Programme
A pdf copy of the Programme and Book of Abstracts can be downloaded here:
Programme and Book of Abstracts.pdf
Sunday 11th October
19:00 Pre-Workshop social event (Lass O’Gowrie)
Monday 12th October
8:30 Registration
9:00 Workshop Opening
9:05 Phil Withers (University of Manchester, UK)
“Welcome and introduction to the Multi-Scale Characterisation Facility”
9:20 Jan Leitner (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany)
“Astrophysics in the laboratory: Nanoscale isotopic studies of mineral stardust grains with the NanoSIMS”
9:40 Jessica Barnes (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK)
“High precision in-situ chlorine isotope analyses of lunar apatite”
10:00 Ian Lyon (University of Manchester, UK)
“The 3 dimensional elemental and isotopic structure of pre-solar SiC grains”
10:20 Coffee
11:00 Manish Sanghani (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India)
“O-rich presolar grains from Isheyevo lithic clasts”
11:20 Greg McMahon (University of Manchester, UK)
“Secondary ion velocity effects in NanoSIMS imaging”
11:40 Discussion Topic, Chair: Ian Lyon:
“Topography and its effect on imaging atomic and molecular ions simultaneously”
12:20 lunch
14:00 Romain Tartèse (IMPMC, Paris, France)
“NanoSIMS U-Pb dating of zircon in martian meteorite NWA 7034”
14:20 Monika Kusiak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
“Ion imaging of Pb isotopes and implications for Hadean geochronology”
14:40 Discussion Topic, Chair: Angela Vogts:
“‰ stable isotope measurements – a beginners view”
15:20 Coffee
15:40 Arno Schintlmeister (University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
“NanoSIMS combined with fluorescence microscopy: Applications and challenges encountered in sample preparation, experimental setup and data evaluation”
16:00 Niculina Musat (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany)
“Preparation of biological samples for NanoSIMS analysis and the associated artefacts”
16:20 Discussion Topic, Chair: Niculina Musat:
“Biological sample preparation”
17:00 End of day
18:00 Pre-dinner drinks at the Manchester Museum
19:00 Workshop Dinner at the Manchester Museum, sponsored by Cameca
21:00 Pub trip to Kro Bar
Tuesday 13th October
9:00 Tour of Tof-SIMS labs, NanoSIMS lab and Multi-scale Characterisation Facility
10:40 Coffee and poster session
11:20 Laura Newsome (University of Manchester, UK)
“Nanoscale imaging of microbe-mineral interactions; implications for arsenic-contaminated groundwater”
11:40 Laurent Remusat (IMPMC, Paris, France)
“Carbon assimilation upon microbial Fe-biomineralization”
12:00 Carsten Mueller (TU München, Munich, Germany)
“NanoSIMS vs. soil complexity – testing new approaches to account for topography and spatial heterogeneity”
12:20 Lunch
13:40 Chris Grovenor (University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)
“Light element analysis in Ni superalloys and Zr nuclear fuel cladding materials using the NanoSIMS”
14:00 Katie Moore (University of Manchester, UK)
“First experiences and results from the Manchester NanoSIMS”
14:20 Discussion Topic, Chair: Laurent Remusat:
“Combining NanoSIMS with other techniques – sample preparation, matching analysis areas and superimposition of data from different techniques”
15:00 Coffee
15:20 François Horreard (Cameca, Paris, France)
“Recent developments and news from Cameca”
15:40 Dirk Schaumlöffel (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour/CNRS, IPREM, Pau, France)
“First experiences with a new RF plasma oxygen ion source on NanoSIMS”
16:00 Discussion Topic, Chair: Arno Schintlmeister:
“Riding on a bumpy road – reports and comments about issues encountered in running a NanoSIMS lab”
16:40 Wrap up discussions
17:00 Workshop close