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NEWSLETTER
INTERNATIONAL HUMIC SUBSTANCES SOCIETY
Number 36
Dear Members, The IHSS meeting last August at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany was intellectually stimulating and a fun get together with friends. Our hosts, led by Fritz Frimmel and Gudrun Abbt-Braun, did a great job. They supplied us with excellent food, drink, and entertainment and when assistance was needed there always seemed to be someone nearby who could help. The IHSS Board is very appreciative of all the hard work of our Karlsruher hosts. At our meeting in Karlsruhe I had the privilege of assuming the office of President of IHSS. I am fortunate to succeed Dr. Maria de Nobili who has been an excellent President. She now holds the office of Past President and will continue to be an important person in the leadership of IHSS. At Karlsruhe we welcomed two new Board members, Jerzy Weber and Etelka Tombacz, and said thank you to Ladislau Martin-Neto and Yona Chen who retired from the Board. We have a strong Board of Directors including our hard working Treasurer, Ed Clapp, and Secretary, Gudrun Abbt-Braun, whose duties are especially demanding. Recently Gudrun has had to work especially hard on IHSS activities, serving both as Secretary of IHSS and on the leadership team for the Karlsruhe meeting. The strength of our national and regional chapters is very important for our future. At the Chapter Coordinator meeting in Karlsruhe, chaired by our new VicePresident, Jerzy Weber, I was happy to see that most of our chapters are active and doing well. Many hold well-attended chapter meetings. To encourage the continuation of good chapter meetings the IHSS Board has agreed to give up to $1000 to support invited outside speakers. Thanks to the continued strong sale of our humic samples from our collection we are in very strong financial shape. This has allowed us to expand our Travel Bursary program to support young scientists to travel to our international meetings and to initiate a Training Bursary program to assist young scientists to gain international experience and expand their technical skills. During the last year the Board has been active in two very important initiatives. One is the revision of our bylaws. We chose to start over with new bylaws and in Karlsruhe we presented a draft of the bylaws to the General Assembly. The proposed bylaws were modified in response to the Assembly discussion and early next year we will be asking for a vote by the membership (see the article on page **). The second major initiative is to computerize our accounting system. We hired a consultant group, which specializes in assisting non-profit groups, to help us setup the accounting system, which will be used both by the Director of Sales and by the Treasurer. The software will assist in record keeping and report generation. The initial setup is almost complete but we will continue get help from the consultants until we have learned all we need to know about using the software. In 2008 the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) chapter will host our 14th international meeting. The meeting, tentatively scheduled for September 14 to 20, will be on a riverboat beginning in Moscow and ending in St. Petersburg (see: http://www.humus.ru/ihss-14/eng/). Start planning now for this exciting meeting.

AUTUMN 2006

Paul Bloom, IHSS President
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13th IIHSS CONFERENCE 2006 KARLSRUHE

Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden was the message of the recent soccer world championship in Germany, and it was also the motto for the 13th IHSS Conference in Karlsruhe. The Technical University in Karlsruhe hosted the meeting from the 30th of July to the 4th of August, 2006. The local organizing committee was chaired by Gudrun Abbt-Braun, the scientific committee was chaired by Fritz Frimmel. The scientific program included 46 oral and 23 short oral presentations and 195 poster contributions. The participants enjoyed a variety of oral lectures, including keynote lectures and oral presentations of posters, stimulating poster sessions, scientific discussions, German food, and several social events. The meeting, spread over six days, consisted of five sections, covered all main aspects of research on humic substances and natural organic matter: Topic I: New analytical aspects 11 oral presentations, 6 oral presentations of posters, 50 posters, Topic II: Biological aspects and transformations 7 oral presentations, 5 oral presentations of posters, 18 posters, Topic III: Ecological aspects and genesis 9 oral presentations, 3 oral presentations of posters, 45 posters Topic IV: Physico-chemical aspects 11 oral presentations, 4 oral presentations of posters, 50 posters Topic V: Application: water treatment, agricultural practices, composting, remediation 8 oral presentations, 5 oral presentations of posters, 32 posters

