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Themed issue on Archaeometry

22 Jun 2011

We are delighted to announce that JAAS will be publishing a themed issue on ‘Isotope ratios in archeaometry’ in spring 2012. This issue will be Guest Edited by Patrick Degryse from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

The submission deadline for this issue is 12th December 2011.

Please submit your article through the journal submission website, and indicate in your covering letter that your article is intended for the Archaeometry 2012 issue. Please note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, and to be suitable for publication, must meet the usual quality and significance standards of the journal.

Articles will be published as Advance Articles online as soon as they are ready, and the print issue will be published in spring 2012. For further information about the journal, please visit our homepage.

Please contact the Editorial office at jaas-rsc@rsc.org if you have any questions about the submission of articles to JAAS, either for this special compilation or a regular issue.

Also of interest, the International Symposium on Archaeometry (ISA 2012) will be held in Leuven, Belgium from 28 May- 1st June 2012.

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JAAS Board member publishes paper in Science

12 May 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

Editorial Board member Scott Tanner has just published an exciting paper in Science, showing a brilliant proof of principle for the novel technology of mass cytometry and providing a uniquely detailed view of cell differentiation in the human hematopoietic system.

This tackles a problem central to biomedical science: identifying the lineages and phenotypes of specialised cells and tracking their molecular differentiation during differentiation.

Access the paper using the link below.

Congratulations, Scott!

Single-Cell Mass Cytometry of Differential Immune and Drug Responses Across a Human Hematopoietic Continuum
Sean C. Bendall, Erin F. Simonds, Peng Qiu, El-ad D. Amir, Peter O. Krutzik, Rachel Finck, Robert V. Bruggner, Rachel Melamed, Angelica Trejo, Olga I. Ornatsky, Robert S. Balderas, Sylvia K. Plevritis, Karen Sachs, Dana Pe’er, Scott D. Tanner and Garry P. Nolan
Science 6 May 2011: 687-696
DOI: 10.1126/science.1198704

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FACSS Deadline for Oral Presentation Abstracts: April 30

29 Apr 2011

By Steven Ray.

The 2011 meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) will be held in Reno, NV from October 2-6.

Lake Tahoe

The submission deadline for abstracts that will be considered for oral presentation is April 30 (Today!)– those abstracts that are submitted after the deadline will be presented as a poster. Abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.facss.org.

Several focal areas have been identified by the atomic spectroscopy program chairman, Dr. Carsten Engelhard which are to be given special attention in the 2011 program:

Plasma Spectrochemistry: From Fundamentals to Applications (Keynote: Prof. Gary M. Hieftje)

Isotope analysis (Keynote: Prof. Frank Vanhaecke)

Microplasmas for Atomic and Molecular Analyses (Organizer: Prof. José A.C. Broekaert)

Chemistry in Arts and Archaeology (Organizer: Prof. Mary Kate Donais)

Progress in Metallomics and Speciation Analysis (Organizer: Prof. Norbert Jakubowski)

Laser and Laser Spectroscopy (Organizer: Prof. Rick Russo, Dr. Jhanis Gonzalez)

X-ray Fluorescence (Organizer: Dr. George Havrilla, Dr. Brian Patterson)

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometry (Organizer: Prof. Rick Russo, Dr. Jhanis Gonzalez)

…and contributed sessions will be added to the program as space allows…so if you do not see a program area above that fits your research focus, don’t let it stop you from submitting a paper!

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Themed issue on synchrotron radiation in art and archaeometry

27 Apr 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

JAAS 2011, 26(5):873-1100

Our latest themed issue, highlighting the latest work in the area of synchrotron radiation in art and archaeometry, is now online.

Koen Janssens‘ Editorial introduces the themed issue and provides an overview of the 2010 Synchrotron Radiation in Art and Archaeology conference:

Synchrotron Radiation in Art and Archaeology
Koen Janssens
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 883-884
DOI: 10.1039/C1JA90015C

The front cover highlights work by Matthias Alfeld and colleagues, using scanning macro-XRF to look at paintings. They present three self-built scanning macro-XRF instruments and demonstrate their imaging capabilities:

Optimization of mobile scanning macro-XRF systems for the in situ investigation of historical paintings
Matthias Alfeld, Koen Janssens, Joris Dik, Wout de Nolf and Geert van der Snickt
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 899-909
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00257G

The inside front cover image features the research of Wout De Nolf and co-workers, who present the first demonstration of High-Energy X-ray Powder Diffraction imaging (HE-XRPD) for the study of hidden layers in paintings:

High energy X-ray powder diffraction for the imaging of (hidden) paintings
Wout De Nolf, Joris Dik, Geert Vandersnickt, Arie Wallert and Koen Janssens
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 910-916
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00255K

Both the cover articles are free to access until the end of May so do take a look and pass on to any colleagues who may be interested.

