{"id":1446,"date":"2023-07-12T12:51:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T12:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merfish.eu\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T13:14:10","slug":"aia-hosts-dr-mike-zhu-from-the-norwegian-institute-of-marine-research-imr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/index.php\/2023\/07\/12\/aia-hosts-dr-mike-zhu-from-the-norwegian-institute-of-marine-research-imr\/","title":{"rendered":"AIA hosts Dr. Yiou Mike Zhu from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AIA-Branded-for-EU-1024x755.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AIA-Branded-for-EU-1024x755.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AIA-Branded-for-EU-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AIA-Branded-for-EU-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AIA-Branded-for-EU-1536x1133.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/AIA-Branded-for-EU-2048x1510.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mercury-Selenium Interaction in European Hake (under MERFISH WP2 )<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample summary \u2013 July 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the secondment in Pau, France, Dr. Yiou Mike Zhu from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) aims to analyse 20 white muscle tissue samples of European Hake collected along the Norwegian coast. It is known that European Hake is a common large-size predatory fish in the Atlantic, and it may contain a certain level of mercury, that may pose threat to human health as a neurotoxin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0238-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0238-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0238-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0238-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0238-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_0238-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This part of the work focuses on the mercury stable isotope values of these samples in order to understand the different values between an area with a known point source of mercury contamination and several offshore sites as control, and investigate the potential usages of different mercury stable isotopes in tracing the sources of mercury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Zhu will be learning and conducting the protocols of mercury stable isotope analysis in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ai-analysis.com\/\">Advanced Isotopic Analysis (AIA)<\/a>, and working on the scientific indications of the data with the Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9933-1024x616.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9933-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9933-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9933-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9933-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/merfish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_9933-2048x1231.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercury-Selenium Interaction in European Hake (under MERFISH WP2 ) Sample summary \u2013 July 2023 During the secondment in Pau, France, Dr. Yiou Mike Zhu from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) aims to analyse 20 white muscle tissue samples of European Hake collected along the Norwegian coast. 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