Hatch lab: isotope and noble gas geochemistry for earth and environmental sciences

地球和环境科学的研究依赖于矿物、水、气体和生物样品的同位素分析。环境同位素和惰性气体的测量使研究人员能够追踪化合物的来源及其所经历的反应。哈奇同位素实验室拥有世界上最先进的质谱仪和相关样品接口。哈奇实验室还拥有加拿大唯一的惰性气体设施，用于矿物、沃茨和气体中的同位素和浓缩。该实验室为加拿大和海外的研究小组提供碳、氧、氮、硫、氢和惰性气体的同位素分析。我们的实验室是全球唯一一个提供技术培训课程的实验室，并支持约75名地球科学家、环境科学家、生物学家和生态毒理学家的研究。 Hatch实验室的用户进行的研究范围从生态毒理学，气候变化，水污染和经济地质学到火星上生命的类似物。MRS赠款将帮助支持高素质的研究技术人员和研究助理，他们开发Hatch实验室研究所依赖的创新分析方法。

Research in the Earth and environmental sciences relies on isotopic analysis of minerals, water, gases and biological samples. The measurement of environmental isotopes and noble gases allows researchers to trace the origin of compounds and the reactions that they have undergone.The G.G. Hatch Isotope Laboratory hosts one of the most sophisticated fleets of mass spectrometers and associated sample interfaces in the world. The Hatch Lab also maintains Canada's only noble gas facility for isotopes and concentrations in minerals, waters and gases. The lab provide analyses of isotopes of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur, hydrogen and noble gases to research groups across Canada and overseas.Our facility is the only one worldwide that offers technologist training courses, and supports the research of some 75 geoscientists, environmental scientists, biologists, ecotoxicologists.  Users of the Hatch Lab conduct research ranging from ecotoxicology, climate change, water pollution and economic geology to analogues for life on Mars.This MRS grant will help support the highly qualified research technologists and Research Associates who develop the innovative analytical methods on which research in the Hatch Lab relies.