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The 2nd National Conference on Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Chinese Chemical Society Held in Hangzhou

23 Oct 2015

The 2nd National Conference on Mass Spectrometric Analysis (CNMS) of Chinese Chemical Societywas held on October 16-19, 2015 in Hangzhou, China. This conference was hosted by the Chinese Chemical Society and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The 2nd NCMS was organized by Mass Spectrometry Division of Chinese Chemical Society and the Department of Chemistry of Zhejiang University. More than 1000 conventioneers including scientists, experts and students attended the conference.

The opening ceremony of the conference was chaired by Prof.Yuanjiang Pan from Zhejiang University. Prof. Jianhong Luo, the vice-president of Zhejiang University, Prof. Hongyuan Chen from Nanjing University, and Prof. Qiankun Zhuang from NSFC gave the opening speeches.

Prof. Yuanjiang Pan of Zhejiang University chaired the Opening Ceremony

Prof. Jianhong Luo of Zhejiang University gave the opening speech

Prof. Hongyuan Chen of Nanjing University during the opening speech

Prof. Qiankun Zhuang of NSFC during the opening speech

During this symposium, 17 plenary lecturers including 5 academicians, 56 invited speakers, 54 contributed speakers and 26 young scientists presented their latest academic achievements in mass spectrometry, which were related to instrumentation developments, mass spectrometric fundamentals, as well last to he development and application of mass spectrometric technologies. 16 excellent young scientists and 30 excellent posters were awarded. The meeting provided a great opportunity for extensive academic and technical exchanges on research progress in the hope of promoting the development of mass spectrometry in China. In addition, many analytical instrument manufacturers, including Shimadzu, Agilent, Hitachi, Bruker and so on, exhibited their relevant instruments and technical application data.

The well-organized conference was highly appreciated by the attendees and sponsors, which pushes forward mass spectrometric research and applications and promotes the development of Science and Technology in mass spectrometry.

Conference Hall

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Call for papers: Themed issue on speciation analysis

16 Oct 2015

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

You are invited to contribute to the upcoming JAAS themed issue showcasing the latest discoveries and developments in speciation analysis.

Guest Edited by Professor Gunda Koellensperger (University of Vienna, Austria) and Dr Heidi Goenaga-Infante (LGCGroup, London, UK) this upcoming themed issue will highlight the most outstanding work in the area of speciation analysis, and also provide some insight into the newly emerging work in this exciting area of research.

For your article to be considered for the speciation analysis themed issue we must receive your manuscript by March 1^st 2016.

Communications, full papers and review articles are welcomed, if you are interested in submitting a paper for this themed issue please contact us to let us know.

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Oceanography, Geoanalysis and Marine Science in JAAS

15 Oct 2015

By Sarah Rogers, Development Editor.

Check out this collection of articles published in JAAS showcasing the applications of spectroscopy-based techniques in oceanography, marine science and geoanalysis research.

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

Rare earth element analysis in natural waters by multiple isotope dilution – sector field ICP-MS
Tristan C. C. Rousseau, Jeroen E. Sonke, Jerome Chmeleff, Frederic Candaudap, François Lacan, Geraldo Boaventura, Patrick Seyler and Catherine Jeandel
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 573-584
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA30332B
From themed collection 2013 Top 25 most read JAAS articles

Resolution of inter-laboratory discrepancies in Mo isotope data: an intercalibration
Tatiana Goldberg, Gwyneth Gordon, Gareth Izon, Corey Archer, Christopher R. Pearce, James McManus, Ariel D. Anbar and Mark Rehkämper
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 724-735
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA30375F

LA-ICPMS elemental imaging of complex discontinuous carbonates: An example using large benthic foraminifera
David Evans and Wolfgang Müller
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 1039-1044
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50053E
From themed collection 2013 Elemental Imaging

Precise determination of δ⁸⁸Sr in rocks, minerals, and waters by double-spike TIMS: a powerful tool in the study of geological, hydrological and biological processes
Leonid A. Neymark, Wayne R. Premo, Nikolay N. Mel’nikov and Poul Emsbo
J. Anal. At. Spectrom, 2014, 29, 65-75
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50310K

