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Welcome to the August issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
Besides mercury, arsenic is the most often analysed element with respect to its species distribution. Since inorganic species are the most toxic ones, their presence in drinking water and staple foods should be carefully watched and limited. It is well known, that rice is accumulating more arsenic compared to other cereals. UK researchers investigated, whether already the rice consumption in England and Wales is associated with cardiovascular mortality. Their results suggest that the highest 25% of rice consumers may be plausibly be at greater risk of cardiovascular mortality due to inorganic arsenic exposure (see the news below).
French researchers investigated the content and speciation of tin and mercury in red wines from many countries. While methylmercury was not found in any sample, mostly methylated tin species were present at low concentrations. The results from different wines indicated that the origin of these species is probably the result of the biological processes during the wine making (see the news below).
While normally at the end of this month the holiday season would be finished and conferences and symposia would be scheduled, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the diary. All conferences within the EVISA diary scheduled for August and September are either postponed or will be organized as virtual events.
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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.
Tin and mercury content and speciation in red wine from different countries
French researchers from Pau investigated the content and speciation of tin and mercury in red wines from many countries by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and gas chromatography coupled to ICP-MS.
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Increased global mortality linked to dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic via rice-based diets
The research of UK researchers shows that there is a significant association between elevated cardiovascular mortality, recorded at a local authority level, and the consumption of inorganic arsenic bearing rice.
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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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SciX 2020
Date: October 11,2020 - October 16,2020
Location: Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks, NV
July 31,2020 Submission of abstracts for poster contributions
September 21,2020 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.
Cancelled: EUROBIC 2020 – 15th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference
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Reykjavik, Iceland
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16.08.2020 - 22.08.2020
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Postponed:23rd International Mass Spectrometry Conference
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Rio de Janeiro
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29.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
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Postponed: SPECTR’ATOM 2020
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Palais Beaumont, Pau, France
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08.09.2020 - 11.09.2020
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Postponed: Copper 2020
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Grand Hotel Vesuvio, Sorrento, Naples, Italy
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20.09.2020 - 25.09.2020
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Postponed: TEMA 17: 17th International Symposium of Trace Elements in Man and Animals
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Aachen, Germany
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20.09.2020 - 26.09.2020
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Virtual: SciX 2020
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Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks, NV
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11.10.2020 - 16.10.2020
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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
Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria: TecEUS – Technology-critical Elements in Urban Spheres
Montanuniversität Leoben is offering a PhD position with the topic: Technology-critical elements in urban spheres’ in the field of analytical chemistry with a strong focus on mass spectrometry in a young
team within a highly transdisciplinary FWF-funded project.
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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
University of Crete: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Individual Fellowship
The research group of Spiros A. Pergantis is currently seeking junior or experienced post-docs with an excellent track record in Analytical or Bioanalytical Chemistry, that are willing to apply for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Individual Fellowship
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U.S. FDA: PostDoc with experience in single particle ICP-MS
The US Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (College Park, Md) seeks a postdoctoral analytical chemist with experience in single particle ICP-MS.
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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: Science Leader, Nano-Bio-Imaging, Inorganic Mass Spectrometry (10821)
LGC in Teddington (UK) is looking for a science leader in the 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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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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