The CSL is pleased to announce a successful Australian Research Council grant under the 2024 Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Scheme to purchase a new high resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS) – an instrument capable of measuring elemental concentrations in a variety of samples at the lowest ultra-trace levels.
Awarded funds will support the replacement of the existing 15 year old CSL instrument with a new generation unit offering the highest sensitivity currently available. This new instrument will allow researchers and their (inter)national collaborators opportunity to undertake world-leading research, enhancing research profiles across a diverse range of research areas including oceanography, analytical chemistry, Antarctic studies, environmental assessment and geochemistry. As well as UTAS programs, the facility will support researchers from across Tasmania, including those from proposal partners AAD, CSIRO and Analytical Services Tasmania.
The CSL congratulates all investigators involved with the successful bid, in particular lead CI prof Andrew Bowie from IMAS and CSL lead A/Prof Ashley Townsend.
For more information please contact A/Prof Ashley Townsend at the CSL.
