December 2015
PCIGR Director Dominique Weis has been elected as a member of the Geochemical Society Board of Directors. Her term in office will begin on January 1, 2016. Directors provide regional guidance and perspective to the Board.
The Geochemical Society is a nonprofit scientific society founded to encourage the application of geochemistry to improving our understanding of the Earth and solar system.
read moreMarch 2015 — Vancouver
As Director of PCIGR, Dominique Weis has been nominated for the YWCA Women of Distinction 2015 Award in the category of Technology, Science and Research.
The announcement was posted in the Vancouver Sun on March 11, 2015.
October 28, 2014
Today, PCIGR received the first commercially available TIMS (thermal ionization mass spectrometer) manufactured by Nu Instruments.
Prior to installation, a team from Bird Construction, along with PCIGR staff and Nu Instruments engineers, carefully unloaded and unpacked the crates. Over the next 3 weeks, the Nu engineers and PCIGR staff will be working hard to install and test the instrument.
read moreJuly 2014
Further instrument additions and upgrades were made to the PCIGR labs in July 2014.
Have a look here: PCIGR phase three: a photographic tour.
