Matt leaves

Matt leaves us to join the research team at Porton Down. Matt has been part of SARC for 6 years, most recently visiting Berlin and Harvard as part of his post doctoral fellowship. We wish him well in his new role.

SIMSXVII

A number of the group attended the 17th International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS XVII) in Toronto. John F, Sadia, Ed and Alan all gave oral presentations with Alan and Ed also presenting posters.

Funding – A new dynamic in mass spectral imaging for biological systems

Funding:
A new dynamic in mass spectral imaging for biological systems
PI: John C. Vickerman, CoI: Nick Lockyer, ResearchCoI: John S. Fletcher
£740k, June 2009 – May 2012. [EPSRC award: EP/G045623/1, more information …]

EPSRC have approved funding for a three year project to investigate 3D SIMS depth information and ionisation effects. This will fund two PDRAs and two PhD students and allows us to further strengthen our collaboration with Professors Nick Winograd (Penn State) and Stephen Reichenbach (University of Nebraska-Lincoln).