-MS business.
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Geological Survey of Finland: LA-MC-ICPMS Laboratory Manager
The Geological Survey of Finnland (GTK) is seeking an experienced and highly motivated candidate with interests in analytical geochemistry, mass spectrometry and the development of new analytical techniques in isotope and elemental geochemistry. Previous experience in ICP-MS and/or laser ablation techniques is preferable, experience with TIMS and electron microprobe is also a benefit.

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Applied Speciation and Consulting, LLC: Project Coordinator
Applied Speciation and Consulting, LLC is hiring for the position of Project Coordinator. Primary responsibilities include report generation, data validation, and supporting senior project managers with regards to various scientific and administrative duties.
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Actlabs, Ancaster, Canada: Analytical supervisor and laboratory technicians
Activation Laboratories Ltd (Actlabs) has a number of openings in its ICP/MS and ICP/OES departments. Actlabs positions are in its Ancaster, Ontario, Canada laboratory (suburb of Hamilton and 80 km west of Toronto).
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UC Davis Interdisciplinary Center for Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Full-time support of an MC-ICP-MS instrument
The UC Davis Interdisciplinary Center for Plasma Mass Spectrometry announces an immediate opening for a full-time technical position in support of the Multicollector Inductively-Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (MC-ICPMS).
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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 250 active scientists in the field of speciation analysis already joined the directory. Join this great directory that is extensively linked to all tye 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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FORUM
EVISA'S discussion forum provides an open room to talk, to reach others with similar interests, and to find answers to your burning questions. goto forum


LINKS

EVISA provides an easy access to external information. Our database contains more than 1450 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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