Wisc-SIMS, the Wisconsin Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer Laboratory, explores new applications of stable isotope chemistry to Earth Sciences as well as Biological Sciences and Engineering. Research in many disciplines can benefit from this new lab by using the first IMS-1280 ion microprobe, the latest version of CAMECA large radius magnetic sector SIMS. The dramatic reductions of sample size and analysis spot sizes from sub to tens micrometers offer many exciting, potentially revolutionary, research opportunities. Research projects are possible in areas where in situ ion microprobe analysis has already proved important, including: Petrology, Paleoclimatology, Cosmochemistry, Materials Science, and Environmental Sciences, as well as in new areas where the potential has not yet been explored, including: Plant Pathology, Nutrition, Biochemistry and Medicine.
The acquisition of the IMS-1280 was supported by the National Science Foundation (Division of Earth Sciences and MRI) and by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2008 Wisc-SIMS became an NSF National Facility for Stable Isotope Geochemistry.5th Biennial Geochemical SIMS Workshop - BGSW5
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