Congratulations Dr Alsaedi!

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Many congratulations to Abdul on the award of his PhD!  His thesis is entitled Characterisation of Battery Materials Using Surface Science Techniques and describes novel methods and results using ToF-SIMS and HAXPES to explore the interfacial chemistry of electrode materials.  Thanks to his External Examiner Prof Sven Schroeder from the University of Leeds. Abdul is currently Lecturer at the University of Jeddah.  Well done Abdul!

Publication – Visualizing fungicide mobility in tomato leaves using DESI

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Another publication for Akhila, resulting from our collaboration with Syngenta, Waters Corp. and colleagues in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences:

Visualizing active fungicide formulation mobility in tomato leaves with Desorption Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometry Imaging

DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01309C (Paper) Analyst, 2024, Advance Article

Publication – Multi-Modal Brain Bioimaging

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Our collaboration with the Medicines Discovery Catapult led by Irma results in a publication in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences – Molecular Advances in Analytical Techniques for Biological and Medical Research: 2nd Edition

The paper is entitled Accumulation of Bioactive Lipid Species in LPS-Induced Neuroinflammation Models Analysed with Multi-Modal Mass Spectrometry Imaging

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(22), 12032; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252212032

SIMS-24 Conference

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It was a busy week at SIMS-24 in La Rochelle, France, with presentations from Abdul, Akhila, Matija, Alex and Nick.  Congratulations to the Co-Chairs Alain Brunelle, Jean-Paul Barnes and their teams for a great conference!

 

Nature Reviews Publication

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Together with fellow SIMS experts from around the world we have published a new Primer ‘Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry‘ in Nature Reviews Methods. The manuscript describes the operating principles of SIMS and outlines how the instrument geometry and operational parameters enable different modes of operation and information to be obtained. Applications, including materials science, surface science, electronic devices, geosciences and life sciences, are explored, finishing with an outlook for the technique.

You can view the formatted article here

PhD for Matija

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Many congratulations to Matija for the award of his PhD on the ‘Development of Novel High Energy Cluster Ion Beam Methodology for Molecular Analysis and Imaging‘.  Thanks to the external examiner Prof Mel Bailey from The University of Surrey and internal examiner Dr Drupad Trivedi.  Matija will be joining the SIMS group led by Dr Felicia Green at the Rosalind Franklin Institute.  Well done Matija and good luck!

Award for Akhila

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Many congratulations to Akhila for winning the Peter Ryan Award for the best presentation at the BMSS Ambient Ionisation meeting in Birmingham!  The title of Akhila’s oral presentation was titled ‘Visualizing Fungicide Mobility in Tomato Leaves with DESI Mass Spectrometry Imaging‘.  The Award was sponsored by KR Analytical.  Well done Akhila!

New Collaboration: Multimodal Ion Beam Imaging facility

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We are excited to announce a new collaboration with The Surrey Ion Beam Centre on a new £3m project ‘Multimodal 3D elemental and molecular imaging at the sub-micron scale‘ funded by the EPSRC.  The project, led by Prof Melanie Bailey at the University of Surrey, will be achieved.by combining MeV ion beam analysis (X rays, gamma rays, backscattered particles) and water cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) for the first time in a single instrument.

Happy 80th John!

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We recently got together with some alumni and friends of the group to celebrate John Vickerman’s 80th Birthday with a meal and drinks in Manchester city centre.  It was great to catch up with everyone. Congratulations John!