High precision osmium elemental and isotope measurements of North Atlantic seawater
Abdelmouhcine Gannoun and Kevin W. Burton
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 2330-2342
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00265B

Determination of heavy metals in marine sediments using MAME-GFAAS
Ana M. Hernández-Martínez, Carolina Padrón-Sanz, M. Esther Torres Padrón, Zoraida Sosa Ferrera and Jose Juan Santana Rodríguez
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 435-442
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00342J

Application of handheld energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to carbonate studies: opportunities and challenges
Jennifer Quye-Sawyer, Veerle Vandeginste and Kimberley J. Johnston
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 1490-1499
DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00114E

Mg/Ca ratios measured by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS): a new approach to decipher environmental conditions
A. García-Escárzaga, S. Moncayo, I. Gutiérrez-Zugasti, M. R. González-Morales, J. Martín-Chivelet and J. O. Cáceres
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 1913-1919
DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00168D

Precise analysis of calcium stable isotope variations in biological apatites using laser ablation MC-ICPMS
Théo Tacail, Philippe Télouk and Vincent Balter
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00239G

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Correlating Mg/Ca ratios with paleotemperatures: LIBS is the new way!

28 Aug 2015

By Sushil Benke.

What if there were actual dinosaurs on Isla Nublar as depicted in Spielberg’s Jurassic Park? What if they had succeeded in conquering the world? What would the dinosaurs be like? Palaeontology helps us to answer such questions. The world surrounding us today is a consequence of a series of events that happened over a long period of time. Looking back in time by reconstruction of the climatic and environmental variability in the past helps us to understand the current climatic, geographical as well as anthropological makeup of our world.

The study of biological remains from archaeological sites is useful to reconstruct the past climate and gain insight into human activities. Among these, shells of molluscs are excellent archives of environmental conditions that existed during the life of the organism as well as indicators of human behaviour.

The chemical makeup of the shells as well as stable isotope ratios, mainly δ¹⁸O are associated with the sea water temperature. Trace element (such as Mg, Ca) ratios in the biogenic carbonate of shells provide geochemical data of high potential. A strong correlation of Mg/Ca with temperature has been shown in experimental work on different molluscs. But the analytical techniques used for the study involved long sample preparation procedures, microgram order of samples and are cost ineffective. In order to overcome these problems, J. O. Caceres et al. at Complutense University, Spain, have shown for the first time the usage of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to obtain the Mg/Ca ratios in the shells of modern specimens of the mollusc Phorcus lineatus.

In their recent JAAS article, they have demonstrated the feasibility of the LIBS technique as an analytical methodology for the determination of climate patterns and their correlation with other techniques such as δ¹⁸O. LIBS analysis of 47 samples of P. lineatus collected over a period of a year was carried out to evaluate the potential of Mg/Ca ratios in the shells to infer sea water paleotemperatures. ‘LIBS allow us to obtain results quickly with considerable cost reduction without the loss of archaeological materials’, conclude J. O. Caceres et al.

To learn more about the detailed analysis and correlation of Mg/Ca ratios with sea water paleotemperatures by using LIBS, read the full article for free* by using the following link-

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JAAS poster prize winners at Tsukuba seminar

10 Aug 2015

By Sushil Benke.

The 2015 Tsukuba Seminar organized by the Discussion Group for Plasma Spectrochemistry was held in Tsukuba, Japan on the 9th & 10th July 2015.

The theme of the 2015 Tsukuba Seminar was on the “Current and Future Contributions of Plasma Spectroscopy onto Chemical Exploitation of Natural Resources”.

Our journal Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS) awarded two poster prizes at the Tsukuba Seminar 2015, which included a certificate and a fantastic £100 RSC Book Voucher each.

We are very pleased to announce the winners-

Ken Kakegawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Title of the poster: Gas-cylinder-free mass spectrometry of surface adhesion samples using touchable plasma

Rina Matsushita (Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences)

Title of the poster: Development of dual-channel type concentric grid nebulizer for plasma spectrometry

: From the left, Ken Kakegawa, Professor Takafumi Hirata, Rina Matsushita

Professor Takafumi Hirata (Kyoto University, President of the Discussion Group for Plasma Spectrochemistry) awarded the prizes to the winners.

