Hi all, Just a quick update about the Neoma which is shortly arriving in the lab. The mass spec will be delivered from Thermo HQ on the 25th (coming Monday) and be stored at ground level before being craned down into the basement and wheeled into the lab on the 2nd April. The install engineers will be on site from the 8th April for roughly 1 month. This one is a little more involved than the triton as the instrument comes as 3 large modules which must be assembled in situ. During this period most of my time will be taken up working with the engineers so I won’t be readily available. Sofyia will continue to support with some of the operational things like purchasing and day to day running of the clean labs. Some of you may have seen that the 193 laser has now been removed from the lab and the 8900 moved to its new location. The 8900 will remain out of service for a while until some new fittings arrive for the extraction. The Nu will be quasi-operational but any requests to use it must go through me, Morten or Marc. Please try and not use the lab on the 2nd April unless it is urgent as there will be quite a lot of disruption to access as we move the Neoma through the building and into the lab. I know this is a period of yet more disruption but this represents a significant investment in our capabilities as a lab and we are one of the few facilities in the world with such infrastructure :) Cheers, Edward — Dr. Edward Inglis Office 2.26A School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Cardiff University Main Building, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT Office: +44 (0)29 2087 79469 Lab: +44 (0)29 2087 74326 Email: inglise(a)cardiff.ac.uk [page1image2912240.png]