Several keynote lectures introduced to the main topics and reviewed the highlights of the research area: o William T. Cooper: Molecular Characterization of Terrestrially-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuarine and Marine Environments Using Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry and 3-D Excitation/Emission Spectroscopy o Dan C. Olk: Biological, Chemical, and Physical Fractionations for Soil Organic Matter o Roberto Pinton: Role of Humic Substances as Rhizospheric Signals Affecting Root Growth and Mechanisms of Nutrient Acquisition o Yona Chen: Organic Matter Transformations during the Composting of Biosolids o Michael U. Kumke: Connecting Photodynamics of Complexes between Humic Substances and Lanthanide Ions (Ln(III)) to Humic Substances Structure o Christian Niederer: Sorption Behavior of Organic Vapors in Soil Organic Matter: Experiments and Modeling o Francisco J. GonzÀlez-Vila: Influence of Management Practices on the Structural Features of Humic Acids from Representative Amazonian Soils o Ulla S. LundstrÆm: Dissolved Organic Matter Dynamics of Soil and Stream Water in a Catchment Area
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The highlight of the social gatherings was the excursion and the conference dinner. Along with the good food, convivial company, live music and dancing, there was the traditional presentation of the Malcolm Award and the certificates to the travel bursary winners and presentations to Prof. Ed Clapp (see picture), Prof. Yona Chen and Dr. Ladislau Martin-Neto in recognition of their contributions to the Society. The meeting was closed with the traditional small ceremony: The IHSS flag Frimmel and Gudrun Abbt-Braun to the chairperson of the chapter of Independent States Irina Perminova and her group. They will organize which will take place on the river Wolga during a boat trip between Moscow 13th meeting in numbers: Organizing Committee: Gudrun Abbt-Braun (Chairperson), Fritz H. Frimmel, Birgit Gordalla, Ulrich Lankes, Margit MÝller, UniversitÄt Karlsruhe (TH), Germany Scientific Committee: Paul Bloom, Maria de Nobili, Fritz H. Frimmel (Chairman), Gudrun AbbtBraun, Yona Chen, Russel F. Christman, Claudio Ciavatta, Edward Clapp, Egil T. Gjessing, Konrad Haider, Patrick G. Hatcher, Martin Jekel, Ladislau Martin-Neto, Irina Perminova, Michael Spiteller, Roger S. Swift Participants: registered: 348 (323, 25 accompanying pers. (AP)), attended: 297 (275, 22 AP) Countries: 42 37 Oral presentations (total): 47 46 Keynote lectures: 8 8 Poster presentations (total): 231 195 3 min oral poster presentations: 24 23 o o Contributions were reviewed by the scientific committee ~ 50 % IHSS members, ~35 % students Hungary India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Morocco Nigeria Norway Poland 10 1 5 4 16 10 3 2 1 3 1 6 14 Portugal Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan The Netherlands Turkey UnitedKingdom USA 3 15 1 10 2 3 1 2 1 10 24 was transfered by Fritz the Commonwealth of the 14th IHSS meeting and St. Petersburg.

Countries, 37 Participants, 275 Australia 6 Austria 1 Belgium 2 Brazil 20 Bulgaria 4 Canada 1 Chile 1 Czech Republic 5 Estonia 3 Finland 4 France 14 Germany 64 Greece 2

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13th IHSS meeting, Karlsruhe, 2006

Gudrun Abbt-Braun

BOARD ACTIVITIES
The new Board of Directors of IHSS held several meetings during the 13th IHSS Conference at Karlsruhe, Germany. The Board discussed several pending issues and examined new ones. A brief summary of which is given hereafter. Paul Bloom congratulated the Past President, Maria de Nobili and thanked her on behalf of the Board for her excellent work, activities and initiative taken in promoting the society issues over the past two years, as President of IHSS. The President also thanked Yona Chen, former Past President and Ladislau Martin-Neto, former Board Member, for their excellent service to the society and the Board. They were honored during the Conference Dinner with a gift on behalf of the Board of Directors.
Gudrun Abbt-Braun

IHSS ASSEMBLY
The general assembly of IHSS took place on August 3rd. Paul Bloom presented the President's report on societal issues, which was followed by reports of the Secretary (Gudrun Abbt Braun) the Treasurer (Ed Clapp), and the Past President (Maria de Nobili). The IHSS membership and Board officially thanked Fritz Frimmel, Gudrun Abbt-Braun and the Karlsruhe group and expressed their gratitude to the whole organizing committee for their effort and sincerity in organizing the 13th IHSS conference. The President announced to the assembly that the Commonwealth of Independent States Chapter, chairperson Irina Perminova, will host the 14th IHSS conference in Russia in 2008. Other announcements made during the assembly were: Training Bursaries: Starting from 2005 the IHSS supported a limited number of training bursaries. The first bursaries were already awarded and the students have completed their studies in the host institutes. The young scientist awarded are listed in the following table:

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Name Corrado Giampietro Kristiana Ina Najat Khalil Said-Pullicino Daniel Song Guixue Zmora-Nahum Sharon

Institution University of Bologna (Italy) Curtin University (Australia) Rabat University (Morocco) University of Perugia (Italy) University of Limerick (Ireland) Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

Host Supervisor Host Institution C. Richard J.P. Croue M. De Nobili Blaise Pascal University, France University of Poitiers, France Udine University, Italy

G. Guggenberger Martin Luther University, Germany A.J. Simpson B. Marschner University of Toronto, Canada Ruhr University, Germany

The call for Training Bursaries 2007 is open. For further details see page 9 in this newsletter or have a look on the IHSS webpage (further details: aim of IHSS training bursaries, eligibility guidelines, how to apply). Abstract from the Secretary's report: The secretary, Gudrun Abbt Braun gave her report about the membership situation in the last 4 years and its distribution around the world: 2001 Members, total 928 Members in National 899 Chapters Members in RoWChapter Countries, total Countries with National Chapters Countries in RoW Chapter Members that had not paid membership fees for more than three consecutive years were cancelled from the membership list. Financial Report: The Treasurer presented to the assembly his report along with a detailed description of actual balances, income, etc from the year 2004, 2005, and 2006 (up to now). IHSS is in good standing as far as membership, finances and collection activities are concerned. Standard and Reference Collection: Paul Bloom, President and Chairman of the Collection Committee presented a detailed report concerning annual HS sales for year 2005 and a partial report on year 2006 sales, updated to July 2006. Provisions for the rest of the year were also given. Support to National Chapter meetings: Each national meeting organizer will receive financial support by the IHSS (about US $ 800), to invite a renowned scientist to participate in the national event. At least 25 participants from the 29 2002 873 831 42 53 31 22 2003 883 832 51 53 31 22 2004 898 855 43 56 35 21 2005 917 875 42 55 28 20 2006 950 896 54 59 26 21

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local country should be present and the Society should also have the option of discussing the scientific program of the event. For further details see guidelines on the IHSS webpage New bylaws: The President and the former Past President Yona Chen submitted a revised version of the bylaws to the members and commented on the need for the revision of the existing bylaws. The revised version will be sent to the members of the society within the next weeks for further comments. The ballots for the elections will be sent in January, 2007. The deadline for return will be the end of April, 2007.
Gudrun Abbt-Braun

MALCOLM AWARD AND TRAVEL BURSARIES 2006
Noel Palmer, USA received the Malcolm award during a small ceremony held at the conference dinner. Nine other students were presented with a certificate and a cheque.

James Cooke, UK, Gilboa Arye, Israel, Khalid Anwer, India, Paul Bloom, Karpiouk Leonid, Russia, Ursula RodrÌguez, Brazil, Ed Clapp, Taketoshi Kusakabe, Japan, Gudrun AbbtBraun, Tiphaine Weber, France,(from left to right), Noel Palmer, USA (in front), not on the picture: Yaron Drori, Israel, Andrea Majzik, Hungary.

All of them gave either an oral presentation or a short three minute poster presentation of their work during the IHSS 13th meeting. To our regret Samuel M. Mugo, Canada, who was also a winner of a travel bursary, could not attend the conference. Awards are based primarily on the quality and originality of the scientific content of the manuscript and the applicant's record of scientific achievement. The IHSS awarded eight travel awards in 2002, and nine travel awards in 2004 including the Malcolm Award respectively. The increased number of awardees is due to an increase both in the number and quality of applications received this year. This is very encouraging, our wish is that these awards may help students to pursue a career in a field in which NOM science is important.
Gudrun Abbt-Braun

