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Welcome to the December issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
In our last issue of the Speciation Newsletter for the year 2018 we would like to report about new European regulation meant to reduce health risks for the European population. Three elements and their species are in the focus of the European Commission:
Human exposure to cadmium is mainly via the diet. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the mean dietary exposure for adults across Europe is close to or
slightly exceeding the tolerable weekly intake, calling for stricter
regulation reducing the exposure.
Since cadmium is entering the food chain via the soil, and soil is contaminated via the use of phosphate fertilizer, the EU has decided to reduce the tolerable cadmium content of phosphate fertilizer (see the news below).
Since the half-life of cadmium in the human body is longer than 10 years, and subgroups of the population such as children are especially vulnerable, new EU regulation aim especially at an increased protection of infants and young children. For children, chocolate is a significant source for cadmium exposure. New regulation coming into force on January the first next year are meant to reduce the exposure through chocolate (see the news below).
Such regulation restricting the access to the European market are always heavily discussed between regulators and stakeholders. Most of the time the final rules are a compromise between the risk reduction for the consumer and the demands by the market suppliers. With respect to mercury, fish is the most important source of exposure. The EU had plans to double the maximum mercury level tolerated in predatory fish. Yet following a meeting held in September between the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) with the European Commission,
it has been decided to discontinue such plans for the time being (see the news below).
The capabilities of plasma-based techniques such as ICP-MS will be discussed during the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry taking place in early February next year in Pau (France). There is still time to submit poster contributions (until January 10).
The ANAKON 2019 in Münster is the most important German speaking conference on analytical chemistry. There is still time to submit an abstract for a late poster presentation (until February 8, 2019).
We thank you all for your interest and your fidelity and we hope that we can meet your expectation also during
the next year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous Year 2019
Your EVISA team
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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 information 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.
Cadmium in chocolate: New EU regulation enter into force 1 January 2019
EU regulation from 2014, meant to reduce the dietary exposure to cadmium, gave ample of time to allow the cocoa producing countries and chocolate industry to adapt to these. The "new" regulation for maximum cadmium levels in cocoa products will finally enter into force on 1 January 2019.
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The European Commission has put on hold plans to increase maximum authorised mercury level in fish
Following a meeting held in September between the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) with the European Commission, it has been decided to discontinue for the time being the review of the maximum levels (MLs) for mercury in fish.
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EU agrees on maximum cadmium level in fertilisers
The European Union on Tuesday agreed on a cap for cadmium levels in fertilisers in a move welcomed by Russia’s Phosagro but greeted with some scepticism by a European industry lobby.
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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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Date: February 3,2019 - February 8,2019
Location: Pau, France
January 10,2019 Submission of abstracts for late poster presentations
ANAKON 2019
Date: March 25,2019 - March 28,2019
Location: Münster, Germany
February 8, 2019 Submission of abstracts 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.
18th European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2019
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Pau, France
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03.02.2019 - 08.02.2019
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PittCon 2019: 70th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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Philadelphia, PA
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17.03.2019 - 21.03.2019
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ANAKON 2019
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Münster, Germany
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25.03.2019 - 28.03.2019
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FESTEM 2019: 7th International Symposium of the Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals together with 35th Annual GMS Meeting
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Potsdam/Germany
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02.04.2019 - 05.04.2019
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ISABC15: 15th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry
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Nara, Japan
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02.06.2019 - 05.06.2019
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ReMiND 2019: Biomolecules in Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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26.06.2019 - 27.06.2019
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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
Postdoctoral
Pau, France: Large-scale analysis for metallophores in bacterial exudates
The IPREM CNRS-UPPA group UMR5154 has an open postdoctoral position for a scientist working on the Large-scale analysis for metallophores in bacterial exudates using high resolution high accuracy mass spectrometry.
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IPREM, Pau, France: Environmental Sciences
The scietific team around Marie-Pierre Isaure at IPREM (Pau, France) is looking for a postdoctorial fellow that will work on both imaging and spectroscopy.
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University of Crete: Marie Curie Fellowship
The group of Spiros A. Pergantis is currently seeking junior or experienced post-docs with an excellent track record in Analytical, Bioanalytical or Physical Chemistry, that are eligible and willing to apply for a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowship. The group has hosted 5 Marie Curie postdoctoral fellows so far and has the expertise to prepare competitive research proposals under the MSCA scheme for the following research project:
“Ion Mobility Spectrometry on-line with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: A New Analytical Tool for Studying Physicochemical Matrix Effects Occurring in an Inductively Coupled Plasma, for Determining Metal Containing Nanoparticles and Metalloproteins”
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CEA-Saclay: Development of a nuclearised instrumental platform and associated methods to analyse actinide-peptide species of interest in nuclear toxicology
A Post-doctoral position is open in the Department of Physical Chemistry at CEA-Saclay (10-20 km near Paris).
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NC State University (North Carolina, USA): Biogenic Metal Chelators in the Environment
The Baars Group (https://baarslab.wordpress.ncsu.edu) invite applications for a postdoctoral position to study biologically secreted metabolites that are triggered by abiotic and biotic interactions in the environment.
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Prague, Czech Republic: Trace elemental and speciation analysis based on atomic spectrometry mainly in biomedical and environmental fields
The Department of Trace Element Analysis of the Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences is looking for postdoctorial fellows. The research is focused on (i) development of promising aspects of generation, preconcentration and atomization of volatile compounds for trace elemental and speciation analysis by atomic spectrometry methods (AAS, AFS and ICP-MS) and (ii) application of methods of trace elemental and speciation analysis based on atomic spectrometry mainly in biomedical and environmental fields.
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University of Aberdeen, Scotland: Speciation analysis
The TESLA Laboratory at the University of Aberdeen is looking for three postdocs to work within three different projects.
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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 290 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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