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Welcome to the January issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
We are starting the new year by continuing our section of brief summaries on important topics of speciation analysis. The quality of results is a topic of primary concern, since analytical results provide important information which are often the basis for costly decisions. The tools of quality assurance and control are meant to ascertain that results obtained are fit for purpose with respect to accuracy and precision. Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are an integral part of the QA/QC toolbox. In our brief summary we discuss how to use CRMs for method calibration and validation (see the news below).
Since the preparation of CRMs is a very laborious and costly procedure, CRMs are only available for those cases, being in the interest of an important number of customers. For this reason the number of CRMs related to speciation analysis is very limited. EVISA not only provides information about such materials via its Material Database but also informs about new materials within the news section. Just recently a new material meant to improve the accuracy of methylmercury analysis became available from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (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.
Use of certified reference materials (CRMs) for speciation analysis
The quality of data generated by speciation analysis is especially critical whenever decisions based upon the amounts of species are related to human health risks. The quality and validation of these measurements using the approved analytical methodology could be significantly enhanced by incorporating certified reference materials as part of the quality control protocols, yet this has not been widely implemented. Here we briefly discuss how data from certified reference materials can provide critical information that can impact assessments regarding data use that is unavailable by other means.
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ERM-AE671: A new Certified Reference Material to make methylmercury measurements in food more reliable
Scientists from the European Joint Research Centre (JRC) developed a new certified reference material (CRM) to improve the accuracy of methylmercury measurements in food. This CRM (ERM-AE671) consists of isotopically labelled methylmercury with certified values for the isotopic composition. Used as internal standard, it will make the measurements of methylmercury more accurate.
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EVENTS
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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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COST Action ES1205: Engineered nanomaterials from wastewater treatment & stormwatEr to Rivers
Date: February 7,2017 - February 8,2017
Location: Aveiro, Portugal
October 30,2016 Submission of abstracts
January 30,2017 Registration
PittCon 2017: 46th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Date: March 5,2017 - March 9,2017
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
August 12,2016 Submission of abstracts
February 18,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
ISABC14: 14th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry
Date: June 7,2017 - June 10,2017
Location: Toulouse, France
February 15,2017 Submission of abstracts for oral presentations
March 15,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
April 15,2017 Submission of abstracts for poster presentations
HPLC 2017: 45th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques
Date: June 18,2017 - June 22,2017
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
January 23,2017 Submission of abstracts for oral presentations
March 6,2017 Submission of abstracts for poster presentations
March 20,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
June 1,2017 Submission of abstracts for late posters
TEMA 16: 16th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals
Date: June 26,2017 - June 29,2017
Location: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
January 31,2017 Submission of abstracts
February 15,2017 Notification of acceptance
March 1,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
2017 NEMC: National Environmental Monitoring Conference
Date: August 7,2017 - August 11,2017
Location: Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
January 30,2017 Submission of abstracts
July 10,2017 Registration of presenter
CEST2017: 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
Date: August 31,2017 - September 2,2017
Location: Rhodes, Greece
January 31,2017 Extended: Submission of abstracts
March 15,2017 Submission of full papers
June 1,2017 Early registration at reduced fee
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
COST Action ES1205: Engineered nanomaterials from wastewater treatment & stormwatEr to Rivers
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Aveiro, Portugal
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07.02.2017 - 08.02.2017
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EWCPS 2017: European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
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Sankt Anton, Austria
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19.02.2017 - 24.02.2017
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PittCon 2017: 46th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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Chicago, IL, United States
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05.03.2017 - 09.03.2017
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14th Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry
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Hotel Senac Ilha do Boi, in the city of Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil
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02.04.2017 - 07.04.2017
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ANAKON 2017
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Tübingen, Germany
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03.04.2017 - 06.04.2017
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NAWLA2015: 2nd North American Workshop on Laser Ablation
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University of Texas at Austin, USA.
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25.05.2017 - 27.05.2017
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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
Aberdeen University: Determination of trace elements in Oil and Gas matrices (e.g. Mercury, Selenium, Arsenic, Cadmium) and their speciation
The University of Aberdeen is lookming for a PhD student interested in the determination of trace elements in Oil and Gas matrices (e.g. Mercury, Selenium, Arsenic, Cadmium) and their speciation
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Aberdeen University: Determination of toxic and essential elements (e.g. Mercury, Selenium, Arsenic, Cadmium) and their speciation and distribution in the environment and life sciences, using modern analytical methods
The University of Aberdeen is looking for a PhD student interested in the determination of toxic and essential elements (e.g. Mercury, Selenium, Arsenic, Cadmium) and their speciation and distribution in the environment and life sciences, using modern analytical methods
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Aberdeen University: Determination of arsenic, cadmium and selenium speciation in environmental and biological samples using mass spectrometry
The University of Aberdeen is looking for PhD student interested in the determination of arsenic, cadmium and selenium speciation in environmental and biological samples using mass spectrometry
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Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG): Diplom-/Masterarbeit: Entwicklung von speziesanalytischen Methoden zum Nachweis und Untersuchung von metallbasierten Antifouling Bioziden in aquatischen Matrizes
Ziel der ausgeschriebenen Diplom-/Masterarbeit (Chemie, Umweltwissenschaften und verwandten Studiengängen) ist die Entwicklung komplementärer speziesanalytischer Methoden zur Identifizierung und Quantifizierung relevanter metallbasierter Biozide und Spezies der Verbindungen in aquatischen Matrizes.
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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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Postdoctoral
Other
Nestlé: Trainee
Nestlé Research Center is currently and urgently looking for a trainee for a period of 6 months starting in February 2017.
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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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