SCIMS Reveal

The Stanford Center for Imaging Mass Spectrometry was revealed on September 21, 2023, with ribbon cutting by Vice Provost and Dean of Research David Studdert, ScD, MPH, and former VPDoR Kam Moler, PhD, joined by Tim D'Souza, Waters Vice President-Americas; Xiaowei (Vivian) Lu, PhD, MS Imaging Scientist; Allis Chien, PhD, SUMS Director; and Claudius Mundoma, PhD, Director of Shared Instrumentation Facilities in the VPDoR Office. SCIMS is founded on Waters' groundbreaking SELECT Series MRT (Multi Reflecting TOF) and Cyclic Ion Mobility mass spectrometry platforms.

Scientist inserting a MALDI plate into the Waters MRT mass spectrometer — Garvey McKenzie, PhD, inserts a target plate into the MALDI source of the Multi Reflecting Time-of-Flight (MRT) mass spectrometer

A group of Stanford scientists including Pete Zushin, PhD; Prof. Sean Wu, MD, PhD; Fang Liu, PhD; Anna Okumu, BS; and Marios Georgiadis, PhD closely inspect the DESI source along with Engineer Jeff Satkofsky

Scientists sitting in front of large mass spectrometers — Waters Engineer Jeff Satkofsky shows off the Cyclic Ion Mobility mass spectrometer to a rapt audience, including Prof. Kanwaljeet (Sunny) Anand, MBBS, D.Phil., and Anna Okumu, BS.

Close-up of Xiaowei (Vivian) Lu working with the DESI source on the Cyclic Ion Mobility MS — Imaging MS Scientist Xiaowei (Vivian) Lu, PhD, adjusts the placement of a glass sample slide in the DESI source of the Cyclic Ion Mobility mass spectrometer

More pics of SCIMS opening day!

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Four people in business casual attire standing in conversation

Several pairs of people standing in conversation in a conference room

3 people standing in conversation

Scientist speaking from podium with slide display in background

Scientist lecturing to audience seated at tables

Speaker standing with handheld mic in one hand and gesturing with the other

Scientist lecturing to a full room

Scientist lecturing to a full room, side view

Scientist pipetting liquid sample onto a MALDI plate

Standing crowd around scientific instrument and computer monitors

Person showing "Multi-Reflecting Tof" schematic on the back of his black T-shirt

Group of scientist talking while standing in a circle in a laboratory

5 people in a huddle examining a glass slide held by a scientist

Scientist taking a photo with his phone of scientific equipment

Scientist crouching to closely examine a large mass spectrometer

three scientists gathered around a mass spectrometer in a laboratory

gloved hands placing glass slide into scientific equipment

Side view of glass slides in an enclosure with scientists in background

three people in a laboratory surrounded by scientific equipment

Close-up of scientific equipment being adjusted by a scientist

Four scientists standing side by side in front of new mass spectrometers

Four nicely-dressed folks standing in a line and smiling at the camera

Seven people lined up for a group photo in a laboratory

Action shot of ribbon cutting with 6 people watching the ribbon flutter to the ground