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IHSS STANDARD AND REFERENCE COLLECTION
I have chosen to continue in my role as Director of the Collection even as I serve as President. I hope I will be able to do justice to both positions. Since January our treasurer, Ed Clapp, and I have been working with a consulting group, MAP for Non Profits, to update sales record keeping and our accounting system. We are now learning to use Peachtree, a computer program that generates invoices, tracks sales and inventory, and handles the accounting. Since July we have been using the software to track sales even as we continue to enter all of our financial information into the computer. We will continue to employ MAP for a few hours every month to assist us as we learn more about how to use the software. Last spring we separated our credit card sales processing from the University of Minnesota system, after relying on their assistance for almost 6 years. As part of the effort to tighten credit card security the University decided to cease serving independent organizations like IHSS with card processing. We signed a agreement with a credit card processing vendor and purchased new software. In response to requests asking about methods for quantitative determination of HA and FA and for standardized methods for preparation of aquatic humic materials I appointed a committee to make recommendations to the Collection Committee and to the Board. The committee consists of Mike Perdue (chair), Ed Huffman and Yona Chen. In addition, I asked the committee to recommend definitions of humic acid, fulvic acid, and natural organic matter that we can put on our website. Our website is very visible yet we don't utilize it to educate people who know little about humic substances. Last spring we took delivery of 50 grams of Pony lake fulvic acid from Yo Chin and Diane McKnight. This FA was extracted from a lake in Antarctica.We will put this material on sale as soon as we have more characterization data.
Paul Bloom

IHSS BYLAWS
VOTE ON NEW IHSS BYLAWS COMING SOON Early in 2007 the IHSS membership will be asked to vote on new bylaws to replace the current bylaws. A draft of proposed new bylaws was presented to the membership for discussion at the General Assembly in Karlsruhe in August. This draft was the product of about 9 months of discussion by the Board, which included consultation with a lawyer who specializes in working with NGO's. The draft bylaws were generally well received, but there were some suggestions for changes. After further discussion by the Board most of the General Assembly suggestions were incorporated into the proposed bylaws. Both the old and proposed new bylaws are available for viewing and download at the IHSS website: http://ihss.gatech.edu/. To view the proposed new bylaws, please refer to the "What's New" link in the menu on the left side of the homepage. The current bylaws are available by going to the "Organization" link. The major objectives in writing the new bylaw were to eliminate unnecessary items, especially the provisions in present bylaws that were never implemented, and to simplify. We tried to write new bylaws that will provide the necessary structure for the organization while leaving latitude to change operations as necessary. We determined it would be too difficult to amend the present bylaws, so we chose to start over. Some of the major changes are described below. ARTICLE II, Membership: Eliminated the Sponsor category, which has never been used. In the proposed bylaws the Board has the power to create new classes of membership when needed. All
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members are allowed to vote, including student members. Eliminated the provision on how dues are collected. This is not a reasonable bylaw provision. Defined a new Distinguished Member category to honor service to the Society. ARTICLE III, Board and Officers: Expanded explanation of the terms of office to clarify when officers are elected. Specified what to do if the Vice President (VP) or Past President (PP) positions are vacant and what happens if both VP and President positions are vacant. Shortened the provisions for termination and made sure they are in compliance with the statues of the State of Colorado, USA, where we are incorporated. ARTICLE IV, Board Meetings: Added a provision to allow for conference call meetings. Allowed decisions by consensus. ARTICLE V, Membership Meetings: Specified that the meetings are both for discussion of the results of recent scientific research and for conducting business in our General Assembly. ARTICLE VI, Elections: Clarified election procedures and dates. New Board inducted at the International Meeting that follows the election. Specified that the elected by the Board, not the membership, because of the special requirements treasurer must have in interest in overseeing IHSS finances and must work Director of the Collection. members will be Treasurer will be of this office. The closely with the

ARTICLE VII, Committees: Specified the terms of the Nominations Committee members (2 years) with each President appointing 2 new members. Clarified the provision for Presidential appointment of committees. ARTICLE V1I1, National and Regional Chapters. Specified the Coordinator position. This is not in the present bylaws. ARTICLE XI, Dissolution: Specify that if the IHSS dissolves its assets will go to nonprofit scientific societies. The assets will be split between organizations focusing on water and soil research. Publications: Eliminated the article on publications. The newsletter will be the only publication specified. IHSS can always create more publications, but this doesn't need to be in the bylaws. Paul Bloom and Yona Chen

