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  2019.11.11

  Escaping the academic microcosm for some mesocosms

  On Secondment to Fera Science Ltd. in York I am learning how to conduct a risk assessment. Since … »

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  2019.10.31

  Award for the best student oral presentation

  Written by Natasa Skrbic With an oral presentation, I participated at the 11th IWA International … »

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  2019.10.28

  NaToxAq at the EU REA Clean Water Cluster Event

  The second ever MSCA Cluster Event focused on the topic “Clean Water” and NaToxAq was one of twelve … »

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  2019.10.14

  ESR 9 on Secondment

  The year 2019 is the year of secondments for many ESRs. From August to December, I am also spending … »

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  2019.10.04

  The end seems near

  I am slowly but steadily approaching the end of my Ph.D. studies … »

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  2019.09.23

  New Project Manager of NaToxAq

  As of 23rd of September Angelika Lene Rasmussen will take over all the project managing in NaToxAq … »

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  2019.09.19

  Training event in Agilent Technologies

  In 16-17 of September, a group of students, lecturers, laboratory technicians and PhD students from … »

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  2019.09.18

  Summer whirlwind Secondment at Agroscope

  Ellie Stone went to learn about the ToxicPlants-PhytoToxin database from its creator Barbara … »

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  2019.09.17

  First conference experience for ESR15 and ESR16 at Cranfield University Water Conference 2019

  This week Bilal Tariq (ESR15) and Ellie Stone (ESR16) were invited by Yorkshire Water’s John Haley … »

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  2019.09.13

  NaToxAq on Swiss TV

  The Swiss TV channel SRF visited Eawag to report about cyanobacteria and their toxins in local lakes … »

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  2019.09.09

  Secondment at EAWAG

  Daria Filatova is sampling lake Greifen … »

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  2019.08.26

  Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in surface and shallow ground waters

  Written by Vaidotas Kisielius, Jawameer Hama, Natasa Skrbic More than 6,000 plant species produce … »

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  2019.08.26

  Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in surface and shallow ground waters

  We investigated the invasive plant Petasites hybridus, and identified at least 9 different PAs in … »

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  2019.08.26

  Lupin field harvested – Agroscope, Zurich

  Friday 9th of August, lupins were harvested in Agroscope field … »

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  2019.07.01

  Life of a Ph.D. student

  Being a Ph.D. student does not always mean spending hours and hours in the lab… … »

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  2019.06.28

  4th NaToxAq PhD school Leipzig 3-8 June 2019

  In June we attended our last PhD school before NaToxAq final conference in Brno next year. … »

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  2019.06.21

  Lupin update from Switzerland

  Read about the progress in the joint field study... … »

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  2019.06.12

  NaToxAq @SETAC Helsinki

  Let us share our SETAC experience... … »

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  2019.05.23

  Phytotoxin meets Plant Protection Product

  Read about our visit to Syngenta Soil Competence Centre in Stein (CH) … »

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  2019.04.15

  The Start of the joint NaToxAq Field Study

  The field season at Agroscope has started and lupins are ready to grow... … »

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  2019.03.28

  Two new faces in the NaToxAq family

  We have recruited Bilal Tariq from Pakistan for position ESR15 and Ellie Stone from Australia for … »

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  2019.02.20

  3rd NaToxAq PhD-school and Midterm Review by the European commission

  Halfway into our NaToxAq-journey, we met again – this time in nice and sunny Barcelona. … »

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  2019.02.20

  3rd NaToxAq PhD-school and Midterm Review by the European commission

  Halfway into our NaToxAq-journey, we met again – this time in nice and sunny Barcelona. … »

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  2019.01.15

  Here we have a new scientific paper from NaToxAq

  Publish or perish. This is the most important sentence we all know. One of the most important goals … »

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  2019.01.07

  Fighting natural toxins with plasma

  When electric discharges are used to degrade cyanotoxins… … »

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  2018.11.26

  The network of NaToxAq is great! Just use it

  NaToxAq network is great; it helped us to have soil samples from different places of Europe … »

