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Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2014 and Plasma Award

20 Jan 2014

As you already know if you are following us on twitter, the 2014 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry was held on January 6 – 11 in Amelia Island, Florida, USA. The conference, chaired by JAAS Advisory Board member Ramon Barnes, was very successful, as approximately 500 participants presented 5 Plenary lectures, 37 invited lectures, 75 oral contributions and 180 posters, while more than 25 companies participated in the exhibition. 6 Heritages lectures were also imparted by Barry L. Sharp, Nicoló Omenetto, Les Ebdon, Michael J. Collins, Andrew T. Zander and Freddy Adams. In addition, more than 80 short courses were organized.

Among the highlights of the conference, the Plasma Spectroscopy Symposium, in which JAAS Editorial Board member Gary Hieftje received the Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry, has to be featured. The laureate discussed on Advances in instrumentation and methods for plasma spectrochemistry. Congratulations, Gary!

JAAS sponsored a poster Award consisting in one personal electronic subscription to JAAS, an iPod Nano and a certificate, and the winner was Allen White, from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, for his work on an Application of a High-Frequency Spark Discharge as an Ion Source for Ambient Mass Spectrometry, coauthored by Steve Ray, Kevin Pfeuffer and Gary Hieftje. Congratulations!

We would like to remind you that there is a JAAS Themed Issue devoted to this conference. If you want to submit a work that was presented in Amelia Island, please remember that the deadline for submission is 17^th February 2014.

Finally, the next European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry will be hosted in Munster, Germany, chaired by Uwe Karst and Michael Sperling.

Prof. Dr. Gary Hieftje, Plasma Award laureate (picture obtained from http://www.indiana.edu/~gmhlab)

JAAS Chair Frank Vanhaecke, during his presentation in Amelia Island

Sunset in Amelia Island

Have a look at the latest articles published by Gary Hieftje in JAAS

Visualization of mass transport and heat transfer in the FAPA ambient ionization source

Kevin P. Pfeuffer, Jacob T. Shelley, Steven J. Ray and Gary M. Hieftje

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 379-387, DOI: 10.1039/C3JA30353E, Paper

First inductively coupled plasma-distance-of-flight mass spectrometer: instrument performance with a microchannel plate/phosphor imaging detector

Alexander Gundlach-Graham, Elise A. Dennis, Steven J. Ray, Christie G. Enke, Charles J. Barinaga, David W. Koppenaal and Gary M. Hieftje

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 1385-1395, DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50122A, Paper

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European Workshop on Laser Ablation (EWLA2014)

10 Dec 2013

We are delighted to announce that the twelfth European Workshop on Laser Ablation (EWLA2014) will be held at

Royal Holloway University of London
8-11 July 2014

zircon

The European Workshop on Laser Ablation (EWLA) is a biennial event aimed at exchanging ideas and recent results between scientists and students interested in laser-based methods. EWLA2014 will comprise poster presentations, short talks and selected invited presentations. Topics will include:

Fundamentals:

Laser-matter interaction
Standardisation
Isotope ratio analysis (LA-MC-ICPMS)
Particle formation and transport phenomena
Data reduction developments

Applications:

Earth Sciences / Geochemistry
Biology & (Bio)Imaging
Material Sciences
(Bio)Medical Sciences

Instrumentation:

New Developments

For more information, please contact Dr Wolfgang Müller at ewla14@es.rhul.ac.uk

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15th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (BCEIA 2013)

08 Nov 2013

The 15^th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (BCEIA 2013) was held on 23-26 October 2013 at Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing and its exhibition at Beijing Exhibition Center.

BCEIA was sponsored by the China Association for Instrumental Analysis (CAIA) and supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China. This has been a biennial international event in China since 1985 and it has the aim to promote academic exchanges among scientists of various countries and regions as well as trade cooperation between the Chinese and foreign partners in this field. It has been the largest and most influential international conference and exhibition on instrumental analysis ever held in China.

