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Welcome to the November issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !
This is, in all likelihood, the second-to-last Speciation Newsletter from EVISA. After more than 22 years in which EVISA has been tasked with promoting speciation analysis and reporting on its developments, applications, and challenges, the question arises whether such an activity still makes sense. Speciation analysis has meanwhile evolved into a method that has become routine in many laboratories and is now used to support regulatory and legal compliance in food safety, environmental monitoring, and occupational exposure control. Once a challenge that required the development of suitable instruments and methods, other topics have since moved into the spotlight. The European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis has therefore decided to discontinue its activities (see the news below).
Some approaches in speciation analysis can be regarded as nontargeted element-focused analyses, aiming to identify and characterize all chemical forms of a given element within a sample. The discovery of previously unknown elemental species is a common and valuable outcome of such methods, particularly for exploring metabolic pathways in living organisms.
Using speciation analysis, researchers have recently uncovered how two edible mushroom species — Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) and Hericium coralloides (coral tooth fungus) — absorb and transform selenium when grown with selenite (Se(IV)) or selenate (Se(VI)). Their investigation led to the identification of ten previously unreported selenium-containing metabolites, including several selenoneine derivatives and vinyl-selenocysteine-containing dipeptides (see the news below).
Multielement detection is a capability of ICP-MS not often explored when using ICP-MS coupled with HPLC for speciation analysis. Yet, now French scientists have developed a novel method enabling the simultaneous speciation analysis of iodine-, gadolinium-, and platinum-based pharmaceuticals in environmental waters (see the news below).
We are currently exploring whether parts of the EVISA content can be transferred to other platforms that serve the community. We will inform you as soon as a viable solution has been identified.
In the meantime, we warmly welcome your thoughts, comments, and suggestions. Your feedback remains invaluable to us.
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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 current all the time.
The European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis: Promoting Speciation Analysis for More Than 22 Years – Still a Necessary Activity?
The European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA) was established in 2003 to promote the field of speciation analysis by informing the scientific community about its capabilities, developments, and challenges. After more than 22 years of continuous activity—during which speciation analysis has become routine in many laboratories and has been incorporated into regulations for food safety, environmental protection, and occupational health—the question inevitably arises: Is such a promotion and information platform still needed?
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New selenium compounds found in edible mushrooms
Researchers have uncovered how two edible mushroom species — Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) and Hericium coralloides (coral tooth fungus) — absorb and transform selenium when cultivated with selenite (Se(IV)) or selenate (Se(VI)).
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Simultaneous Speciation Analysis of Iodine-, Gadolinium-, and Platinum-Based Pharmaceuticals by HILIC-ICP-MS and Its Application to Wastewaters
French scientists have developed a novel method enabling the simultaneous speciation analysis of iodine-, gadolinium-, and platinum-based pharmaceuticals in environmental waters.
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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.
Please do not hesitate to inform us in case that your conference related to speciation analysis is missing in our Agenda.
EMEC25: 25th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry
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Chania, Greece
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23.11.2025 - 25.11.2025
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Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
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Tucson, AZ
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12.01.2026 - 17.01.2026
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Gordon Research Seminar: Bioinorganic Chemistry
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Ventura, California, United States
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16.01.2026 - 19.01.2026
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Gordon Research Conference: Metals in Biology
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Ventura, California, United States
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18.01.2026 - 23.01.2026
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Pittcon 2026: 75th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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San Antonio, TX, USA
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07.03.2026 - 11.03.2026
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57th Annual Conference of the DGMS 2026 (including the ICP-MS User´s Meeting)
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University of Leipzig, Campus Jahnallee, Germany
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10.03.2026 - 13.03.2026
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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 !
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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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