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Welcome to the June issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
Cadmium is a toxic element, and humans are mainly exposed via food. Since its mobility in the soil, uptake by plants, distribution in plant parts and bioavailability for humans heavily depend on the cadmium species being present, cadmium speciation analysis is mandatory for an deep understanding and meaningful risk assessment. Researchers from the National Food Institute of Denmark have recently developed a novel analytical approach to identify cadmium-binding compounds in plant-based foods. This method combines size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS) and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (QTOF-MS), enabling detailed multi-elemental speciation analysis. The authors believe their methodology represents a significant advancement in cadmium speciation analysis and offers a promising foundation for future studies on Cd bioaccessibility and risk mitigation in plant-based diets. (see the news below).
Mercury release into the environment poses a global health risk due to its presence in air, land, and water systems. Human exposure to Hg, primarily through contaminated fish is considered to be a significant health risk. Monitoring Hg levels in human hair is a valuable and noninvasive method for assessing individual exposure. Hair provides a stable, long-term record of organomercury concentrations and dietary intake, making it useful for large-scale population studies. The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Japan has developed the NIES CRM No. 13-a, a new certified reference material for human hair, using scalp hair from Asian females. This comprehensive CRM represents a significant advancement in quality control for biomonitoring and environmental health studies of mercury and trace elements in human hair (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 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.
Identification of cadmium-chelating compounds in plant-based foods using SEC-ICP‑MS/MS and SEC-QTOF-MS
Researchers from the National Food Institute of Denmark have developed a novel analytical approach to identify cadmium-binding compounds in plant-based foods. This method combines size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS) and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (QTOF-MS), enabling detailed multi-elemental speciation analysis.
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A new human hair certified reference material for total mercury, methylmercury, and trace element analyses
The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) developed the NIES CRM No. 13-a, a new certified reference material for human hair, using scalp hair from Asian females.
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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.
EUROANALYSIS 2025
Date: August 31,2025 - September 4,2025
Location: Barcelona
June 30, 2025 Submission of abstracts for late posters
GDCh Science Forum Chemistry 2025
Date: September 29,2025 - October 1,2025
Location: Audimax, KIT, Str. am Forum, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany
July 21, 2025 Early registration at reduced fee
SciX 2025
Date: October 5,2025 - October 10,2025
Location: Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Northern Kentucky
June 30, 2025 Submission of abstracts for poster presentations
August 15,2025 Early registration at reduced fee
EMEC25: 25th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry
Date: November 23,2025 - November 25,2025
Location: Chania, Greece
June 16,2025 Submission of abstracts for oral presentations
September 8,2025 Submission of abstracts for poster presentations
September 19,2025 Early registration at reduced fee
October 31,2025 Submission of abstraccts for last-minute posters
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
AIRMON 2025: 11th International Symposium on Modern Principles of Air Monitoring and Biomonitoring
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Loen, Norway
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15.06.2025 - 19.06.2025
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ISABC 17: 17th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry
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Uppsala Sweden
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15.06.2025 - 18.06.2025
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HPLC 2025: 54th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques
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Bruges, Belgium
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15.06.2025 - 19.06.2025
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Analytical Research Forum 2025
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London, UK, and online
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17.06.2025 - 17.06.2025
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2025 Goldschmidt Conference
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Prague, Czech Republic
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06.07.2025 - 11.07.2025
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XAFS 2025: International Conference on X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
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Chicago, USA
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14.07.2025 - 19.07.2025
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VACANCIES
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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 300 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 2850 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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