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SAMPLING IN HUNAN

On March 5-15th, two ladies of our group, Zhang Ruiling and Liu Xin took a trip to Jinjing, Changsha, Hunan Province for water sampling in a small catchment. This sampling campaign was designed to investigate prevalence of antibiotic use in a typical socialist new countryside (金井镇脱甲村) based on wastewater epidemiology. It’s also part of the ongoing Dongting Lake Programme. The two ladies selected 10 sites in Tuojia catchment (脱甲河流域). A total of 30 o-DGT (organic-diffusive gradients in thin-films) passive samplers were deployed for 7 days and fully retrieved, grab water and sediment samples were also collected. At one of the sampling sites, they collected 24 h composite water per day using a small peristaltic pump. They appreciate great support from Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, the CAS (中科院亚热带农业生态研究所) for guiding in the field and offering a lab at Changsha Agricultural Environment Station, the CAS (中科院长沙农业环境站). The sampling was fairly smooth and they took the opportunity to better prepare for upcoming sampling campaign in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Tuojia River
sampling sites

Successfully deployed, she was so happy.

DGT in the water

24 h composite water

First trip to Hanoi vietnam

On January 21-26, Liu Xin, Shizhen and Gan Zhang paid a fruitful visit to Hanoi of Vietnam. The group was invited by Professor Tu Mihn of VNU Hanoi. We were able to visit respectively VNU University of Sciences, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (VNU University of Natural Resources and Environment), as well as Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).  We had intensive discussions with our Vietnam collaborators including Prof Mihn, Drs Tri and Thang, with collaboration plans set up. In between of the academic visit, we were also able to visit the beautiful Halong Bay for a relax.

In the courtyard of the Faculty of Chemistry, VNU University of Sciences. The building was built in 1908 when Vietnam was colonized by France.
Prof. Gan was talking about POPs.
The “award ceremony”.
VNU University of Natural Resources and Environment.
Bilateral communication with Dr Nam (left 3) and his colleagues in VAST. He is the head of the dioxin lab
Dr Shizhen at the gate of VAST.
An evening tour in Yushanci (玉山祠)in the heart of Hoàn Kiem Lake (还剑湖).
Van Mieu (文庙) and Guoc Tu Giam (国子监)full of Chinese flavor.
Farewell lunch with Thang and Phung, who just visited us for the SCP training course.
Indulged in nightlife of Hanoi.
Dr Shizhen on the Halong Bay trip in the weekend.

Rose and Olumide

Dr Rose Alani and PhD student Olumide visited the group from Dec 2 to 16, partly attended the MSR training course but stay after it in the laboratory to work on their samples from Lagos. Good luck to them, and we hope the collaboration with Lagos University could go on successfully.

Dinner at Sky No 1.
The Guangzhou Read Boat Cruise on the Pearl River.
Olumide is a shy boy. 
Happy dinner.