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Most-read JAAS articles in March

26 Apr 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

The most popular JAAS articles in March

Read five of the most-read papers in March 2011 here:

Inductively coupled plasma- and glow discharge plasma-sector field mass spectrometry
Part I. Tutorial: Fundamentals and instrumentation

Norbert Jakubowski, Thomas Prohaska, Lothar Rottmann and Frank Vanhaecke, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 693-726
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00161A

Inductively coupled plasma- and glow discharge plasma-sector field mass spectrometry
Part II. Applications

Norbert Jakubowski, Thomas Prohaska, Frank Vanhaecke, Peter H. Roos and Torsten Lindemann, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 727-757
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00007H

Atomic spectrometry update. Environmental analysis

Owen T. Butler, Warren Cairns, Jennifer M. Cook and Christine M. Davidson, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 250-286
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA90038A

Selective identification, characterization and determination of dissolved silver(I) and silver nanoparticles based on single particle detection by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Francisco Laborda, Javier Jiménez-Lamana, Eduardo Bolea and Juan R. Castillo, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00098A

Modern mass spectrometry for studying mass-independent fractionation of heavy stable isotopes in environmental and biological sciences

Vladimir N. Epov, Dmitry Malinovskiy, Frank Vanhaecke, Didier Bégué and Olivier F.X. Donard, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00231C

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April 30: Early Registration Deadline for Metallomics 2011

20 Apr 2011

By Steven Ray.

The early registration deadline for the Third International Symposium on Metallomics conference is April 30.

Metallomics 2011

Metallomics is to be held in Munster, Germany June 15-18, 2011 and sister journal Metallomics has announced a special issue themed around the conference. The submission deadline for the special issue July 15, 2011. More information can be accessed online at: http://www.metallomics2011.org.

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April 20: Last Day for TraceSpec2011 Early Registration

20 Apr 2011

By Steven Ray.

The 13th Workshop on Progress in Trace Metal Speciation for Environmental Analytical Chemistry has extended the early registration

TraceSpec 2011

deadline to April 20, and late-breaking poster presentations are still being accepted. The preliminary program is now online and can be accessed at: http://www.tracespec2011.com.

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Coastal Pollution Shown to Affect Harbor Seals

20 Apr 2011

By Steven Ray.

The work of a number of researchers affiliated with JAAS has been prominently featured in the popular press recently. The paper:

Harbor Seals

“First health and pollution study on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) living in the German Elbe estuary“, Antje Kakuschke, Elizabeth Valentine-Thon, Simone Griesel, Juergen Gandrass, Octavio Perez Luzardo, Luis Dominguez Boada, Manuel Zumbado Peña, Maira Almeida González, Mechthild Grebe, Daniel Pröfrock, Hans-Burkhard Erbsloeh, Katharina Kramer, Sonja Fonfara and Andreas Prange., Marine Pollution Bulletin,60(11), 2019-2086.

was cited on a number of popular news sites because of the concerns it raised about the pollution of coastal environments. Specifically, the authors found elevated levels of many heavy metals and long-lived industrial pollutants in the blood of the seals, and hypothesized that similar pollution effects were responsible for the elevated immune response observed in these animals. They suggested that periodic monitoring of these subjects will provide new insights into the adverse effects of marine activity on their local ecosystem, making them- in effect- very cute biomarkers. Kudos to the authors on this wonderful work…

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Hot Article: Analysis of explosive residues in human fingerprints using OC-LIBS

13 Apr 2011

By Vibhuti Patel, Deputy Editor.

Chemical images generated by OC-LIBS provided visual information on the spatial distribution of the explosive residue in the fingerprints.

Optical catapulting in combination with laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (OC-LIBS) is a new and developing technique that has been effectively tested for the analysis of solid aerosols.

In this paper, Abdelhamid et al. use OC-LIBS to analyse explosive residues in human fingerprints left on glass surfaces in the form of solid aerosols. Experimental conditions such as the temporal acquisition delay, the distance from the surface and the interpulse delay time between lasers are studied. They show advantages of OC-LIBS over conventional LIBS including the absence of contamination of the specimen analyzed and the freedom from spectral contribution of the substrate where the sample was placed.

Analysis of explosive residues in human fingerprints using optical catapulting–laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
M. Abdelhamid, F. J. Fortes, M. A. Harith and J. J. Laserna
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00188K

Do take a look and let us know your thoughts on this emerging technique.

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Daniel Pröfrock wins Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award

29 Mar 2011

By Steven Ray.

(Carsten Engelhard) Dr. Daniel Pröfrock has been named the 2011 Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award winner.

Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award winner Dr. Daniel Pröfrock with Prof. Dr. Detlef Günther (Picture: Johannes Stadler, CC-BY).

Prof. Detlef Günther, JAAS Editorial Board Chair and member of the award committee, presented the prize on behalf of the German Society for Applied Spectrocopy (DASp) during the ANAKON conference dinner. The ANAKON conference was held March 22 – 25, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. Every year the Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award is given to an outstanding young scientist in the field of spectroscopy. The prize includes a monetary reward of 2.500,00 €.

Daniel presented an award lecture entitled “Elemental speciation in environmental and life sciences utilizing heteroatoms, miniaturization, and mass spectrometry”. He is a scientist in the Marine Bioanalytical Chemistry Department of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG, http://www.hzg.de). His research interests include trace element analysis and elemental speciation in the marine environment, as well as development and application of hyphenated techniques for marine bio analysis.

Congratulations Daniel!

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Themed issue on Archaeometry

JAAS Board member publishes paper in Science

FACSS Deadline for Oral Presentation Abstracts: April 30

Themed issue on synchrotron radiation in art and archaeometry

Most-read JAAS articles in March

April 30: Early Registration Deadline for Metallomics 2011

April 20: Last Day for TraceSpec2011 Early Registration

Coastal Pollution Shown to Affect Harbor Seals

Hot Article: Analysis of explosive residues in human fingerprints using OC-LIBS

Daniel Pröfrock wins Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award

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