Congratulations to Ken and Rina!

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CYTO 2015

26 Jun 2015

By Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor.

To celebrate the upcoming meeting of the 30th Congress of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry – CYTO 2015 – in Glasgow, we’ve put together a small collection of papers on mass cytometry and flow cytometry from JAAS and Analyst. These will be free to read until July 24th.

Deputy Editor Rebecca Brodie will be attending CYTO 2015, so if you are in Glasgow this weekend and would like to discuss the journal, or publishing in general, please do email us.

We hope you enjoy reading these papers.

Gold-nanoparticle coated La, Tb-encoded PS beads and their application in investigating the performance of the inductively coupled plasma of a mass cytometer
Chun Feng, Vladimir I. Baranov and Mitchell A. Winnik
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 1475-1484
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50149C

Diffusion- and velocity-driven spatial separation of analytes from single droplets entering an ICP off-axis
Olga Borovinskaya, Maryam Aghaei, Luca Flamigni, Bodo Hattendorf, Martin Tanner, Annemie Bogaerts and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 262-271
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50307K

Metal/dye-doped core-shell silica nanoparticles for potential use in bioassay
Jung Aa Ko and H. B. Lim
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 630-636
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA30373J

Webcam-based flow cytometer using wide-field imaging for low cell number detection at high throughput
Joshua Balsam, Hugh Alan Bruck and Avraham Rasooly
Analyst, 2014, 139, 4322-4329
DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00669K

Making a big thing of a small cell – recent advances in single cell analysis
Kerstin Galler, Katharina Bräutigam, Christina Große, Jürgen Popp and Ute Neugebauer
Analyst, 2014, 139, 1237-1273
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01939J

High temporal resolution fluorescence measurements of a mitochondrial dye for detection of early stage apoptosis
Divya Iyer, Rachel D. Ray and Dimitri Pappas
Analyst, 2013, 138, 4892-4897
DOI: 10.1039/C3AN01142A

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JAAS 2014 Impact Factor

22 Jun 2015

By Matthew Cude, Development Editor.

We are delighted to announce the latest impact factor for JAAS has increased to 3.466 according to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports ®.

We would like to thank all of our authors, referees, Editorial and Advisory Board members for their contributions to the success of JAAS.

Submit your best work to JAAS today.

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ISEAC 39 – University of Hamburg

17 Jun 2015

By Charlotte Rowley.

The ISEAC 39 Conference will take place at the University of Hamburg from July 19th – July 22nd 2016.

The central subject of the conference is the innovative use of analytical methods for the investigation of environmentally and food relevant questions.

Topics for discussion:

Sampling
Non-targeted approaches (screening, fingerprinting, profiling, barcoding, omicstechnologies)
Targeted approaches (detection, identification and quantification of organic compounds)
Rapid testing and on-site applications (sensors, biosensors)
Bioinformatics (processing, recycling, sharing, storage)
Risk assessment

‘The Symposium will bring together both established and young researchers in academia, public and industrial laboratories involved in the field of environmental and food analytics and hard ware manufacturers involved in the development and distribution of analytical instrumentation relevant for this interdisciplinary field.’

The meeting will include lectures, poster sessions, an exhibition and will provide plenty of time for the distribution of knowledge on the latest developments in analytical methods for environmental and food analysis.

For more information please contact Prof. Dr. Jose Broekaert or Prof. Dr. Markus Fischer

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The 2nd National Conference on Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Chinese Chemical Society Held in Hangzhou

Call for papers: Themed issue on speciation analysis

Oceanography, Geoanalysis and Marine Science in JAAS

Correlating Mg/Ca ratios with paleotemperatures: LIBS is the new way!

Top 10 most accessed JAAS articles from April – June 2015

JAAS poster prize winners at Tsukuba seminar

CYTO 2015

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ISEAC 39 – University of Hamburg

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