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GMS SFERETE
Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals(FESTEM)
The Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals (FESTEM) is a non profit organization which was
founded in Rome, the 21st of March 1997 under the initiative of the national societies from Italy, the "Associazione Italiana per lo Studio degti Etementi in Traccia negti Organismi Viventi (A.I.S.E.T.O.V.)", from Germany, the "Geseltschaft fi]r Mineralstoffe und Spurenetemente (GMS) and from the French speaking countries, the "Soci6t~ Francophone d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Elements Trace Essentiels (SFERETE)". Its aim is to increase the collaboration, the diffusion and the exchange of information on scientific activities of national societies, including advances in basic and applied research about minera[s and trace elements in chemical analysis, physiology, epidemio[ogy, molecular biology, medical diagnosis and therapy, pharmacology, preventive medicine, nutrition, toxicology, occupational medicine, and environmental protection. The Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals (FESTEM)will seek to establish formal links, inter alia, with the Commission of the European Union and the World Health Organization.
Among other activities, the FESTEM, will support interdisciplinary exchanges of ideas between pure and applied science, initiate research projects, conduct lecture series, hold scientific conferences and support the publication and presentation of scientific research. The Federation will also provide information to the medical and related professions, and seek as well to inform the general public. In the field of chemical analysis the FESTEM will make effort to improve the quality of analyses. The Federation has been officially registered at the University of Grenoble and at the ,,Prefecture de'l Ts'ere" and the statutes of FESTEM have been published in the ,,Official Journal" of the French Republic. The executive board is composed by two person per society with a right to vote. Additionally, there are a treasurer and a vice-secretary as members of the bureau, without fight to vote. The elected persons can be seen at the bottom of this page. The board of the executives agreed to designate the Journal of Truce Elements in Medicine and Biology as official organ of the Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals. The FESTEMwilt support meetings and congresses as can be seen in the respective page of a national society or in the meetings page of this journal.
Board of the executives President: Prof. Dr. Jean N~ve, Universit6 Libre de BruxeUes, Institut de Pharmacie, Campus Plaine 205-5, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgique. (e-mail:
[email protected]) Vice-presidents: Prof. Dr. Peter Br~tter, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, G[ienicker Str. 100, D-14109 Berlin, Germany (e-mail:
[email protected]) Prof. Dr. Gianfranco Vivo[i, Dip. Sdenze Biomediche, Sezione di Igiene, Universit~ degLi Studi di Modena, Via Campi, 287, 1-41100 Modena, Italy (e-mail:
[email protected]) Advisors: Prof. Dr. PaoLa BoreLla, Dip. Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Igiene, Universit~ degli Studi di Modena, Via Campi, 287, 1-41100 Modena, Italy (e-mail: boreL[a.paoLa@unimoJt) Prof. Dr. JiJrgen Kruse'Jarres, Katharinenhospita[, Kriegsbergstr. 60, D-70174 Stuttgart, Germany (e-mail: jkruse-jarres@t-on Hne.de) General Secretary: Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie Roussel, Universite Joseph Fourier, Biochimie Pharmacie, Domaine de La Merci, F-38700 La Tronche, France, Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 63 71 31, Fax: +33 (0) 4 76 63 71 80 (e-mail:
[email protected]) Vice-Secretary: Dr. Virginia Negretti de Br~tter, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Str. 100, D-1410g Berlin, Germany, Tel: +49 (0) 30 86 42 28 07, Tel. Ce[. +49 (0) 172 3 99 gl 66, Fax: + 49 (0) 86 42 28 08 (e-mail:
[email protected]) Treasurer: Ms. Arlette Alcaraz, CHU A. MichaLton, Laboratoire de Biochimie C, BP 217, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France (e-mail: ArLette.A[
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