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
Current Board Members of the GMS
President
Prof. Dr. Dirk Schaumlöffel
Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l’Environnement et...
Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Julia Bornhorst
University of Wuppertal Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Food...
Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Lothar Rink
Director Institute of Immunology Pauwelsstr. 30 52074 Aachen
General secretary
Prof. Dr. Anna Kipp
Secretary General Nutritional Physiology Institute of Nutritional Sciences Friedrich Schiller...
Chair of the scientific advisory board
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Michalke
Dep of Analytical BioGeoChemie (BGC) German Research Center for Health...
Scientific advisory board
Dr. Maria Maares
Institute of Food Technology and Food Chemistry Chair of Food...
Scientific advisory board
PD Dr. Esther Humann-Ziehank
Veterinarian for clinical laboratory diagnostics
Scientific advisory board
Dr. Daniel Brugger
Institute of Animal Nutrition and Dietetics Vetsuisse-Faculty University of Zurich
Scientific advisory board
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Witt
Department of Chemistry Food Chemistry and Toxicology Erwin Schrödinger-Str. 52...