NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
@isotopesuk.bsky.social
The National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) offers world-leading integrated isotope and organic analytical capability to support the UK NERC science communities.
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QRA ADM in Brighton, abstract submission deadline 10th November!!! Submit your abstracts for a talk or a poster @quaternaryra.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
QRA ADM in Brighton, abstract submission deadline 10th November!!! Submit your abstracts for a talk or a poster @quaternaryra.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
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Currently writing up the results of new radiocarbon dating from this amazing Neolithic monument, Le Déhus, on the Channel Islands. With thanks to @isotopesuk.bsky.social and @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social for funding radiocarbon dating.
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Currently writing up the results of new radiocarbon dating from this amazing Neolithic monument, Le Déhus, on the Channel Islands. With thanks to @isotopesuk.bsky.social and @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social for funding radiocarbon dating.
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What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
Stood in the Cretaceous looking at the first grasses on Earth (British Geological Survey) geological walkway…
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Stood in the Cretaceous looking at the first grasses on Earth (British Geological Survey) geological walkway…
In 1955 the third (?) mass spectrometer in the world (maybe for geochronology?) was purchased by Oxford University for the determination of the oldest rocks… at the grand price of £10,000. Apparently the determination will have “no immediate practical application” but it was beautiful…
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In 1955 the third (?) mass spectrometer in the world (maybe for geochronology?) was purchased by Oxford University for the determination of the oldest rocks… at the grand price of £10,000. Apparently the determination will have “no immediate practical application” but it was beautiful…
The University of Nottingham has appointed BGS’s senior isotope research geochemist, Angela Lamb, as an honorary professor. As part of her role, Angela will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching alongside facilitating collaborative research programmes between BGS and the University.
October 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The University of Nottingham has appointed BGS’s senior isotope research geochemist, Angela Lamb, as an honorary professor. As part of her role, Angela will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching alongside facilitating collaborative research programmes between BGS and the University.
Congratulations to NEIF researcher, Francesco Putzolu, whose Economic Geology paper 'Origin of the Jadar Volcano-Sedimentary Li-B Deposit, Serbia' has been awarded the prize for the best Mineral Deposits paper from Young Researchers by the Italian Geological Society: www.socgeol.it/N6807/premio...
Premio Miglior pubblicazione GGM 2025
Benvenuto nel sito ufficiale della Società Geologica Italiana, fondata a Bologna il 29 Settembre 1881, la più antica e rappresentativa associazione scientifica italiana nel campo delle geoscienze.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Congratulations to NEIF researcher, Francesco Putzolu, whose Economic Geology paper 'Origin of the Jadar Volcano-Sedimentary Li-B Deposit, Serbia' has been awarded the prize for the best Mineral Deposits paper from Young Researchers by the Italian Geological Society: www.socgeol.it/N6807/premio...
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So grateful to NEIF for funding this research! The new dates suggest cemeteries started about the same time, rather than gradually spreading from east to west. They reveal funerary practices on the scale of human lifetimes, and raise new questions about how burial rites related to LBK social change
Lovely new paper by @pennybickle.bsky.social and team, using some NEIF funded dates to suggest European Neolithic cemeteries were a short-lived phenomenon. 20 years on, things are still getting shorter! @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany)
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September 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
So grateful to NEIF for funding this research! The new dates suggest cemeteries started about the same time, rather than gradually spreading from east to west. They reveal funerary practices on the scale of human lifetimes, and raise new questions about how burial rites related to LBK social change
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A momentous day, the 1000th run on the Elementar isoprime 100 aqua prep (aka monkey), 13 years old and still excellent
September 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A momentous day, the 1000th run on the Elementar isoprime 100 aqua prep (aka monkey), 13 years old and still excellent
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We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...
Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro
This is "Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro" by GAEAcademy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...
Congratulations Charles Gowing on 32 years service to inorganic geochemistry /British Geological Survey - happy retirement, you will be missed! Follow your dreams ✈️🌍🛩️🌏
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations Charles Gowing on 32 years service to inorganic geochemistry /British Geological Survey - happy retirement, you will be missed! Follow your dreams ✈️🌍🛩️🌏
Great insights from the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum at Manchester Museum!
Jack, Kotryna and Charlotte recently attended the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum, an event packed with innovation & expertise in advanced elemental analysis.
Jack, Kotryna and Charlotte recently attended the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum, an event packed with innovation & expertise in advanced elemental analysis.
September 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Great insights from the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum at Manchester Museum!
Jack, Kotryna and Charlotte recently attended the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum, an event packed with innovation & expertise in advanced elemental analysis.
Jack, Kotryna and Charlotte recently attended the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum, an event packed with innovation & expertise in advanced elemental analysis.
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One month before the next NEIF deadline! Please get in contact asap if you want to apply for some radiocarbon dates in this round. For UK based students, post-docs and beyond. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
September 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
One month before the next NEIF deadline! Please get in contact asap if you want to apply for some radiocarbon dates in this round. For UK based students, post-docs and beyond. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
A momentous day, the 1000th run on the Elementar isoprime 100 aqua prep (aka monkey), 13 years old and still excellent
September 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A momentous day, the 1000th run on the Elementar isoprime 100 aqua prep (aka monkey), 13 years old and still excellent
Lovely new paper by @pennybickle.bsky.social and team, using some NEIF funded dates to suggest European Neolithic cemeteries were a short-lived phenomenon. 20 years on, things are still getting shorter! @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany)
www.cambridge.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Lovely new paper by @pennybickle.bsky.social and team, using some NEIF funded dates to suggest European Neolithic cemeteries were a short-lived phenomenon. 20 years on, things are still getting shorter! @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Interested in joining a world-leading geological organisation? We have two vacancies available:
🌱 Organic geochemist
📋 Administrator / business assistant
Keep updated on these and all of our latest vacancies over on our jobs page: www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/wo...
