NanoSIMS Groups Although the NanoSIMS is still a relatively new type of ion microprobe, there are already many instruments in operation in different parts of the world. For a list of research groups that use other types of SIMS instruments see this page.
Washington University St. Louis, Missouri, USA	The very first commercial NanoSIMS instrument was installed at Washington University's Laboratory for Space Sciences during the winter 2000/2001. Since then, this instrument has been used for many applications in the laboratory analysis of extraterrestrial materials. St. Louis NanoSIMS home page
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie Mainz, Germany	The Nano- and Microparticle Research Group is also using the NanoSIMS for the analysis of extraterrestrial materials. Mainz NanoSIMS home page
Institut Curie Orsay, France	The Molecular Biophysics Laboratory is applying NanoSIMS imaging to a variety of biological systems. Curie SIMS page
Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann Luxembourg	The Department for the Science Analysis of Materials is an analytical laboratory specializing in characterization and failure analysis.  The lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments with the aim of creating close collaboration with industry. Luxembourg NanoSIMS page
University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom	The Department of Materials will be using the NanoSIMS for the investigation of 3D chemistry of crack tips in steels and the chemistry of grain boundaries in superconducting, semiconducting and diamond-like materials. Oxford NanoSIMS page
National Institute for Material Science NIMS Tsukuba, Japan	The Electroceramics group at NIMS will be using the NanoSIMS for research on advanced materials.
ExxonMobil New Jersey, USA	installed
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL Livermore, California, USA	The Lawrence Livermore NanoSIMS is used in a variety of areas, including biological materials research, weapons attribution, geolocation for nuclear forensics, molecular targeting for cancer therapy, early earth processes and cosmochemistry. Livermore NanoSIMS page
Tokyo University Tokyo, Japan	The Ocean Research Institute uses the NanoSIMS for terrestrial geology and oceanic research applications.
University of Western Australia Perth, Australia	The NanoSIMS at the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis is used to characterize biological, mineral and materials science samples. Perth NanoSIMS page
Université de Rouen Mont Saint Aignan, France	The Laboratoire Echanges Cellulaires uses the NanoSIMs for applications in plant biology.
Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas, USA	The ARES (Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science) laboratory obtained the first NanoSIMS 50L, which is used primarily for the study of extraterrestrial materials.
Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington, District of Columbia, USA	The Department of Terrestrial Magnetism uses its NanoSIMS 50L for resarch in cosmochemistry and geochemistry.
Muséum National d/Histoire Naturelle Paris, France	The NanoSIMS will be used by the Extraterrestrial Materials Research Laboratory (LEME) for its research into the chronology and nature of the processes that led to the formation of the earliest solids formed in the solar system. LEME NanoSIMS page
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA	The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences recently acquired it's NanoSIMS and will soon also receive an IMS 7f ion microprobe.
The Open University Milton Keynes, Great Britain	The Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute uses the NanoSIMS for its early solar system research.
Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad, India	~coming soon~
Université de Rennes Rennes, France	~coming soon~
Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Prototype NanoSIMS Instrument)	This laboratory is funded by the NIH as the National Resource for Imaging Mass Spectrometry (NRIMS) at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women's Hospital. It is an 'Affiliated Core Laboratory of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology'.
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