Our IRMS training courses are designed to familiarize ThermoFisher (Thermo Finnigan) users with instrument operations, regular maintenance, and trouble-shooting tips. Get the most out of your instruments by learning the diagnostic practices so essential to the long-term reliability of the instruments and the results they produce.

The Courses:

Elemental Analyser (EA-IRMS) (2 days)
Description - Elemental Analysers: Carlo-Erba, CE, COSTECH and Elementar.
Autosamplers: MAS200, AS128, AS200, COSTECH's PN150 and ZERO BLANK
Interfaces: Thermo Finnigan ConFlo II & III.

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) (3 days)
Description - Thermo Finnigan MAT IRMS instruments
Delta Series (XL, XP, Advantage, V ) and MAT 252, 253)

Gas Chromatography 'Type systems' (GC-IRMS) (3 days)
Description - GC: Agilent HP6890 and the Thermo Trace GC.
Autosamplers: CTC PAL & CTC A200S
Interfaces: GC-C-III & GC-TC; GasBench II & PreCon.

Instructor: Gilles St-Jean (Research Scientist)

Extra lab support:
Wendy Abdi (Senior Lab Tech),
Paul Middlestead (Lab Manager)
Norm St-Jean (Isomass Service Engineer)

To register or for more information about course availability:

Contact: Sue McAuley at sue.mcauley@isomass.com

The Training Centre

Isomass Scientific, in partnership with the G. G. Hatch Isotope Laboratories at the University of Ottawa, launched an IRMS Training Centre in July of 2000. Response to the courses has been so positive that the centre has become the authorized Thermo Electron IRMS Training Centre in North America.

The G. G. Hatch Isotope Lab. is an internationally recognized unit where both day-to-day high sample through-put and leading edge research and innovations are being conducted in the field of stable isotopes. This allows course attendees to exchange ideas and methodologies with lab personnel as well as with the course instructors. Check the G. G. Hatch Isotope Lab. website at: www.isotope.uottawa.ca for more information.

Location:

University of Ottawa, Earth Sciences
G. G. Hatch Isotope Laboratories
Marion Hall (Room 101)
140 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
Ph: (613) 562-5800 xt 6839 (Office), 6836 (Lab)
Fax: (613) 562-5192
Email: gstjean@uottawa.ca