🌱 Organic geochemist
📋 Administrator / business assistant
Keep updated on these and all of our latest vacancies over on our jobs page: www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/wo...
August 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Interested in joining a world-leading geological organisation? We have two vacancies available:
🌱 Organic geochemist
📋 Administrator / business assistant
Keep updated on these and all of our latest vacancies over on our jobs page: www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/wo...
🌱 Organic geochemist
📋 Administrator / business assistant
Keep updated on these and all of our latest vacancies over on our jobs page: www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/wo...
Congratulations to those who have received stable isotope NEIF funding (BGS node) at the spring 2025 meeting:
Dr KA Hemer (UCL).
Prof D Thornalley (UCL).
Dr JF Dean (Bristol).
Prof GMF van der Heijden (Nottingham).
Dr AC Law (Nottingham).
Dr D Wright (Newcastle).
Dr KA Hemer (UCL).
Prof D Thornalley (UCL).
Dr JF Dean (Bristol).
Prof GMF van der Heijden (Nottingham).
Dr AC Law (Nottingham).
Dr D Wright (Newcastle).
July 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Congratulations to those who have received stable isotope NEIF funding (BGS node) at the spring 2025 meeting:
Dr KA Hemer (UCL).
Prof D Thornalley (UCL).
Dr JF Dean (Bristol).
Prof GMF van der Heijden (Nottingham).
Dr AC Law (Nottingham).
Dr D Wright (Newcastle).
Dr KA Hemer (UCL).
Prof D Thornalley (UCL).
Dr JF Dean (Bristol).
Prof GMF van der Heijden (Nottingham).
Dr AC Law (Nottingham).
Dr D Wright (Newcastle).
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Thoroughly enjoyed talking to the students and staff at the Museu de Zoologia at the University of Sao Paulo, about our @isotopesuk.bsky.social Stable Isotope Ecology Lab at @suerc.bsky.social , but also the many ways in which stable isotopes can be used in ecological applications.
July 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed talking to the students and staff at the Museu de Zoologia at the University of Sao Paulo, about our @isotopesuk.bsky.social Stable Isotope Ecology Lab at @suerc.bsky.social , but also the many ways in which stable isotopes can be used in ecological applications.
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Congratulations to Sir Keith O’Nions on his retirement as Chair of the British Geological Survey Board, thanks for your 8 years of service…
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Congratulations to Sir Keith O’Nions on his retirement as Chair of the British Geological Survey Board, thanks for your 8 years of service…
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
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I am co-convening a meeting at the Royal Society later this year, with @krhendry.bsky.social and other very excellent polar science colleagues. If you have interests relating to Antarctica and the impacts of climate change, please consider participating!
Are you a scientist with an interest in #ClimateChange and Antarctica? This September, join a team of leading oceanographers & climate scientists from @bas.ac.uk for a scientific meeting at the Royal Society: royalsociety.org/science-even... @oceanandice.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I am co-convening a meeting at the Royal Society later this year, with @krhendry.bsky.social and other very excellent polar science colleagues. If you have interests relating to Antarctica and the impacts of climate change, please consider participating!
NEIF 14C groups from Oxford & SUERC, together in Kraków! Great to see everyone at the 25th Radiocarbon Conference last week—enjoying 14C science, collaboration, and a bit of Kraków sunshine. #Radiocarbon2025 #NEIF #14C #Krakow
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEIF 14C groups from Oxford & SUERC, together in Kraków! Great to see everyone at the 25th Radiocarbon Conference last week—enjoying 14C science, collaboration, and a bit of Kraków sunshine. #Radiocarbon2025 #NEIF #14C #Krakow
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Delighted that pangolin research by @ruthlewissmith.bsky.social is featured by Birmingham Museums. Huge thanks from SUERC @isotopesuk.bsky.social for the generous donation of sample material from their natural science collection!
A nice summary of a couple of projects that have used specimens from Birmingham's natural science collection www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/stories/birm...
Birmingham Museums’ natural science collection helps research to protect wildlife species under threat | Birmingham Museums
The collection of ca 250,000 specimens is the largest resource of its type in the West Midlands.Small samples from the bottom of the toes of taxidermied ni
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July 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Delighted that pangolin research by @ruthlewissmith.bsky.social is featured by Birmingham Museums. Huge thanks from SUERC @isotopesuk.bsky.social for the generous donation of sample material from their natural science collection!
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🧬 Professor Melanie Leng delivered the 2025 Battarbee Lecture on stable isotope analysis in diatoms, insects, and lake sediments—continuing her impactful work with @ucl.ac.uk Geography.
More: tinyurl.com/ucl-leng
#UCLGeography #StableIsotopes #BattarbeeLecture #EnvironmentalResearch
More: tinyurl.com/ucl-leng
#UCLGeography #StableIsotopes #BattarbeeLecture #EnvironmentalResearch
The Battarbee Lecture 2025: Recent Advances in the Use of Stable Isotopes in Environmental Science
This year’s Battarbee Lecture was delivered by Professor Melanie Leng, Science Director of the NERC Stable Isotope Facility at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧬 Professor Melanie Leng delivered the 2025 Battarbee Lecture on stable isotope analysis in diatoms, insects, and lake sediments—continuing her impactful work with @ucl.ac.uk Geography.
More: tinyurl.com/ucl-leng
#UCLGeography #StableIsotopes #BattarbeeLecture #EnvironmentalResearch
More: tinyurl.com/ucl-leng
#UCLGeography #StableIsotopes #BattarbeeLecture #EnvironmentalResearch