Schedule 2026

Tentative Schedule for June 7th – 10th, 2026

ASITA will be held in the Exeter Room in Marquis Hall – 97 Campus Drive on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Sunday, June 7th – Welcome and Short Course (New Users)

TimeActivityPresenting Author
8:00 AMVendor Set-up
9:00 AMCoffee, Registration, Poster Set-up
9:30 AMIntroductions/AnnouncementsKim Janzen
9:40 AMWelcome, Land Acknowledgment & Opening RemarksColin Laroque, Department Head
10:00 AMIRMS General Principles Kyle Taylor
11:00 AMElemental Analyser Principles Paul Middlestead
12:00 PMLunch BreakMarquis
1:00 PMGC-IRMS Chromatograph PrinciplesPaul Eby
2:00 PMIRMS Standards and CalculationsJean-François Hélie
3:00 PMOrbitrap Principles in Isotope MeasurementsTaylor Graham
4:00 PMBreak – Coffee/Tea/Juice
4:30 PM – 5:45 PMIsoverse: Open-source IRMS WorkflowsSebastian Kopf
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMIcebreakerUniversity Club – IsoSpark

Monday, June 8th – Talks and Banquet

TimeActivityPresenting Author
8:00 AMCoffee, Registration and Poster Set-up
8:50 AMIntroductions/AnnouncementsKim Janzen
9:00 AMWelcome and Isotope Research College of AgricultureBobbi Helgason
9:15 AMA brief history of ASITA, Isomass and RadomPeter Stow
9:40 AMEffects of Pretreatment on Bulk Organic Carbon and Related Measurements by Elemental Analysis-Isotope Ratio Mass SpectrometryJack Hutchings
10:05 AMIsotope Ratio Measurements to Support Sustainable Wild Rice Production in Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous CommunitiesMichelle Chartrand
10:30 AMBreak – Coffee/Tea/JuiceNu Instruments
11:00 AMCompound-Specific Carbon Isotope Measurements of Fecal Steroids: A Potential Proxy for Herbivore Dietary ShiftsAlessandro Mauceri
11:25 AMCold Traps & Clean Peaks: Cryogenic Approaches to Atmospheric Methane Analysis with GC-IRMSJames Ravenhill
11:50 AMA new separation strategy for LC-O-IRMS δ13C measurement of underivatized amino sugars from soilJesse Reimer
12:15 PMLunch BreakMarquis – Sercon
1:30 PMDeveloping sulfur isoscapes for mobility studies using modern plantsDamon Tarrant – Student
1:55 PMCreating a haystack from a needle: Trials and tribulations with SIMS and bulk sulfur isotope analysis in complex diagenetic settingsAndrew Kingston
2:20 PMCooking up New In-House Organic Sulfur Calibration MaterialsAnic Imfeld
2:45 PMBreak – Coffee/Tea/Juice
3:15 PMReplacing Carbon Monoxide in the IRMS LabPaul Eby
3:40 PMOffline preparation of carbonates for δ13C and δ18O analysis vial Gasbench-IRMSAndrea Prentice
4:05 PMFreezing prevents ⁶⁰Co‑γ irradiation artefacts in DOM concentration, composition and δ¹³CMitchell Lo
4:30 PMAnnouncements
4:50 PMDepart for the Banquet – transportation providedGymnasium Place Loop: Map of Location
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMBanquet Western Development Museum – Isomass

Tuesday, June 9th – Talks, Poster Session and Pub Night

TimeActivityPresenting Author
8:00 AMCoffee/Tea/Juice
9:00 AMAnnouncementsKim Janzen
9:15 AM13C tracing reveals microbial drivers of root-zone carbon dynamics among prominent field cropsBobbi Helgason
9:40 AMNovel developments in Laser Ablation IRMS and carbonate preparation systems from Nu Instruments Ltd.Michael Colucci
10:05 AMFully integrated TOC and TNb analysis of estuarine and sea water samples with the Elementar iso TOC cube®Kyle Taylor
10:30 AMBreak – Coffee/Tea/Juice Thermo Fisher Scientific
11:00 AMHigh-Precision Discrete N₂O Isotopic Analysis with the new Picarro PI5131-i Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy Analyzer and Sage Gas Autosampler as an alternative to conventional mass spectrometry analytical techniquesRussell Chedgy
11:25 AMA novel dual inlet large radius IRMS for isotopologue measurementGarry Armstrong
11:50 AMLunch Break Marquis
1:00 PMKeynote Address: From Gas Torches to Lasers, Measuring Stable IsotopesJean-François Hélie, Geotop
2:00 PmBreak – Coffee/Tea/Juice
2:15 PMAnnouncements & Last Minute Poster Set-up & Group PictureIn front of the Administration Bld
3:00 PMPoster Session
4:00 PM – 6:00 PMPub Night SocialLouis Loft – Elementar

Posters

TimeActivityPresenting Author(s)
Tuesday June 9th 3 PM
Evaluating the effectiveness of lipid extraction techniques on the elemental and isotopic composition of modern bone collagenAsh Buchanan & Katherine Dolan – Student
Tracing nitrogen use efficiency for specialty crops on the prairiesAutumn Collins – Student

Greenhouse gas fluxes from residues of different canola lines during early-stage
decomposition		Opeyemi Adewumi – Student
Into the ISOVERSE open-source data tools for efficient, transparent,
and reproducible processing of stable isotope data		Sebastian Kopf

Wednesday, June 10th – Wrap-up, Lab Tours and Start of Workshops

TimeActivityLead(s)
8:00 AMLast-Minute Lab Tour Sign-up & Coffee/Tea/Juice
8:55 AMAnnouncements
9:00 AMPresentation of Student Prize/Closing RemarksKim Janzen & Geoff Koehler
9:30 AMLab Tour – Soil Science (EA-IRMS, GHG-IRMS, MS-GC/LC-IRMS, LGR ICOS, Picarro)Kim Janzen, Jesse Reimer & Rich Farrell
9:30 AMLab Tour – ECCC (short walk to the lab)Geoff Koehler
11:00 AM – Switch LocationsLab Tour – Soil Science (EA-IRMS, GHG-IRMS, MS-GC/LC-IRMS, LGR ICOS, Picarro)
Kim Janzen, Jesse Reimer & Rich Farrell
11:00 AM – Switch LocationsLab Tour – ECCC (short walk to the lab)
Geoff Koehler
12:00 AMLunch Break & Sponsor Tear-downMarquis
12:30 PMEnd of the ASITA Program

Wednesday, June 10th – Post ASITA Elementar Workshops

TimeActivityLead
Location change51 Campus Drive, Agriculture and Bioresource Building5C61-Class Room, 5D37-Meeting Room, 5E85-Lab
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Parallel SessionsSource Workshop (4 hr total)Alejandra Cartagena Sierra – 5D37
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Parallel SessionsLyticOS Data ProcessingKyle Taylor – 5C61

Thursday, June 11th – Elementar Workshop Sessions Continued

TimeActivityLead(s)
9:00 AM – 1:30 PM Parallel SessionsSource Workshop (4 hr total)Alejandra – 5D37
9:00 AM – 1:30 PM Parallel SessionsAnalysis & Data Management EA & EA-IRMSKyle, Bayley, Kim – 5C61 & 5E85
1:00 PMLunchBBQ – Main Floor Foyer
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Parallel SessionsAnalysis & Data Management GHG-IRMSKyle, Bayley, Kim – 5C61 & 5E85
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Parallel SessionsSource Workshop (4 hr total)Alejandra – 5D37

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