A big thank you to Flore who has been completing most of the 1300-HR analytical tests. 🎉 It was nice having you here! We're now entering the final phase of instrument commissioning and training.

Dr Nicola Allison (@uniofstandrews.bsky.social) is making us dream of a tropical getaway with her Hawaiian coral samples 🌴🌊🪸. She’s measuring B isotopes to infer seawater pH and learn about CO2 exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere.

Successful first session of 2026 on our 7f with Katie Schofield from Durham University @durhamearthsci.bsky.social. She’s analysing volatile elements in apatite for her volcanology PhD project with Prof. Humphreys. Our 1300HR is ready for the analytical tests!

Installation milestone reached! Our new 1300HR was turned on today for the first time. Meanwhile our guest Dr Joshua Shea from Cambridge is busy with the 7f, measuring trace element partitioning in olivine.

It's our new IMS 1300-HR!! It will be ready for exciting new science projects in spring 2026 - the best time to visit Edinburgh.

Several mysterious boxes arrived at the Ionprobe lab. Can we open them now or do we have to wait for Christmas?

Ops, what happened to our 1270 lab? Exciting news coming next week!

Second session of Dee Cirium on the 7f-Geo. This time she has been able to attend in person. I hope you have had fun analysing volatiles in MIs, Dee.

My last user of the year working on the 7f… Now listening to Madonna’s “Holiday”! Have a wonderful Christmas break and see you in the EIMF next year 😘

This week we had our first user in the Edinburgh Ion Microprobe Facility after the summer shutdown for doing some remedial work in the labs. It feels so nice to be back 🙂

I am surprised to see a lot of familiar names here. Is this a safe place to talk about science other stuff with no dramas? I really hope so 🙂

Trying bluesky. I have had enough of the toxicity of X 🙂