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Welcome to the August issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
We just came back from the 6th International Symposium on Metallomics that was held in Vienna last week (see our report below). By the way that is also the reason for being a bit late with this issue of the "Speciation Newsletter". A major part of researchers working on speciation analysis has moved towards life science and is working in the domain of "metallomics". While the scientific program of the symposium was very attractive, the symposium gathered a limited number of about 200 and could not reach the attendance of former symposia. The first Metallomics symposium took place in Nagoya, Japan in 2007 (see the history of the symposium). Interestingly, also the third biggest group of researchers in Vienna came from Japan (see our report below). A group of researchers in Japan has succeeded in synthesizing an
insulin analogue with long-lasting activity by replacing the interchain
disulfide in bovine pancreatic insulin (BPIns) with a diselenide bridge. The researchers hope that this new insulin analog may improve the treatment of diabetes (see the news below).
We frequently reported about the side effects of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently issued a final opinion confirming restrictions on the use of certain gadolinium agents in MRI body scanners and suspending the authorizations of others (see the news below).
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the approval of new water quality criteria for mercury in California waters. The new rules, developed by the State Water Resources Control Board, set mercury limits in fish tissue to protect human health and aquatic-dependent wildlife. New protections also have been added for tribal cultural use and subsistence fishing (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.
Impressions from the 6th Metallomics Symposium
Last week about 200 scientists from 29 countries met in Vienna for the 6th Metallomics symposium.
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Exchange of sulfur against selenium makes insulin analogue last longer
By replacing sulfur with selenium, scientists have developed a long-lasting synthetic insulin analogue that could be used for treating diabetes.
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EMA Issues Final Opinion Limiting Gadolinium Contrast Agents in Body Scans
Last week the European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a final opinion confirming restrictions on the use of certain gadolinium agents in MRI body scanners and suspending the authorizations of others.
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U.S. EPA Approves Limits on Mercury in California Waters
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the approval of new water quality criteria for mercury in California waters. The new rules, developed by the State Water Resources Control Board, set mercury limits in fish tissue to protect human health and aquatic-dependent wildlife. New protections also have been added for tribal cultural use and subsistence fishing.
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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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5th Workshop on Field-Flow Fractionation – Mass Spectrometry (FFF-MS)
Date: September 28,2017 - September 29,2017
Location: Vienna, Austria
August 31,2017 Registration
RAFA 2017: 8th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis
Date: November 7,2017 - November 10,2017
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
August 30,2017 Abstract submission for poster presentation
September 30,2017 Abstract submission for late poster presentations
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
EUROANALYSIS 2017: XIXth European Conference in Analytical Chemistry
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Stockholm, Sweden
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28.08.2017 - 01.09.2017
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CEST2017: 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
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Rhodes, Greece
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31.08.2017 - 02.09.2017
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2017 SciX Conference: 44th Annual North American Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS)
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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08.09.2017 - 13.09.2017
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IMA-2017: International Conference on Instrumental Methods of Analysis
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Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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17.09.2017 - 21.09.2017
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5th Workshop on Field-Flow Fractionation – Mass Spectrometry (FFF-MS)
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Vienna, Austria
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28.09.2017 - 29.09.2017
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SBM-10: 10th International Symposium on Biological Monitoring
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Naples, Italy
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02.10.2017 - 04.10.2017
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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
Brooks Applied Labs: Post-Doc Position for Research Chemist
Brooks Applied Labs (BAL), an analytical laboratory in the Seattle area specializing in trace metals analysis and speciation, has a unique post-doc opportunity available. This position offers the opportunity to work in a commercial laboratory while pursuing individual research related to the analytical chemistry of metals and methods for the speciation of metals.
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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
AGILENT: Application Engineer
Agilent is seeking an enthusiastic, people-oriented pre-sales Application Scientist. You will closely work with the sales organization across EMEA.
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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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