CSUPERB
is pleased to announce the creation of a new core facility for elemental
micro-chemical analysis (FEMCA). The principal goal of FEMCA is to enhance the
educational and research opportunities of students and faculty members in the
CSU system who wish to pursue novel research in biotechnology at deeply
subsidized rates. This facility builds on our strong interdisciplinary
ties between the biological, chemical and physical sciences. FEMCA is housed
within the Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments and
Society (IIRMES) at CSULB and marshals a sophisticated array of CSUPERB, NSF
and Keck-funded equipment for molecular and elemental analysis; scanning,
transmission and atomic force microscopy; as well as purpose-built clean-room
facilities for organic and inorganic extractions and sample preparation.
As a
CSUPERB core facility, FEMCA offers subsidized analyses at reduced rates for
student and faculty researchers associated with CSUPERB. Specific capital
equipment currently available for CSUPERB sample analyses includes: (i) a
Perkin Elmer™ 6100 DRC, dual quadrupole ICP-MS with hydride generation facility
and a flow injection analysis system; (ii) a GBC TOF ICP-MS with an attached
NewWave 213LUV laser Ablation system for the analysis of solid materials; (iii)
a analytical FEI Quanta 200 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)
with integrated Oxford Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), Wavelength
Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopic analyzer (WDS) and cathode-luminescence for
element mapping equipped with remote access capabilities through PCI Quartz
networking, (iv) a Finnegan MAT Delta-XP Stable Isotope Gas-Ratio Mass
Spectrometer for carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and hydrogen isotope ratio
determination and (v) a Nanoscope III Multimode Atomic Force and Scanning Probe
Microscopy (AFM/SPM) capable of contact, and tapping-mode AFM and
magnetic and lateral force and scanning tunneling microscopy. Please see the Price/Rate Page for the special negotiated CSUPERB Analysis Rates. Funding for the CSUPERB core facility has been made available by CSUPERB, CSULB, CSULB University College Extension, NIH MARC Supplement Grant # 3 T34 GM08074-17S1 and NSF MRI grants # DIR-9977564, # EAR-0216494, # BCS 0321361
The aim of this workshop is to increase CSU faculty and student awareness of the utility of ICP-MS in the biotechnological field and its availability for CSUPERB participants as part of the FEMCA facility in IIRMES. In addition to discussing theory and applications, the workshop aims to provide hands-on training to individuals who wish to use and have access to the instrumentation for the purposes of academic research, training or teaching. It is proposed that the workshop be conducted on site at CSULB and that it be offered, for up to 20 individuals, over a 5-day period in the summer of 2005 when both the semester and quarterly CSU campuses are in intersession. The workshop will be taught by trained IIRMES faculty and staff and will feature invited lectures by recognized experts representing the private/commercial sector and the instrument manufacturers who will discuss new developments in areas of application and instrumental design. The workshop will also have demonstrations and laboratory exercises where the attendees work in groups of 4 individuals to optimize performance and calibrate the instrumentation. Subsequently, they will develop specific methodologies for the analysis, speciation and quantification of elements using external/internal calibration standards and stable isotopic dilution analysis in samples that are typically encountered in the biotechnological setting (serum, urine, blood, cytosolic, cryosections, gels, etc).
For information about the CSUPERB Workshop, please read this webpage (http://www.csuchico.edu/csuperb/WkSpICP_MS.htm) and/or contact: Zed Mason (zedmason@csulb.edu) Phone: (562) 985-5266 · Fax (562) 985-2469 |