The theme of BCEIA 2013 was “Analytical Science Create Future“, which included a plenary session, separate sub-sessions of 7 fields and workshops of 5 fields. More than 600 of scientists from 16 different countries participated in the conference. The plenary session featured specially invited lectures by 13 internationally prominent scientists, including Prof. Holger Hintelmann (Trent University), Prof. R. Graham Cooks (Purdue University), Prof. Jonathan V. Sweedler (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Prof. Yoshinobu BABA (Nagoya University), Prof. Andrew Ewing (Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg), Prof. John P. Nolan (La Jolla Bioengineering Institute), Prof. Anne L. Plant (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Prof. Xianen Zhang (Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China), Prof. Rima Kaddurah-Daouk (Duke University Medical Center), Prof. Richard L. Mccreery (University of Alberta), Prof. Daniel T. Chiu (University of Washington), Prof. Lyndon Emsley (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon) and Dr. Peter Becker (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt). In the separate sub-sessions and workshops, 149 speakers were invited to present their research and more than 500 posters were displayed.

The optical spectroscopy session was organized by Prof. Jin-Ming Lin from Tsinghua University. The session was mainly devoted to recent developments on fluorescence analysis, atomic spectrum, chemiluminescence, biological imaging, microfluidic and new analytical instruments. There were 14 keynote speakers, 22 invited speakers, 4 oral presentations and 69 posters presented. The outstanding poster awards were conferred at the end of the session on 25 October. Prof. Jin-Ming Lin and Prof. Jonathan V. Sweedler gave the awards certifications for 7 winners.

This conference has provided an opportunity for the academic exchange as well as the exhibition of analytical instruments and will further promote the development of analytical chemistry in China.

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Royal Society of Chemistry Roadshow in Brazil this November

24 Oct 2013

We are pleased to announce The Royal Society of Chemistry Brazil Roadshow that will take place in three amazing Brazilian locations this November.

The roadshow consists of three one-day scientific symposia in Campinas, Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte, featuring lectures by some of the world’s leading international scientists in analytical science and sustainable chemistry.

The roadshow is free to attend and will bring together academics, students and industrial scientists in a stimulating and friendly environment. Join us to find out more about our journals and wider activities! Click here to register.

4^th November: University of Campinas (IQ-UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

6^th November: The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (IQ-UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

8^th November: The Federal University of Minas Gerais (DQ-UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Among the outstanding scientists presenting at the roadshow:

Frank Vanhaecke (Chair of the JAAS Editorial Board)

Craig Banks (Analytical Methods Associate Editor)

James Clark (Green Chemistry Advisory Board member)

Boris Mizaikoff, (Analyst Associate Editor)

Janet Scott (Green Chemistry Advisory Board member)

The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to support and publish high-impact research from all over the globe, and a large amount of our content is from authors in Brazil. Below are some examples of the high-quality content published in Green Chemistry, Analyst, Analytical Methods, RSC Advances and JAAS by your Brazilian colleagues, please take a look at the papers listed below:

Glycerol as a recyclable solvent for copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of diaryl diselenides with aryl boronic acids
Vanessa G. Ricordi, Camilo S. Freitas, Gelson Perin, Eder J. Lenardão, Raquel G. Jacob, Lucielli Savegnago and Diego Alves
Green Chem., 2012, 14, 1030–1034, DOI: 10.1039/C2GC16427B

Reversible polymerization of novel monomers bearing furan and plant oil moieties: a double click exploitation of renewable resources
Carla Vilela, Letizia Cruciani, Armando J. D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2966–2974, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20053H

Easy dual-mode ambient mass spectrometry with Venturi self-pumping, canned air, disposable parts and voltage-free sonic-spray ionization
Nicolas V. Schwab, Andreia M. Porcari, Mirela B. Coelho, Eduardo M. Schmidt, Jose L. Jara, Jesui V. Visentainer and Marcos N. Eberlin
Analyst, 2012, 137, 2537–2540, DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16312H

Capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection on microfluidic systems—ten years of development
Wendell Karlos Tomazelli Coltro, Renato Sousa Lima, Thiago Pinotti Segato, Emanuel Carrilho, Dosil Pereira de Jesus, Claudimir Lucio do Lago and José Alberto Fracassi da Silva
Anal. Methods, 2012, 4, 25–33, DOI: 10.1039/C1AY05364G

