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Program
SUNDAY, JUNE 10
8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Elvey Globe Room (215 Elvey Building)
STABLE ISOTOPES SHORT COURSE
Elvey Auditorium (214 Elvey Building)
9:00
Basic principles in isotope geochemistry, part 1 (Gilles St-Jean)
10:30
Coffee Break
Elvey Globe Room
11:00
Basic principles in isotope geochemistry, part 2 (Gilles St-Jean)
12:00
Lunch Break
Elvey Globe Room
1:30
Elemental analyzer and thermochemical elemental analyzer 101 (Paul Middlestead)
2:30
Coffee Break
Elvey Globe Room
3:00
Electronics basics and troubleshooting (Peter Stow)
7:30-9:30
Reception and Icebreaker
UAF Museum of the North
Sponsored by:
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MONDAY, JUNE 11
8:30
Registration and continental breakfast
IARC Lobby
9:00
Announcements
9:05
Welcome (Dr. Carol Lewis, Dean, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Science)
Elvey Auditorium (214 Elvey Building)
Stable Isotope Analysis Instrumentation
9:15
Keynote Address: "Stable Isotope Measurements: From Ions to Photons"
(Dr. Michael Whiticar)
10:00
Comparison of DI, CF and IRIS methods for analysis of natural waters and enriched
urines: Battle of the acronyms (Kim Baublys)
10: 30
Coffee Break
IARC Lobby
Isotopes in Forensics
11:00
The Canadian Human Hair Provenance Project (Michelle Chartrand)
12:00
Lunch
IARC Lobby
1:30
Use of Isotopes in Environmental Forensic Investigation (Yi Wang)
2:10
Coffee Break
IARC Lobby
Isotopes in Animal Body Composition
2:30
Applying Stable Isotopes to Wildlife Nutrition: Deuterium and Body Composition,
15
N and Protein Balance (Perry Barboza)
3:00
Poster Session
501 IARC
5:00
Board bus for Sternwheeler ride
Bus will load passengers in front of IARC building
6:00
Ride on Sternwheeler Tanana Chief
8:00
Banquet
Pikes Waterfront Lodge
Sponsored by:
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10:00
Board bus for return to UAF
TUESDAY, JUNE 12
8:30
Continental breakfast
IARC Lobby
9:00
Announcements
Problems and Solutions – Techniques in Progress
9:05
Why do my GC-IRMS peaks look so crappy (Paul Eby)
9:35
Determining 13C/12C ratios of naphthenic acids by pyrolytic decarboxylation using an
elemental analyzer coupled with an isotope ratio mass spectrometer (Anna Smirnoff)
10: 05
Coffee Break
IARC Lobby
10:35
How good are your 18O (& H/D) numbers for saline waters? (Paul Middlestead)
11:05
In-line removal of organic contaminants for accurate stable isotope analysis of
contaminated water by cavity ring-down spectroscopy (Danthu Vu)
11:35
Possible issues during EA-IRMS: drying agents and combustion catalysts (Robin Sutka)
12:05
Lunch
IARC Lobby
1:30
Simultaneous analysis of 15N, 13C and 34S and NCS concentrations using the
modified Elementar Vario Isotope elemental analyzer interfaced to an Isoprime 100
IRMS (Paul Brooks)
2:00
A Bayesian approach to stable isotope data analysis (Jessie Cable)
2:30
Coffee Break
IARC Lobby
3:00
Mobile measurement of isotopic methane: source apportionment to go (Nabil Saad)
3:30
Q and A session,
Planning for next year
6:00
Bus pick-up for trip to town
9:30
Bus pick-up for return from town
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13
8:30
Continental breakfast
IARC Lobby
9:00
Announcements
Pass out certificates for Monday’s training session
Elvey Auditorium
9:40
Board bus for LARS (Large Animal Research Station) tour – muskox and
reindeer/caribou
11:15
Vendor one-on-one meetings: Elementar
Isomass
Picarro
Sercon
Isotech
IARC Lobby and Mezzanine
12:00
Lunch
IARC Lobby
1:30
Lab Tour, Alaska Stable Isotope Facility, (Matt Wooller, Tim Howe)
Water and Environmental Research Center
Picarro Users Group Meeting
Elvey Auditorium