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Welcome to the January issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
Our first newsletter for the year 2022 starts with a new study on the most often discussed element mercury. A team of researchers from the US and Canada have reported the results of a study conducted over 15 years in the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in Canada. Using a traceable form of mercury, which was added to a lake and its watershed, they discovered that the new mercury added quickly built up in
fish populations, and then declined almost as quickly once they stopped
additions.This is good news with respect to regulations meant to reduce mercury emissions to the environment (see the news below).
The second study highlighted in this newsletter is about an element much less often discussed. Antimony (Sb), a toxic metalloid, has received increasing attentions due to recent awareness of its rich chemistry somewhat similar to that of its group member arsenic. Chinese researchers have identified a previously unknown Sb species, trimethylmonothioantimony (TMMTSb). TMMTSb was readily formed when trimethylantimony (TMSb) reacted with sulfide and was found in hot spring sediments and paddy soil incubated with trimethylantimony (see the news below).
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) played a major role for speciation analysis in both studies. Such
and other possibilities to use the ICP-MS for enhanced analytical
systems will be discussed during the Winter Conference on Plasma
Spectrochemistry taking place this week in Tucson, Ariziona
(see EVISA's Diary of 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.
Thiolation of trimethylantimony: A new cornerstone of the biogeochemistry of antimony
Chinese researchers have identified a previously unknown Sb species, trimethylmonothioantimony (TMMTSb). TMMTSb was readily formed when trimethylantimony (TMSb) reacted with sulfide.
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Reducing mercury pollution entering lakes quickly lowers how much harmful mercury is found in fish
This is the outcome of a study published a few weeks ago in Nature. During the study, conducted over 15 years, scientists intentionally added a traceable form of mercury to a lake and its watershed. They discovered that the new mercury they added quickly built up in fish populations, and then declined almost as quickly once they stopped additions.
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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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PittCon 2022: 72th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
Date: March 7,2022 - March 10,2022
Location: Atlanta, GA
February 10,2022 Early registration at reduced fee
EuroFAST 2022
Date: April 18,2022 - April 21,2022
Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands
January 21,2022 Notification of acceptance
February 11,2022 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.
2022 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
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Tucson, Arizona
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17.01.2022 - 22.01.2022
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Postponed: HTC-17: 17th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Separation Technology
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Pand Conference Center in Ghent, Belgium
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26.01.2022 - 28.01.2022
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Canceled: ANAKON 2022
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Leipzig, Germany
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07.03.2022 - 10.03.2022
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PittCon 2022: 72th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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Atlanta, GA
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07.03.2022 - 10.03.2022
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EuroFAST 2022
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Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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18.04.2022 - 21.04.2022
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Spectr'Atom 2022
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Palais Beaumont, Pau, France
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10.05.2022 - 13.05.2022
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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
15 PhD research positions in ice core-related climate science available within MSCA-ITN DEEPICE project
The DEEPICE project (Research and training network on understanding Deep icE corE Proxies to Infer past antarctiC climatE dynamics), funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative Training Network) calls for applications for 15 fully funded PhD positions (early-stage researcher, ESR) to be filled by October 2021, with attractive complementary training activities and associated research and travel budgets.
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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
Brooks Applied Labs, Bothell, WA, USA: Research Chemist
Brooks Applied Labs (BAL), an analytical laboratory in the Seattle area specializing in trace metals and speciation analysis, has a unique Research Chemist opportunity available. This position offers the opportunity to work in a commercial laboratory while pursuing individual research related to the analytical chemistry using Laser Ablation and Multi Collector ICPMS.
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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, Surrey, UK: Senior Healthcare Scientist
The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and highly-motivated scientist to join the Supra-Regional Assay Service (SAS) Trace Element Laboratory, as part of the Wilson’s Disease Centre of Excellence at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford.
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Brooks Applied Labs, Bothell, WA, USA: Metals Chemist with ICP-MS Experience
Brooks Applied Labs, an analytical chemistry laboratory located in Bothell, specializing in trace metals and speciation analysis to support the environmental, food and pharmaceutical market sectors, is looking for an analytical wizard with working experience on ICP-MS instrumentation to join our team.
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY: Associate Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York is seeking an experienced and highly motivated analytical chemist who is specialized in trace element analysis in biological samples using ICP-MS technology.
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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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