November has been busy in Kruvelab as four new enthusiastic students have joined our team and are working on exciting topics. Going from left to right in the picture: Lars is an Erasmus student from the University of Tübingen in Germany studying MSc in chemistry. He started his two-month internship in mid-October and has been […]
Author Archives: Helen Sepman
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Oct
Oct
The 23rd biennial International Conference EcoBalt 2023 was held in Tallinn this year. The conference drew together researchers from various fields of chemistry, from toxicologists to materials scientists, focusing on chemicals and the environment. The topics covered methods for detecting and understanding contamination as well as potential solutions to deal with the pollution. As a person […]
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Aug
Aug
Non-targeted screening is helping us to discover the complex chemical space of environmental samples. Due to the large number of detected chemicals, prioritization is necessary to direct focus on chemicals posing a risk to biota and humans. Commonly, key information for risk assessment is the exposure to the respective chemical. Unfortunately, the detected signal intensity is poorly […]
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May
May
This April, the first–ever conference for Nordic toxicologists – NorthTox was held to create and strengthen the toxicology community and encourage interactions and collaborations between people with similar research aims. The conference focused on the current situation and challenges of ecotoxicology while introducing new strategies for dealing with the issues to create a sustainable society. […]
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Apr
Apr
It is a shame that Drew first arrived in Sweden in January last year when the weather was awful – it was raining everything it could possibly rain and everyone was so busy discussing the weather conditions that they forgot to write a welcome post for Drew (it is important to note that Drew himself […]