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  2018.11.14

  Going global at ICHA2018

  From October 21-26 Barbara Kubíčková attended the International Conference on Harmful Algae (ICHA) … »

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  2018.11.09

  From Lake Constance to the tap

  About our experiences at the St. Galler Stadtwerke drinking water treatment plant in Switzerland … »

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  2018.10.11

  Training event

  From September 25 to 26 a delegation of teachers and students of University College Copenhagen and … »

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  2018.09.29

  ESR4 and ESR7 at the 10th International Symposium for Poisonous Plants

  Read about ESRs 4 and 7's experiences at the International Symposium for Poisonous Plants in Utah … »

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  2018.09.26

  IMSC2018 - my first large international conference

  Daria Filatova (ESR6) presented at poster and was amazed by the scale of the conference … »

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  2018.09.13

  Two available positions

  Two Early Stage Researcher (ESR) positions are available at Fera in York, UK. … »

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  2018.08.22

  First poster presentation

  ESR6 (Daria Filatova) attended 14th Annual LC-MS/MS workshop on environmental applications and food … »

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  2018.08.16

  The Toxic Plants-Phytotoxins (TPPT) database is now available

  The TPPT database is published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (JAFC) and … »

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  2018.08.13

  Sampling at Lake Greifensee (CH) to analyze for cyanobacterial toxins

  Regiane Natumi (ESR10) and Elisabeth Janssen monitored the phytoplankton density particularly by … »

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  2018.06.25

  News from Scarborough

  For the week of the 9th to 15th of June, NaToxAq met up for the second summer school in Scarborough, … »

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  2018.06.25

  News from Scarborough

  For the week of the 9th to 15th of June, NaToxAq met up for the second summer school in Scarborough, … »

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  2018.06.06

  Lupine Field Excursion on a Nice Danish Summer Day

  By Xiaomeng Liang (ESR2) Jawameer Hama (ESR 8) and Daniel Jorgensen (ESR 11) With nice summer … »

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  2018.06.05

  Looking back at my first year PhD trip

  Mulatu Nanusha (ESR5) looks back at his first year as Marie Curie fellow. … »

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  2018.05.25

  SETAC ROME

  Five fellows write about their experiences at the 28th Annual SETAC Europe Meeting … »

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  2018.05.22

  First year is almost finished - how is the PhD going?

  This is a brief resume of the first year of Massimo Picardo's PhD at CSIC in Barcelona. … »

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  2018.04.20

  Method development and optimization

  Daria (ESR6) tells about her experience in the laboratory during the first part of NaToxAq project … »

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  2018.04.10

  RECETOX’s visit at the INP Greifswald

  A brief summary of the meeting of RECETOX with Prof. Jürgen Kolb in Greifswald, Germany… … »

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  2018.04.09

  ESR9 and ESR10 present their first poster

  ESR9 and ESR10 presented their work at the annual IBP PhD Congress at ETH Zurich. … »

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  2018.03.20

  Lupin Field Experiment at Agroscope – Zürich

  Read about the second day of the Zürich meeting … »

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  2018.03.14

  NaToxAq in Zürich

  ESRs and supervisors focussing on toxic plants and plant toxins got together in Zürich... … »

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  2018.03.13

  NaToxAq in the press

  Our project gains attention in the quarterly institutional RECETOX Newsletter … »

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  2018.03.05

  EAWAG meets RECETOX

  A brief summary of the meeting of parts of the cyanotoxin-related group within the NaToxAq network … »

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  2018.02.28

  Newsletter February 2018

  Find our latest newsletter, for February 2018, here. You can subscripe to receive future … »

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  2018.02.21

  ACES meets Eawag

  In February 2018, the Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) from … »

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  2018.02.13

  Learning from other disciplines – visit of Novartis’ PhysChem Lab

  When it comes to the determination of physicochemical properties one can learn a lot from other … »

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  2018.02.07

  Starting the journey towards a doctoral degree

  As winter is a reasonable time for water sampling to examine the chemical fingerprints of plant … »

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  2018.01.22

  Getting started with columns and batch experiments

  A little introduction of the first months of work at University of Copenhagen (KU) … »

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  2018.01.05

  When lakes are blooming - are our lungs at risk?