Determination of trace metals in high-salinity petroleum produced formation water by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry following on-line analyte separation/preconcentration
Eliane Padua Oliveira, Lu Yang, Ralph E. Sturgeon, Ricardo Erthal Santelli, Marcos Almeida Bezerra, Scott N. Willie and Ramsés Capilla
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 578-585, DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00108B

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European Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry ESAS 2014 & 15th Czech-Slovak Spectroscopic Conference

02 Oct 2013

European Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry

ESAS is the international meeting of scientists to share recent developments, exchange ideas, explore new directions and initiate a possible collaboration in the atomic spectrometry area. Leading scientists and researchers will be invited to present their most up-to-date results at this conference, to exchange exciting ideas and experiences as well as look into future development.

Czech – Slovak Spectroscopy Conference

CSSC brings together experts from Czech and Slovak universities, academia, official centers, various laboratories, and industry on a world-wide scale, to summarize the current progress in different areas of spectroscopy and the trends in the applications such as chemical, environmental, geological, biological, food, pharmaceutical and industrial materials and to stimulate contacts and mutual exchange of experiences and ideas.

Key dates

Registration and payment deadline November 30, 2013

Submission of conference papers May 15, 2014

Venue

Prague – historical pearl of Europe – is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Since 1992 the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares has been listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

Usually Prague is called “golden” and “a hundred towers”, but it is sure, that it belongs amongst the most beautiful cities in the world. The charming river Vltava, which enhances the city´s beauty, forms wreathes resembled to silver string. Many of the city´s dominants are reflected in the river, towers, the cathedral dome, the palace and many houses,greeness of the gardens and islands. www.praguecityline.cz

Organizers

Ioannes Marcus Marci Spectroscopic Society
Slovak Spectroscopic Society

With special support by

Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Working Group of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences
DASp, German Working Group for Applied Spectroscopy
Committee on Analytical and Environmental Chemistry of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
under the auspices of the Czech Commission for UNESCO

Contacts

Markéta Koželouhová
Ioannes Marcus Marci Spectroscopy Society
Faculty of Science, Masaryk University
Kotlářská 2, CZ – 611 37 BRNO, Czech Republic phone: +420 549 491 436, fax: +420 549 492 494

email : immss@spektroskopie.cz

For more information please visit: http://esas-cssc2014.spektroskopie.cz

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International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Seminar (IGDSS 2014)

08 Jul 2013

The European Working group for Glow Discharge Spectroscopy (EW-GDS) is pleased to announce the

International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Seminar

(IGDSS 2014)

7-9th April 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic

IGDSS 2014 features a rich technical programme that spans both research and applied aspects of Glow Discharge Spectroscopy.
The symposium will concentrate on the analysis of solids by optical emission or mass spectrometry with Glow Discharge sources.

Topics will include:
•Fundamentals (GD Processes)
•Instrumentation
•Analytical Methodology
•Depth Profiling , Thin Films
•Other applications and related fields.

Enjoy both oral and poster presentations from international experts and early stage researchers! For more information, please contact Peter Robinson at pete@masscare.co.uk

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XXXVIII Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale and CSI Award for Ramon Barnes

02 Jul 2013

As you already know if you are following us on twitter, the XXXVIII Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale was held on June 17 – 21, 2012 in Tromso, Norway. The conference was chaired by Yngvar Thomassen, and counted with more than 200 participants who travel to the Far North to enjoy the land of the midnight sun. Several members of the JAAS Boards attended the conference and presented their latest works, including Martín Resano, Steven Ray, María Montes-Bayón, José Broekaert and Detlef Günther.

In addition, during the conference, the CSI Award for life achievement in Spectrochemistry was presented and the winner was JAAS Advisory Board Member Ramon Barnes. The Award was presented by Gary Hieftje. Congratulations, Ramon!

