Quantitative bioimaging of Cd and Pb through laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS imaging) to tree rings and speleothems

• Grant number: 19/00063-9
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Cooperation agreement: National Science Foundation (NSF) and NSF’s Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE)
• Principal researcher: Marco Aurelio Zezzi Arruda
• Grantee: Danielle da Silva Francischini
• Home Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 17/50085-3 - PIRE: climate research education in the Americas using tree-ring speleothem examples (PIRE-CREATE), AP.TEM

Abstract

This project will explore two main goals: i) the acquisition of quantitative data along of tree rings profiles and/or speleothems; ii) the acquisition of elemental bioimaging through the quantitative spatial elemental distribution in such samples employing the laser ablation system coupled to the ICP-MS. (AU)