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Welcome to the June issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
Mercury is a global pollutant threatening the health of animals and humans. Upon initiative from the EU, in order to reduce anthropogenic mercury emission to the environment, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the new global treaty on mercury was negotiated and concluded in 2013. Last month the EU and seven of its member states (Bulgaria, Denmark,
Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, and Sweden) ratified the
Minamata Convention on Mercury, thereby providing the “tipping point’’
needed to trigger its entry into force (see the news below). Mercury is very toxic and especially in the form of methylmercury is a very strong neurotoxin. Researchers at Washington State University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee now have shown for the first time that health problems associated with exposure to the neurotoxin are sustained for multiple generations (see the news below). Other metal species that have found their way into the head news are gadolinium-based contrast agents. Meant to support clinical diagnosis by improving imaging contrast, several studies have indicated that these contrast agents remain in part in the body for a long time. While the European Medicines Agency recommended in March to pull linear Gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents from market because their brain retention was most pronounced, the American FDA now announced that the agency could not identify harmful effects to date with brain retention of gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRIs (see the news below). The different behavior of the two agencies demonstrate the different philosophy of their risk assessment strategies: while the EU is following the precautional approach, the US agency is waiting to collect data for scientific consensus. Another metal species, namely technetium-99m is used in clinical diagnosis for imaging by scintigraphy. Since the radioactive isotope decays within few hours, both the preparation of imaging tracers as well as their quality control are hampered by critical timing as well as lack of stable standards. Researchers of the University of Münster now have introduced a new quantification strategy called "isobaric dilution analysis" based on internal standardization that for the first time allow for fast and accurate analysis (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.
Isobaric dilution analysis: a new calibration strategy for long lived radionuclides
Researchers from the University of Münster introduced a new calibration strategy offering accurate and precise quantification of long lived radionuclides, for which certified standards are not easily available.
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Toxic effects of mercury persists for generations
Zebrafish exposed to very low levels of methylmercury as embryos not only passed on toxic effects of the chemical exposure to their offspring, but also to the third generation, according to a study that investigated both epigenetic changes – chemical modifications to the DNA – and abnormal neuro-behavior associated with exposure.
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FDA identifies no harmful effects to date with brain retention of gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRIs
After a nearly 2-year review process, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not found any evidence of adverse events from the brain's retention of gadolinium after MRI that uses gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), the agency announced yesterday.
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EU ratification propels global Minamata Convention on Mercury into force
Last week the EU and seven of its member states (Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, and Sweden) ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury, thereby providing the “tipping point’’ needed to trigger its entry into force.
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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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ICOBTE 2017: International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements
Date: July 16,2017 - July 20,2017
Location: ETH Zurich, Switzerland
July 4, 2017 On-line registration
2017 NEMC: National Environmental Monitoring Conference
Date: August 7,2017 - August 11,2017
Location: Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
July 10, 2017 Registration of presenter
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Seeing is Believing - Imaging the Processes of Life
Date: October 3,2017 - October 7,2017
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
July 10, 2017 Submission of abstracts
August 27, 2017: Registration
2018 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Date: January 8,2018 - January 13,2018
Location: Amelia Island, Florida
July 7, 2017 Submission of abstracts
July 7, 2017 Early registration at reduced rate
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
CSI XL: Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XL
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Pisa, Italy
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11.06.2017 - 16.06.2017
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EMSLIBS: 9th Euro-Mediterranean Symposium LIBS
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Congress Palace, Pisa, Italy
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11.06.2017 - 16.06.2017
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HPLC 2017: 45th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques
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Prague, Czech Republic
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18.06.2017 - 22.06.2017
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61st ICASS: International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy
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Quebec, Canada
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19.06.2017 - 23.06.2017
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TEMA 16: 16th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals
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Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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26.06.2017 - 29.06.2017
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ICMGP 2017: 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
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Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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16.07.2017 - 21.07.2017
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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
University of Pau, France: Plant, living organisms and aquatic environment and their response to environmental changes
The University of Pau (France) is offering twelve doctoral grants (outfitted with a monthly gross salary before taxes of 1685 €) over a 3 year period starting in September 2017. In addition, there would be the possibility to gain some experience in teaching if desired (with extra gratification).
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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
University of Pau, France: Plant, living organisms and aquatic environment and their response to environmental changes
The University of Pau is offering four positions (each outfitted with a monthly gross salary before taxes starting from 2000 € depending on previous) over a one year period starting in September 2017.
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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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