ABOUT GMS

MISSION:
The Society for Minerals and Trace Elements – GMS e.V. – promotes research on minerals and trace elements at the interface between:
• medicine
• nutrition
• biology
• chemistry
• other related scientific disciplines

GMS offers an interdisciplinary platform for the scientific exchange of ideas between basic research, practice and application.

GMS is a member of the Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals (FESTEM) where it represents the countries of the German-speaking area.

AIMS:
• To create a forum for scientific exchange between the many different disciplines researching minerals and trace elements (TE) from different angles and viewpoints.

• To perform trace element research and offer a forum to present new scientific results, initiating and promoting interdisciplinary discussions.

• To bring scientifically based new knowledge about elements and minerals to the public.

• To comply with “Good Laboratory Practice”, following the “Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice – Code of Conduct” from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

IMPLEMENTATION:
• Annual conferences for scientific exchange

• Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology (JTEMB),  our peer-reviewed English-language journal (launched 1986)

• Support, publish and review books and articles to summarise and disseminate scientifically sound information