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Welcome to the December issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
The biogeochemical cycle of elements sometimes goes unexpected ways - or would you expect that mountain lions get exposed to mercury from the seawater ? That is exactly what researchers at UC Santa Cruz have discovered. Coastal upwelling waters brings some methylmercury to the surface, where it is released back to the atmosphere and carried by fog to the coast. Mercury deposited on the ground makes its way up the food chain reaching mountain lions via their prey. Concentrations of mercury in pumas in the Santa Cruz
Mountains were three times higher than lions who live outside the fog
zone (see the news below).
Gadolinium used as active component of contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging is in the news for some years now. One of the reasons for headlines is the fact, that gadolinium-based contrast agents have been related to a rare, but very critical disease called "nephrogenic systemic fibrosis" (NSF), that has been observed in people with advanced kidney disease. Since the first observations of this disease in 2006, screening and prevention measures have been put in place meant to prevent the disease. A group of researchers from the US now analysed the current situation related to the newer group 2 contrast agents and found not a single case of NSF for patients belonging to the risk group (see the news below).
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 2020
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.
Group 2 gadolinium-based contrast agents seem to be safe even for patients with chronic kidney disease
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), who receive a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) belonging to the newer group 2 type, have a low risk of developing nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), a systematic review and meta-analysis published online December 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine has shown.
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High levels of mercury found in mountain lions linked to coastal fog
Coastal fog, bioaccumulation and biomagnification contributes to mercury levels that approach toxic thresholds in pumas
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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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Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
2020 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
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Tucson, Arizona
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12.01.2020 - 18.01.2020
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16th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology
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Ghent, Belgium
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29.01.2020 - 31.01.2020
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PittCon 2020: 71th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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Chicago, IL
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01.03.2020 - 05.03.2020
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analytica 2020: 27th International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and analytica conference
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Munich, Germany
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31.03.2020 - 03.04.2020
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SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting
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Dublin, Ireland
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03.05.2020 - 07.05.2020
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SPECTR’ATOM 2020
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Palais Beaumont, Pau, France
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12.05.2020 - 15.05.2020
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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
Europe: Mercury Biogeochemistry
The EU H2020 programme is financing a Marie-Curie training network on 'mercury biogeochemistry' over the next four years (2020-2023). A total of 15 PhD positions are open throughout Europe on a variety of topics, some including ICPMS or mass spectrometry.
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Postdoctoral
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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Other
LGC, Teddington, UK: Researcher Inorganic Mass Spectrometry (6702)
LGC is offering a position for a researcher joining its Inorganic Analysis team.
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Nestle, Lausanne, Switzerland: Minerals & Metals Specialist
Nestlé Research is seeking a Minerals & Metals Specialist to support its research strategy.
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Glass Expansion: European Operations Manager
Glass Expansion is a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of sample introduction system for ICP-OES and ICP-MS. It is establishing a new European office and distribution centre in Weilburg, Germany to provide technical and logistical support to our existing OEM, distributor and end-users around Europe. This newly created position is available for someone to set-up the new facilities, engage the team and then manage the new organization.
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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 2800 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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