Within the framework of the COST action TD1407 on the “environmental processes and health effects of technology-critical elements” (http://www.costnotice.net/), two events will be oragnized :
1) Training school on “analytical chemistry of technology-critical elements” for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers (http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/COST-Course2017/; January 15-17 2017; Weizmann Institute, Israel).
2) Workshop on “environmental concentrations, cycling & modeling of technology critical elements” (http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/COST-Workshop2017/; January 18-19 2017; Weizmann Institute, Israel).
The two events take place consecutively at the same place (Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel) and can be combined. Participants can apply for financial support (details on website). Deadline for registration is on September 20 2016 for the training school and on September 15 2016 for the workshop.
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