Some of our IMS 1270, IMS 1280 & 1280-HR Users
Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Korea
KBSI, a government-funded research institution established in 1988 has evolved into a world-class open research platform. Its Division of Earth and Environmental Science Research is equipped with CAMECA's newest large geometry SIMS, the IMS 1300-HR3.
Nanjing University, China
“Future Crust”, Prof. Wang Xiaolei's Research Group’s laboratory is equipped with an IMS 1300-HR3 applied to stable isotope geochemistry with a view to investigate the evolution of the continental crust and ore formation.
IGGCAS - Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
IGGCAS has been one of the most important and well known geosciences research institutions in China. the Institutes's strategic perspective is focused on building an international research center, equipped with a strong basic research capacity and sustainable development for technological innovation on the frontiers of solid Earth and Space Sciences.
GIGCAS - Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
The IMS 1280-HR ultra-high resolution SIMS microprobe is installed in the Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry (SKLOG) since 2012. SKLOG is a leading entity in the fields of environmental and biological geochemistry with a number of high-level research achievements. The IMS 1280-HR at SKLOG supports multiple research projects in continental dynamics and lithospheric evolution, marine geology, environmental pollution and sustainable development.
JAMSTEC, Japan
The Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research of JAMSTEC, Kochi (Japan) has acquired three CAMECA ion microprobes: a NanoSIMS 50L, an IMS 6f, and the ultra-high resolution IMS 1280-HR model for multidisciplinary researches including cosmochemistry, the study of earthquake mechanisms, the evolution of continents and oceans, as well submarine biological resource studies based on the systematic interpretation of drilling core sediments obtained by the D/V Chikyu vessel.
GFZ Potsdam - German Research Center for Geosciences, Germany
Embedded into the wider structure of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres, GFZ is Germany's leading national research centre for Earth Sciences, with research projects ranging from geodesy to geoengineerings. Equipped with an IMS 1280-HR, the Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam's SIMS laboratory operates as an open user facility supporting the needs of the global geochemical community, it has ongoing collaborations with scientists from Europe and beyond.
HIP - Heidelberg Ion Probe, University of Heidelberg, Germany
The Heidelberg Ion Probe (HIP) laboratory is dedicated to providing isotopic analysis of geochemically and cosmochemically important solids at high spatial resolution and sensitivity. The HIP laboratory features a CAMECA IMS 1280-HR ion microprobe and peripheral instrumentation for pre- and post-analysis investigation of samples. The lab is hosted in the Institute of Earth Sciences of the Heidelberg University. Instrument acquisition was funded through DFG which also oversees its operation.
University of Alberta, Canada
Established in 2009, the Canadian Centre for Isotopic Microanalysis (CCIM) provides Canadian and international researchers in academia, government, and industry with access to one of the most advanced isotopic microbeam technologies in the geosciences. The IMS 1280 is the centre piece at CCIM whose teams focus on natural resource research, investigating methods of mining and extracting hydrocarbons or other mineral deposits such as diamonds with a view to reducing environmental impacts.
UCLA Ion Microprobe Group, USA
Partnered with the National Science Foundation, UCLA Ion Microprobe Group is home to the first high sensitivity, high resolution IMS 1270. An IMS 1280-HR has also been installed recently in the lab. It is a world-class facility for in situ microscale isotopic analyses of geologic materials, engaged in world-leading investigations in the earth and planetary sciences.
NORDSIM
The Nordsim-laboratory is located in the Laboratory for Isotope Geology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. Nordsim is a Nordic facility, funded jointly by Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. The IMS 1280 instrument has applications to a wide range of geological problems, from U-pb and O isotopes in zircons to light stable isotope analysis of lunar and meteoritic samples.
SwissSIMS / University of Lausanne, Switzerland
The University of Lausanne's IMS 1280-HR is installed at the Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, in the new SwissSIMS lab, a national facility co-financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation for Research (SNF), and a consortium of scientists from the universities of Lausanne, Geneva, Bern, and the ETH of Zurich. Teams work on numerous geoscience research projects that include interpreting ages in metamorphic rocks, fluid-rock interactions and mineral growth in contact aureoles, partial melting, etc.
Micro-scale Isotope Geochemistry Group, Geological Survey of Japan
The GSJ SIMS Lab at AIST (National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology) was equipped with an IMS 1270 in March 1995, it was the third IMS 1270 in the world and the first large geological SIMS in Japan.
Woods Hole, Oceanographic Institute, USA
Located within Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the NENIMF is a regional, multi-user Ion Microprobe Facility supported among others through National Science Foundation (NSF) and providing service, scientific expertise and educational outreach activities to the research community in the U.S. and beyond. Learn more.
CRPG - Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Nancy, France
The CRPG is a research laboratory for Earth and Planetary Sciences. The ion probe group at CRPG is equipped with an upgraded IMS 1270 as well as with an IMS 1280-HR.
Hokkaido University, Japan
The Cosmochemical Laboratory of Hisayoshi Yurimoto is equipped with an IMS 1280-HR, an upgraded IMS 1270, as well as an IMS 6f and an IMS 3f.
The Phaesant Memorial Laboratory, Okayama, University, Japan
Founded in 1992 by E. Nakamura and A. Makishima PML is equipped with IMS 1270 & IMS 5f. Our purpose is to apply new and existing geochemical tracers in studies of the terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials aimed of understanding the origin, evolution and dynamics of the Earth and the solar system
NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory within the Surface and Microanalysis division is equiped with and IMS 4f and IMS 1270.
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, UK
The Ion Microprobe Facility (IMS 4f, IMS 1270) is located in the School of Geosciences, Grant Institute at the University of Edinburgh, U.K. The Facility carries out in-house research and provides a service to the earth and environmental science community.
WiscSIMS, University of Wisconsin, USA
The Wisconsin Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer Laboratory (WiscSIMS) explores new applications of stable isotope chemistry to Earth Sciences (Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry) as well as Biological Sciences and Engineering.
University of Hawai'i, USA
The W. M Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa supports interdisciplinary research into the origin of the solar system through detailed studies of a variety of materials including meteorites, interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), and samples returned by NASA missions (Apollo Moon missions, Stardust mission to comet Wild 2, and Genesis Mission to capture solar wind).
CMCA, University of Western Australia, Australia
Established in 1970, the CMCA provides essential research infrastructure in ion, electron, laser and light microscopy and microanalysis to universities, government of Western Australia and local industry. It is now home to two CAMECA ion microprobes, the NanoSIMS 50 and the IMS 1280.