EQUIPMENTS

Research Facilities

 

Environmental Dynamics

  • Research vessel Isana

     Length:17.5m Breadth:4m Gross tonnage:14t
     Full complement:32 persons
     Main engine:YAMMAR 6CXAS-GT  (450PS)/ 2850rpmx2

    ISANA, a highly maneuverable research boat is owned and operated by CMES and designed to conduct oceanographic work Seto Inland Sea.
    The boat length, volume, capacity is 17.5m, 14ton, 32persons, respectively. Twin Diesel-engines drive couple of screws, the boat maximum speed reaches 27knot/h. It is equipped with 14 mm and 200m polyester rope winch, A-frame, echo-integrator, bow thruster, ADCP, EPIRB.

    Person in charge / Morimoto A

  • Rosette Niskin water sampler (2L x 10 bottles) equipped on Isana

    Manufacturer & Model number / JFE Advantec

    Isana has a 2.5L 10-Niskin bottle rosette sampler with the multiple CTD sensor (conductivity, temperature, depth, chlorophyll a and turbidity). The rapid operations of the sea water sampling and the water structure profiling are able to do using this system. 

    Person in charge / Yoshie N

  • Quantitative echo sounder system equipped on Isana

    Manufacturer & Model number / SONIC KCE-300

    Isana has a state-of-the-art compact metering fish finder system. This system can measure the amount of fish school, the length of fish, or the density of seaweed bed quantitatively using the acoustic technology.

    Person in charge / Yoshie N

  • Ship mounted acoustic doppler current profiler equipped on Isana

    Manufacturer & Model number / RD Instruments 300KHz

    Isana has an ADCP system. ADCP is an acoustic current meter that measures water current velocities from the surface to the bottom within the water column using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from the suspended particles.

    Person in charge / Morimoto A

  • Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) system equipped on Isana

    Manufacturer & Model number / Seabotix LBV-150

    ROV is a remote control underwater vehicle that captures not only the optical image but also the acoustic image using the 2D imaging sonar (Blue View Inc. P900-90) under the low transparency conditions, and it can take the underwater samples such as the seaweed using the manipulator.

    Person in charge / Yoshie N

  • Bottom mounted acoustic doppler current profiler equipped on Isana

    Manufacturer & Model number / RD Instruments 300KHz

    This is a mooring ADCP system at the bottom of ocean. ADCP is an acoustic current meter that measures water current velocities from the surface to the bottom within the water column using Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from the suspended particles.

    Person in charge / Morimoto A

  • Submersible ultraviolet nitrate analyzer

    Manufacturer & Model number / SEA-BIRD SUNA v2

    The instrument measures nitrate concentration from absorbing spectrum of ultraviolet. We can monitor nitrate concentration in real time and measure fine structure of nitrate around nitracline. It is possible to carry out high frequency monitoring of nitrate concentration in coastal seas.

    Person in charge / Yoshie N

  • Gamma detector system

    Manufacturer & Model number / ORTEC GXM25P, SEIKO EG&G MCA7700

    Germanium detector equipped with a multichannel analyzer can measure radioactivity of a variety of radionuclide. It is used for age determination of sediment layers by using “Pb-210” method.

    Person in charge / Kuwae M

Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology

  • Two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometer (GC×GC-TOF MS)

    Manufacturer & Model number / JEOL GCxGC JMS-T100GC

    GC×GC-TOF MS delivers high sensitivity and selectivity with the added value of accurate mass and high resolution information for structural confirmation of target, non-target or unknown compounds.

    Person in charge / Kunisue T

  • Gas chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometer

    Manufacturer & Model number / SHIMADZU QP2010Ultra

    Single quadrupole GCMS-QP2020 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer utilizes patented Advanced Scanning Speed Protocol technology, allowing high-speed scanning at 20,000 u/second without sensitivity loss or spectral distortion, and is ideally suited for fast-GC/MS.

    Person in charge / Kunisue T

  • Gas chromatography-double focusing magnetic sector high resolution mass spectrometer

    Manufacturer & Model number / JEOL JMS-800D

    JMS-800D is an instrument focusing on ultramicro analysis, which is optimal for dioxins in HRGC/HRSIM mode, as well as the related compounds of PCB, PBDE, and POP compounds.

    Person in charge / Nomiyama K

  • High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS)

    Manufacturer & Model number / AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500

    LC-MS/MS is a powerful tool for the analysis of environmental pollutants including instability and polar contaminants at trace levels.

    Person in charge / Nomiyama K

  • Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer (ICP-MS)

    Manufacturer & Model number / Agilent 7500CX

    ICP-MS is capable of detecting trace element at concentrations as ppt levels on non-interfered low-background isotopes. ICP-MS is achieved by ionizing the sample with inductively coupled plasma and then using a mass spectrometer to separate and quantify those ions.

    Person in charge / Itai T

  • Matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF/TOF)

    Manufacturer & Model number / AB SCIEX 5800

    Instrument to analyze the mass of proteins and peptides and amino acid sequences.

    Person in charge / Iwata H

Environmental Bioscience

  • Biohazard clean bench

    Manufacturer & Model number / Panasonic Class Type A2 MHES1300A2-PJ

    This cabinet is used for pathogenic microbes and recombinant DNA experiments. Prior to the recombinant DNA experiment, applicant should obtain permission from the Committee of the Recombinant DNA experiment, Ehime University.

    Person in charge / Suzuki S

  • Microplate reader

    Manufacturer & Model number / CORONA SH-8100Lab

    Fluorescence, absorbance, and luminescence of samples in a microplate (from 6- to 384-well microplate) can be measured.

    Person in charge / Obayashi Y

  • Germfree room for cell culture

    Manufacturer & Model number / SANYO MCV-91BNF

    Clean bench is available with horizontal laminar flow, and protects samples from airborne contamination.

    Person in charge / Kitamura SI