2020/06
Welcome to the June issue of EVISA's Speciation Newsletter !

Last month we reported about the toxic inorganic arsenic found in many rice products sold in the UK. Unfortunately inorganic arsenic is not the only arsenic species that is very toxic. It has been discovered relatively recently, that arseno hydrocarbons (AsHCs) found in some fish, have high cytotoxic potential to human cells. A European group of researchers have now investigated, whether there is a risk for newborns breast-feed by their mothers having consumed fish (see the news below).

Apart from drinking water, all beverages including alcoholics may contribute to the uptake of trace elements. The health risks resulting from such exposure are dependend on the bioavailability and toxicity of these trace elements. Aluminium is such a toxic metal that is believed to play an active role in some neurodegenerative diseases. A group of polish scientists have now developed a method for the speciation analysis of aluminium in wine and found that the aluminum content in wine significantly exceed the limit established by the WHO for drinking water (see the news below).

The journal "Frontiers in Chemistry" has opened a new research topic devoted to "Advances in Analytical Techniques and Methodology for Chemical Speciation Study". The issue is open for contributions (see the news below).


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NEWS
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.




Speciation analysis of aluminium in wine by LC-ICP-MS
A group of polish scientists have developed a method for the speciation analysis of aluminium in wine based on liquid chromatography hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
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Transfer of arsenolipids from a salmon eating nursing mother to their milk
Up to 3% of arsenic hydrocarbons found in salmon fish can be directly transferred to the milk of a nursing mother eating the fish, according to the results of a study published recently in the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology.
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Call for Contributions to a Special Issue of Frontiers in Chemistry: Advances in Analytical Techniques and Methodology for Chemical Speciation Study
A special issue of "Frontiers in Chemistry" will be devoted to "Advances in Analytical Techniques and Methodology for Chemical Speciation Study". The issue is open for contributions. Abstracts should be submitted until August 7. Manuscripts should be submitted before October 6.
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EVENTS
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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SPECTR’ATOM 2020
Date:     September 8,2020 - September 11,2020
Location:     Palais Beaumont, Pau, France
June 30,2020    Early registration at reduced fee


SciX 2020
Date:     October 11,2020 - October 16,2020
Location:     Nugget Casino Resort, Sparks, NV
July 31,2020    Submission of abstracts for poster contzributions
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.

Postponed: HPLC 2020: 50th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Date: 20.06.2020 - 25.06.2020
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Cancelled: ESAS 2020: European Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Date: 23.06.2020 - 26.06.2020
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Virtual: BioMetals 2020: 12th International Biometals Symposium
Location: Villard de Lans (France)
Date: 05.07.2020 - 09.07.2020
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Cancelled: EWLA2020: 15th European Workshop on Laser Ablation
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Date: 07.07.2020 - 10.07.2020
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Virtual: NEMC 2020: National Environmental Monitoring Conference
Location: Hyatt Regency in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Date: 03.08.2020 - 07.08.2020
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64th ICASS: 64th International Conference for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Date: 10.08.2020 - 12.08.2020
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VACANCIES

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

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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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

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

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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