"HOW OLD ARE THE NOM`S IN WATER ?"
Initiated by Ed Tipping at Lancaster Environment Center, we are in progress collecting NOM/Humic isolates from before and during the period with atomic bomb blasts in the atmosphere. This is based on 14C dating and the purpose is to gain more knowledge on the age of the matter. I, myself, have several samples from 1962 ­ 1963 and the mid 1980-ies. These were isolated by low-pressure-low- temperature evaporation. The results from the early 1960-ties showed relative low 14C-activity. This letter is to search for more isolates from the period in question (1960 ­ 1990). Do any of you have, or do any of you know about colleges, that might have NOM material isolated from water and that can be useful in our attempts to estimate the age of this material? PS. The samples should not have been processed in a lab where 14C radiotracer compounds have been used. However, if the owner of the sample is not sure, then we can do a screening test, so that should not stop you. Please respond back to me: Egil T. Gjessing egil.gjessing@kjemi.uio.no

or to Edward Tipping, et@ceh.ac.uk

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TRAINING BURSARIES 2007
CALL FOR IHSS TRAINING BURSARIES FOR 2007
Applications are restricted to students and young researchers that are either IHSS members or are working under the supervision of an IHSS member or wish to spend a training period under ther supervision of an IHSS member. They should be sent by e-mail to Maria De Nobili (denobili@uniud.it) and should arrive before the 15th of December 2006. Proposals must be sent as 1 attachment only, in Word, rtf or pdf. All margins must be at least 3 cm and headers and footers not less than 2 cm. Font size must be no smaller than 12. Revisions to submitted proposals will not be accepted. There is no application form. Read carefully the following guidelines and comply with the requirements. The proposal should be precise in terms of scientific objectives, timing and budget. Proposals must be in English and must provide the following information:
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Full name and title of applicant Proposed dates and location of the training or research period, along with a brief description of the host institution Letter of invitation from the host institution Keywords relating to the research topic (up to 5) Abstract of the proposed research topic (50-70 words) Summary of the proposed research work or training program (up to 1000 words) Explain the scientific background and rationale of the visit as well as its novel aspects. Provide a clear justification of the need for visiting the host institution. Outline the expected benefits of the training and /or outcome of the scientific work. Preliminary program Indicate briefly how the research work or training will be structured. Estimated Budget Indicate the breakdown for travel, accommodation, meals and any other expenses (in US dollars). Indicate (if applicable) any financial support awarded or foreseen from the hosting institution or from sources other than the IHSS. Brief Curriculum Vitae of applicant

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Successful applicants will be notified by the 15th of February 2007. They will receive a cheque in dollars corresponding to ¾ of the total amount supported by the IHSS before the beginning of their visit. The remaining will be received after the applicant has sent to the President of IHSS a scientific report visit.
Maria de Nobili

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2006
Past President Dr. Maria De Nobili Dip. di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientalil UniversitÞ di Udine Via delle Scienze 208 33100 Udine, Italy (+) 39 0432 558644 (+) 39 0432 558603 maria.denobili@uniud.it President Dr. Paul R. Bloom Dept. Soil, Water, Climate University of Minnesota 1991 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108, USA (+) 1 612 6254711 (+) 1 612 6261204 prb@umn.edu Vice President Dr. Jerzy Weber Institute of Soil Science and Agricultural Environment Protection Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland (+) 48 71 3205631 weber@ozi.ar.wroc.pl

Secretary Dr. Gudrun Abbt-Braun Engler-Bunte-Institut, Wasserchemie UniversitÄt Karlsruhe Engler-Bunte-Ring 1 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany (+) 49 721 6084309 (+) 49 721 6087051 gudrun.abbt-braun@ebi-wasser.unikarlsruhe.de Board Position Dr. Claudio Ciavatta Dip. Scienze Tecnologie Agro-Ambientali UniversitÞ di Bologna Viale Fanin, 40 40127 Bologna, Italy (+) 39 051 2096201 (+) 39 051 2096203 claudio.ciavatta@unibo.it

Treasurer Dr. C. E. Clapp USDA-ARS Dept. Soil, Water, Climate University of Minnesota 1991 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108, USA (+) 1 612 6252767 (+) 1 612 6261204 eclapp@umn.edu Board Position Dr. Etelka Tombacz Department of Colloid Chemistry, Unversity of Szeged Aradi Vt.1. H-6720 Szeged, Hungary (+) 36-62-544212 (+) 36-62-544042 tombacz@chem.u-szeged.hu

Chairman, Samples Collection Dr. Paul R. Bloom Dept. Soil, Water, Climate University of Minnesota 1991 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108, USA (+) 1 612 6254711 (+) 1 612 6261204 prb@umn.edu Honorary Members Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang FLAIG Morris SCHNITZER Frank J. STEVENSON Ronald L. MALCOLM Michael H.B. HAYES Egil T. GJESSING Russel CHRISTMAN Konrad HAIDER

International Humic Substances Society on the World Wide Web Visit our home page at:

http://www.ihss.gatech.edu
Dr. E. M. Perdue coordinates the updating of the IHSS WEB page which is located on the server of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. Contributions, suggestions and comments regarding the content and organization of the WEB pages are welcome from all IHSS members. E-mail: Dr. E. M. Perdue at michael.perdue@eas.gatech.edu.

