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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. Bruker and Agilent Technologies Announce Agreement for Bruker to Acquire Certain Varian Inc. Product Lines Bruker Corporation and Agilent Technologies, Inc. announced yesterday that Bruker and Agilent have entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement. Pursuant to this agreement, Bruker will acquire certain product lines of Varian Inc., which Agilent has committed to divest in connection with obtaining regulatory approval for Agilent's previously announced acquisition of Varian.  moreECHA suggests further chemicals for SVHC list The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has proposed to add eight chemicals to a list of substances of very high concern (SVHCs). These chemicals including hexavalent chromium and boron compounds could eventually be subject to tough authorisation requirements under REACH. moreCEN calls for the development of standardised methods for the analysis of metal species in food CEN together with the Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) and the German "Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V." (DIN) have opened a call for two project leaders for the development of standardised methods for the a) determination of inorganic arsenic in food (must include food of plan origin and food of marine origin) and the b) determination of methylmercury in food of marine origin. morePittCon 2010 Review II: SPECTRO announce a new era in ICP Mass Spec With the SPECTRO MS at Pittcon 2010 SPECTRO presents the first fully simultaneous measuring mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma in the world. The instrument received the PittCon 2010 Editor's Silver Award. morePittCon 2010 Review I: PerkinElmer Unveil New ICP-MS System for Elemental and Chemical Speciation Analysis After years of small-step developments, PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, announced the launch of a newly designed Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) for elemental analysis. morePerkinElmer Announces Agreement to Purchase Remaining Interest of Mass Spectrometry Joint Venture and Related Assets PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, yesterday announced that it has agreed to purchase the remaining interest of its joint venture in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and related assets from Danaher Corporation. Danaher acquired this joint venture stake and these assets as part of its acquisition of MDS Inc.'s Analytical Technologies business. moreAccumulation or production of arsenobetaine in humans? UK-based researchers now have found indications that arsenobetaine is not that inert in human metabolism as previously thought. moreUS EPA opens inorganic arsenic cancer assessment for public review In the USA, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a toxicological review of inorganic arsenic in a Federal Register Notice from February 19, 2010. The review is based on the agency’s revision of a scientific assessment carried out by its Science Advisory Board on the human health cancer hazard and dose-response assessment of inorganic arsenic. The document is available for public comment for 60 days, however EPA says it can only guarantee comments submitted by 26 March will be considered by the SAB. Eventually the assessment will be included in the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. moreHexavalent Chromium: OSHA deadline for engineering controls approaching Time is running out to have engineering controls in place for hexavalent chromium. OSHA standard 1910.134 requires all business regardless of time to have engineering safety controls implemented prior to May 31, 2010. moreHerbal remedies may cause harm Herbal remedies can kill, says an Australian forensic pathologist, who warns against the "false perception" they are "safer than manufactured medicines". more |
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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.  more infos... Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda. analytica Conference
Fourth Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (FIRMS) Conference
Graduate Course on Speciation and Bioavailability
EGU2010 session IG5 - Isotope Geoforensics: Principles, Techniques & Applications
EnviroAnalysis 2010: The 8th Biennial Conference on Monitoring and Measurement of the Environment
As 2010: 3rd International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment
58th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry
5th Nordic Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
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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 University of Liverpool: Iron speciation and humic substances in seawater It is proposed that the student in this project makes a detailed study of the chemical speciation of iron and the concentration of iron-binding HS. Previous work has demonstrated the presence these ligands in Liverpool Bay and the Irish Sea. We will now concentrate on the estuary of the Mersey as a source of these ligands. The work may be extended to the Irish Sea. Samples will be collected during cruises with the University research vessel or the Environment Agency. morePostdoctoral Umea University: Mercury Biogeochemistry The Trace Element Speciation Analysis Research group at the University of Umea (Sweden) seeks a postdoctoral researcher to conduct fundamental studies on mercury-sulfide chemistry in controlled model systems. moreOther |
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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 265 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. more |
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EVISA provides an easy access to external information. Our database contains more than 2100 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. more |
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