If you attended the conference and want to submit a paper, keep in mind that several RSC Journals (Analytical Methods/Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts/RSC Advances) will draw together a Themed Issue in electronic form. For more information see: http://site.uit.no/csi2013/official-publisher/

Prof. Dr. Ramon Barnes after receiving the CSI Award in Tromso. We’ll have an excellent opportunity

to congratulate him in person in Florida, in the upcoming 2014 Winter Conference

CSI Awardee Ramon Barnes together with the winners of the poster Awards, sponsored by the Norwegian Chemical Society,

Laura Trapiella (left, University of Oviedo) and Esperanza García-Ruiz (right, University of Zaragoza)

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1st Workshop on Field Flow Fractionation – Mass Spectrometry (FFF-MS)

28 Jun 2013

The University of Vienna and the Federal Institute of Hydrology are pleased to announce the

1st Workshop on Field-Flow Fractionation – Mass Spectrometry (FFF-MS)

26-27 September 2013 (vienna, Austria)

The Workshop focuses mainly on Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF) techniques coupled to mass spectrometry applied to engineered nanomaterials in all kind of matrices.

Day 1: gives an introductionto the field of FFF
Day 2: will contain practical lab work, several FFF and hyphenated detectors (e.g., SLS, DLS, ICP-MS) are available

Deadline for abstract submission: 30 July 2013

Deadline for registration the 30 August 2013

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1st Workshop on Biomedical Applications of Geochemistry

23 May 2013

We are pleased to announce the first Workshop on Biomedical Applications of Geochemistry that will be held at Gargonza, Tuscany (http://www.gargonza.it/index.html) after the Florence Goldschmidt conference from the 30th Aug (evening) to the 1st Sept (afternoon).

Gargonza, Italy, 30th Aug-1st Sept.

You can register for the workshop here.

This workshop will be the opportunity to present new results on the growing field of the use of natural stable isotope fractionation in biomedicine, both for understanding homeostasis in normal and pathological conditions and as potential new biomarkers. This will be also the chance for scientists coming from isotopic mass spectrometry (IRMS and MC-ICPMS) and from biomedicine to meet for setting up an authentic interdisciplinary community devoted to the development of stable isotopes in health sciences.

Committed speakers for this event are Francis Albarède (ENS Lyon), Ariel Anbar (Arizona State University), Anton Eisenhauer (Geomar), Frank Vanhaecke (Ghent University), Thomas Walczyk (National University of Singapore).

For any information about the workshop, please write to Vincent.Balter@ens-lyon.fr.

We are also pleased to announce that the works presented at Gargonza will be invited to submit to Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry and Metallomics for a themed web collection of papers.

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CYTO 2013, May 19-22, San Diego, USA

30 Apr 2013

To celebrate the upcoming CYTO 2013 conference being held in San Diego, May 19-22, we thought we would highlight again our new web collection on Analytical Atomic Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences!

All the JAAS papers included in this collection highlight the latest achievements in analytical atomic spectrometry and the applications of spectroscopy-based bioanalytical technology in clinics and biology.

If you work in this area why not submit your next paper to JAAS?

To view the full list of articles, take a look at our Web Collection now!

Here are some interesting selected papers free for you to enjoy for the the end of May. To read the full articles, please click on the links below:

Direct speciation analysis of inorganic elements in single cells using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Application of plasma spectrometry for the analysis of engineered nanoparticles in suspensions and products
Petra Krystek, Andrea Ulrich, Carmen Cecilia Garcia, Srirang Manohar and Rob Ritsema
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 1701-1721
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10071H

Detection of selenoproteins in human cell extracts by laser ablation-ICP MS after separation by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and blotting

Direct speciation analysis of inorganic elements in single cells using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Richard Ortega
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 23-29
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00153H

Immunoaffinity assisted LC-ICP-MS—a versatile tool in biomedical research
S. Hann, K. Boeck and G. Koellensperger
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 18-20
DOI: 10.1039/B911462A

Detection of selenoproteins in human cell extracts by laser ablation-ICP MS after separation by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and blotting
Juliusz Bianga, Guillaume Ballihaut, Christophe Pécheyran, Zahia Touat, Hugues Preud’homme, Sandra Mounicou, Laurent Chavatte, Ryszard Lobinski and Joanna Szpunar
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27, 25-32
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA10239G

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