Geo- and Biomarker Lab
Compound-Specific Isotope Standard
© Daniel Giddings-Vassao
The Geo- and Biomarker Lab is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation to analyze past environmental and human-ecosystem interactions on a molecular level by bulk and compound-specific isotope analyses, targeted quantification of organic compounds, and trace element analyses.
For sample analyses and data acquisition, the geo- and biomarker lab hosts several mass spectrometers. Target isotopes for bulk analyses are Carbon, Nitrogen, and Oxygen; for compound-specific analyses, they are Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Hydrogen. Targeted detection and quantification of single compounds include alkanes, fatty acids, amino acids, and plant-specialized (“secondary”) metabolites.
- Thermo GC-253+ irMS coupled to a Thermo GC
- Thermo Flash 2000 EA coupled to a Delta V advantage irMS
- Thermo Gasbench II connected to a Delta V advantage irMS
- 2 Agilent GC-MSs
- 2 Elementar visION irMS coupled to Agilent GCs
- Shimadzu HPLC system with a triple quad MS (LCMS 8050)