  My first months as a PhD student at RECETOX, investigating the toxic potential of cyanobacterial … »

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  2017.12.08

  The beginning of a long, but interesting journey

  Read about the first months of my life as a PhD student within the NaToxAq network. … »

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  2017.12.06

  Frankfurt meeting – toxins selection

  On 27th November, in the NaToxAq network we had meeting in Frankfurt, that organized by Helmholtz … »

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  2017.12.04

  Network meeting within emerging plant toxins and distribution

  Researchers working on plant toxins - emerging toxins and distribution - met in Frankfurt to … »

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  2017.11.29

  Visit to the German Pharmacy Museum, Heidelberg

  Anytime is a good time to learn more about natural toxins! We took advantage of our trip to … »

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  2017.11.03

  Welcome to Agroscope Inés!

  The first out of five NaToxAq ESRs seconding to Agroscope over the next few years arrived... … »

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  2017.10.24

  Newsletter October 2017

  The second newsletter of NaToxAq is available now. Make sure to sign up for future editions … »

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  2017.10.10

  1st PhD school - day 9-11

  On the 1st of October the fellows had a day off and could go and explore Helsingør, and on the … »

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  2017.10.09

  1st PhD school - day 8

  As a part of the course C2 we were on an excursion to a waterworks and to the forest on the 30th of … »

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  2017.10.08

  1st PhD school - day 7

  On the 29th September all fellows and Work Package leaders for WP2-5 gave presentations at the … »

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  2017.10.07

  1st PhD school - day 6

  On 28 September the fellows had the course S1, while the supervisors had the course C3. The day also … »

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  2017.10.05

  1st PhD school - day 4 and 5

  The 26-27 September the courses S2 and S3 started and ran in parallel. We also had Work Package … »

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  2017.09.27

  1st PhD school - day 3

  The 25th of September course C1 continued, which included a visit from two students from the … »

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  2017.09.25

  Training event at Agilent Technologies in Waldbronn, Germany.

  From 13 to 14 of September, a mixed group of students, lecturers, laboratory technicians and ESR7 … »

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  2017.09.25

  1st PhD school - day 2

  The day included a field trip where the fellows learned how to sample the different soil layers in a … »

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  2017.09.24

  1st PhD school - day 1

  Finally we are all meeting each other and are having a great time at the 1st day of the NaToxAq PhD … »

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  2017.08.31

  First field campaign: Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)

  ESR4 at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany, has started the collection of … »

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  2017.08.08

  Surface Water as Drinking Water Resource – Excursion to the NaToxAq Partner Organization St. Galler Stadtwerke

  Find out more about our excursion to the drinking water supplier at the shore of Lake Constance … »

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  2017.08.07

  Copenhagen-based ESRs have started their sampling campaigns

  The Early Stage Researchers have started the field works, documenting relevant data and gathering … »

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  2017.08.07

  Copenhagen-based ESRs have started their sampling campaigns

  The Early Stage Researchers have started the field works, documenting relevant data and gathering … »

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  2017.07.24

  How do you feel being a Marie Curie Ph.D. ?

  How do you feel being an ESR with a Marie Curie Fellowship Ph.D.? … »

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  2017.07.18

  Life as a PhD student: A day at Water supply plant in Zürich

  To have the opportunity to visit a Water Supply facility helps to understand the critical points on … »

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  2017.06.13

  14 fellows selected

  All but one of the 15 Early Stage Researchers have been selected and most have started their … »

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  2017.06.06

  NaToxAq get-together in Zurich

  Read about our first NaToxAq visitors in Zurich … »

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  2017.01.09

  Institute of Technology receives 2.16 million DKK for international research on water

  Read about the studies on bracken which form the background for the participation of PI Lars Holm … »

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  2016.10.07

  EU will protect future drinking water from natural toxins

  The new research network, NaToxAq, will train early stage researchers across borders to tackle the … »

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  2016.09.13

  Project starts 1st of Jan 2017

  We will soon advertise for 15 fellowships … »