ISOFYS
1. Contact information and URL
Prof. Dr. P. Boeckx: Pascal.Boeckx@UGent.be, Tel.: +32 9 264 60 01
Jan Vermeulen: Jan.Vermeulen@UGent.be, Tel.: +32 9 264 58 64
Katja Van Nieuland: Katja.Vannieuland@UGent.be, Tel.: +32 9 264 60 95
Ghent University
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Laboratory of Applied Physical Chemistry - ISOFYS
Coupure Links 653
9000 Gent, Belgium
URLS
http://www.isofys.ugent.be/
www.AMBERLab.UGent.be
Stable isotope equipment
- ANCA-SL (Automated Nitrogen Carbon Analyzer - Solids and Liquids) coupled to a SerCon 20-20 IRMS (Isocube electronics)
- A SerCon high temperature furnace (1400ºC thermal decomposition elemental analyzer) can be coupled to one of our 20-20 Sercon IRMS devices
- Modified Shimadzu TOC-VCSH (Total Organic Carbon analyzer) coupled to a modified SerCon 20-20 IRMS (Isocube electronics) via the elemental analyzer
- ANCA-TGII (Automated Nitrogen Carbon Analyzer – Trace Gases) coupled to a SerCon 20-20 IRMS (Isocube electronics)
- A Finnigan Trace GC Ultra with combustion interface (GC/C combustion III) coupled to a Finnigan DeltaplusXP
- A Finnigan Surveyor HPLC with LC-IsoLINK interface coupled to a Finnigan DeltaPLUSXP
Research themes
ISOFYS research interests are centered around four major themes:
- Isotope biogeochemistry and isotope ecology;
- Terrestrial ecosystems and greenhouse gas budgets;
- Integrated nutrient management for tropical agronomy;
- Development of new stable isotope analyses methods.
Stable isotope analyses
- Solid samples: natural abundance: d15N, d 13C, d 18O; enriched samples: atom% 15N, atom% 13C (up to 5 atom%)
- NO3- in water samples: d 15N and d18O via AgNO3 or bacterial method
- Gasses: natural abundance: d13C18O2, d13CH4, d15N218O, d15N2; enriched samples: atom% 13CO2, atom% 13CH4, atom% 15N2O, atom% 15N2 (up to 10 Atom%)
- Compound specific: d13C PLFA and on request