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NEW BOOKS, NEW JOURNALS

Fritz H. Frimmel, Gudrun Abbt-Braun (Eds.): Humic Substances ­ Linking Structure to Functions. Proceedings of the 13th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society, July 30 to August 2, 2006, UniversitÄt Karlsruhe, 2006, 492 S. (45-I), 623 S. (45-II), 50,00 Euro. ISSN: 1612-118X.
Order: gudrun.abbt-braun@ebi-wasser.uni-karlsruhe.de

Humic Substances Research, Japans Humic Substances Society
For further information please contact Prof. Shunitz Tanaka, editor in chief Adress of Editorial Board: Prof. Schunitz Tanaka Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science Hokkaido University Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810 Japan Tel. & Fax: +81-11-706-2219 email: shunitz@ees.hokudat.ac.jp

ANNALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: NEW OPEN-ACCESS JOURNAL FOR HUMICS LAUNCHED The new on-line journal Annals of Environmental Science based at Northeastern University, Boston, USA invites original contributions from environmental scientists, broadly defined. Aside from being available free worldwide, the journal operates as a traditional journal with an editorial board (to be announced soon), at least two reviews of each submission and the facility for readers worldwide to print published papers as pdf files. Robert Wershaw, Geoffrey Davies and Elham Ghabbour direct the jounal and coordinate ms. review and editing. Please contact Dr. Ghabbour at e.ghabbour@neu.edu for author guidelines and further information.

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FUTURE CONFERENCES
14th International Meeting of IHSS in Moscow ­ St. Petersburg Fritz Frimmel and Gudrun AbbtBraun, head of the organizing and scientific committee of the 13th IHSS meeting, passed the IHSS banner to the organizers of 14th IHSS meeting Irina Perminova. Announcement The 14th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society "From molecular understanding to innovative applications of humic materials" will be held on September 14 to 20, 2008 aboard the ship traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia. The opening ceremony and the first keynote lectures will take place in the Aula of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Scientists, engineers, and humate producers are invited to use this conference for intensive discussions of the recent findings in the field of basic and applied research on humic materials. Number of participants is limited to 300 persons due to ship capacity. Main Topics · · · · · Molecular understanding of humic substances (HS) and natural organic matter (NOM) HS and NOM in the environment Physical-chemical and biological properties Knowledge-based design and advanced separation of humic materials Industrial production and innovative applications

Time: September 14-20, 2008 Place: Contacts: The conference will be held aboard the ship traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia. Prof. Irina Perminova, Regional Coordinator of the Chapter Dr. Natalia Kulikova, Conference Secretariat E-mail: ihss@org.chem.msu.ru. Tel./Fax: +7(495)939-55-46 Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University Leninskie Gory 1-3, 119992 Moscow, Russia http://www.ihss-14.humus.ru

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Nordic-Baltic Chapter Meeting
The 11th Nordic-Baltic Symposium "Functioning of NOM the Environment" will be held on June 10th to 13th 2007 in Joensuu, Finland. Contact Information: University of Joensuu, Dr. Jussi Kukkonen E-mail: Webpage: nbihss@joensuu.fi www.joensuu.fi/biologia/ihss

Humic Science & Technology Conference X
You are cordially invited to HS & T X OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY THE BEST OF THEM ALL! Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, March 21-23, 2007 PLAN AHEAD! Abstract Deadline: January 31, 2007

For further information contact Geoffrey Davies and Elham Ghabbour, e.ghabbour@neu.edu

Impressum
President: Editor: INTERNATIONAL HUMIC SUBSTANCES SOCIETY Newsletter 36 Secretary:

Dr. Paul R. Bloom Dept. Soil, Water, Climate University of Minnesota 1991 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108, USA (+) 1 612 6254711 (+) 1 612 6261204 prb@umn.edu

Dr. Gudrun Abbt-Braun Engler-Bunte-Institut, Wasserchemie UniversitÄt Karlsruhe Engler-Bunte-Ring 1 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany (+) 49 721 6084309 (+) 49 721 6087051 gudrun.abbt-braun@ebi-wasser.unikarlsruhe.de

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