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Welcome to the February issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter!
This month mercury speciation is in the focus of our newsletter. Mercury is a global pollutant, and therefore UNEP has initiated the Minamata Convention meant to reduce the anthropogenic emission of mercury into the environment. Now the European Commission said it adopted
proposals setting in motion the ratification of the Minamata Convention
on Mercury by the European Union (see the news below).
Ultimately, this convention is meant to reduce the human exposure to mercury through ingestion of food. A new study now concludes that the mercury contamination of seafood does not defeat its beneficial function for the brain resulting from omega-3 fatty acids. Mercury levels were not significantly associated with increased brain
neuropathology. Overall an increased seafood consumption was associated
with less Alzheimer pathology among those at the greatest risk of
developing Alzheimer disease — APOE ε4 carriers (see the news below).
How much mercury emitted from anthropogenic activities ends up in the food-web is a matter of mercury speciation. Mercury speciation is a result of biogeochemical processes in which microbes play a significant role. Researchers now for the first time identified microbes that are not only tolerant to the toxin but benefit from its presence (see the news below).
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NEWS
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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.
First biological function of mercury discovered
Researchers from the University of Ottawa studied the growth of purple bacteria under mercury exposure and found that Hg(II) can fulfill a physiological function in these bacteria by acting as an electron sink to maintain redox homeostasis during photosynthetically energy gain.
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Mercury may not defeat seafood brain benefits
Accumulation of mercury in the brain resulting from seafood consumption does not appear to lead to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) neuropathology, shows research published by a group of researchers from the US and the Netherlands.
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EU proposes to ratify international Minamata Convention meant to protect citizens from mercury pollution
The European Commission on Tuesday (February 2nd) said it adopted proposals setting in motion the ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury by the European Union (EU).
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EVENTS
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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.
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Spectr'Atom 2016
Date: May 24,2016 - May 27,2016
Location: Pau, France
February 29,2016 Submission of abstracts
Goldschmidt Conference, session 15c : Microbiological and Geochemical Controls on Trace Metal Speciation, Transformation, and Transport
Date: June 26,2016 - July 1,2016
Location: Yokohama, Japan
February 26,2016 Submission of abstracts
April 26,2016 Early registration at reduced fee
Biometals 2016: 10th International Biometals Symposium
Date: July 10,2016 - July 15,2016
Location: Dresden (Germany)
February 27,2016 Submission of abstracts
April 22,2016 Early registration at reduced fee
June 10,2016 Registration
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation
analysis is missing in our Agenda.
ICMG - 2016: 6th International Conference on Metals in Genetics, Chemical Biology and Therapeutics
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Bangalore, India
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17.02.2016 - 20.02.2016
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Anwendertreffen Plasmaspektrometrie 2016
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BAM, Berlin
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22.02.2016 - 22.02.2016
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PittCon 2016: 45th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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Atlanta, GA, United States
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06.03.2016 - 11.03.2016
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ESAS 2016: European Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry
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Eger, Hungary
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31.03.2016 - 02.04.2016
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analytica 2016
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Munich, Germany
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10.05.2016 - 13.05.2016
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SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting
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Nantes, France,
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22.05.2016 - 26.05.2016
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VACANCIES
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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
BFG: Naturwissenschaftler/in, Geoökologe/in oder Chemiker/in (Uni-Diplom/Master)
Die Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde sucht für das Referat G2 „Gewässerchemie“ im Rahmen des Projektes „BMVI Expertennetzwerk“ zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt befristet bis zum 31.12.2019 eine/n Naturwissenschaftler/in. Bei der Projektbearbeitung ist die Anfertigung einer Promotion erwünscht.
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BFG: Diplom/Master-Arbeit: Modellierung der Belastungssituation durch Antifouling-Wirkstoffe (Sportbootbereich) in deutschen Binnengewässern
Im Referat G1 „Grundsatzfragen der qualitativen Gewässerkunde“ wird im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes „Minimierung von Umweltrisiken der Antifouling-Schiffsanstriche in Deutschland: Entwicklung von Handlungsoptionen im Rahmen der Produktzulassung“ eine Diplom-/Masterarbeit vergeben.
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University of Aberdeen: Quantitative determination of phosphoproteins and phosphopeptides in tissue samples by HPLC-ICP-MS / ES-MS – method development and application to isoforms of τ-protein
We are looking for a PhD-student, who is interested in method development for the quantification of phosphoproteins and phosphopeptides using HPLC, ICP-MS and ES-MS and quantification of metals in biological samples using stable isotope dilution methodology. Fully developed methods will be applied to samples of mouse and human origin and the results will be compared to results using "standard" clinical methods.
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SCK-CEN Belgium: Development and validation of HPLC-SF-ICP-MS methodologies for characterization of spent nuclear fuel
The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN) recently opened its call for PhD and post-doc positions (2016 campaign). Two challenging research topics on SF-ICP-MS method development are offered for this purpose by the Radiochemistry expert group.
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Umeå University: Mercury Biogeochemistry
Umea University, Department of Chemistry has an open position for a PhD student in the field of mercury biogeochemistry.
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Postdoctoral
Other
National Research Council Canada: Research Associate, Analytical Chemistry
We are looking to fill one or more Research Associate (RA) positions to support our Measurement Science and Standards Portfolio. The RA would be someone who shares our core values of impact, accountability, leadership, integrity and collaboration.
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DIRECTORY
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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 280 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
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EVISA provides an easy access to external information. Our database contains more than 2750 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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