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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...

 

Prof. Dr. Dirk Schaumlöffel

Position: President

Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour
l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM UMR 5254)
CNRS / Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour
Helioparc
2, Avenue du Président Angot | F – 64053 Pau

Vice-President

Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle

Institute for Nutritional Science Chair of Food Chemistry Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116...

 

Prof. Dr. Tanja Schwerdtle

Position: Vice-President

Institute for Nutritional Science
Chair of Food Chemistry
Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116
14558 Nuthetal, OT Bergholz-Rehbrücke

Vice-President

Prof. Dr. Lothar Rink

Director Institute of Immunology Pauwelsstr. 30 52074 Aachen

 

Prof. Dr. Lothar Rink

Position: Vice-President

Director
Institute of Immunology
Pauwelsstr. 30
52074 Aachen

General secretary

Prof. Dr.  Anna Kipp

Secretary General Nutritional Physiology Institute of Nutritional Sciences Friedrich Schiller...

 

Prof. Dr.  Anna Kipp

Position: General secretary

Secretary General

Nutritional Physiology
Institute of Nutritional Sciences
Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Chair of the scientific advisory board

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Michalke

Dep of Analytical BioGeoChemie (BGC) German Research Center for Health...

 

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Michalke

Position: Chair of the scientific advisory board

Dep of Analytical BioGeoChemie (BGC)
German Research Center for Health and Environment
Helmholtz Centre Munich

Scientific advisory board

Prof. Dr. Julia Bornhorst

University of Wuppertal Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Food...

 

Prof. Dr. Julia Bornhorst

Position: Scientific advisory board

University of Wuppertal
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Food chemistry

Scientific advisory board

PD Dr. Esther Humann-Ziehank

Veterinarian for clinical laboratory diagnostics

 

PD Dr. Esther Humann-Ziehank

Position: Scientific advisory board

Veterinarian for clinical laboratory diagnostics

Scientific advisory board

M.Sc. Daniel Brugger

Chair of Animal Nutrition Department of Animal Sciences Technical University...

 

M.Sc. Daniel Brugger

Position: Scientific advisory board

Chair of Animal Nutrition
Department of Animal Sciences
Technical University of Munich

Scientific advisory board

Dr. Kostja Renko

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)

 

Dr. Kostja Renko

Position: Scientific advisory board

German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)