{"id":123,"date":"2015-05-14T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T18:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:18:57","slug":"lab-services-prices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/lab-services-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Services &amp; Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tLaboratory Services\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column gray-darker-text\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>The lab specializes in isotopic analysis of archaeological human and animal remains (e.g., bones, teeth, shells, plants, hair\/fur, feathers, dung, and skin), but we also analyze modern plant and animal specimens. We provide laboratory analyses for both WSU and non-WSU researchers, but our focus is on generating data as part of fomal research collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Standard Isotopes Analyzed:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>carbon (<em>\u03b4<\/em><sup>13<\/sup>C)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>nitrogen (<em>\u03b4<\/em><sup>15<\/sup>N)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sulfur (<em>\u03b4<\/em><sup>34<\/sup>S)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>oxygen (<em>\u03b4<\/em><sup>18<\/sup>O)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>strontium (<sup>87<\/sup>Sr\/<sup>86<\/sup>Sr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential Isotope Capabilities:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>lead (Pb)- <em>please inquire<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The stable isotope lab within the WSU Department of Anthropology is equipped to complete all sample processing tasks (e.g., cleaning, sub-sampling, grinding, chemical digestion, freezedrying, sample weighing) prior to loading the samples in a mass spectrometer. Isotope ratios are measured using mass spectrometers housed in the WSU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isotopes.wsu.edu\/\">Stable Isotope Core<\/a> (Director: Dr. Dave Evans, Dept. of Biological Sciences) and <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/rigl\/\">Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Laboratory<\/a> (Director: Dr. Jeff Vervoort, School of the Environment). Column chemistry for heavy isotopes (Sr and Pb) are also conducted in a class 1000 clean lab housed within the WSU Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current Prices<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact Dr. Erin Thornton (<a href=\"mailto:erin.thornton@wsu.edu\">erin.thornton@wsu.edu<\/a>) to inquire about lab capabilities, turnaround time, and current prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quoted prices include complete sample processing (e.g., sample cleaning, sub-sampling, grinding, chemical digestion, freeze-drying, weighing and mass spectrometer fees). The fees also cover wages of students who assist Professor Thornton in the lab. This promotes use of the lab as an important setting for hands-on student training in laboratory methods. Please also note that mass spectromter fees are set by the WSU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isotopes.wsu.edu\/\">Stable Isotope Core<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/rigl\/\">Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Lab<\/a> and thus subject to change.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5614-396x297.jpg\" alt=\"Lab equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5614-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5614-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5614-990x743.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5614-1188x891.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5613-396x297.jpg\" alt=\"Lab equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5613-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5613-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5613-990x743.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5613-1188x891.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"396\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5616-396x297.jpg\" alt=\"Lab equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5616-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5616-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5616-990x743.jpg 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/840\/2015\/05\/IMG_5616-1188x891.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1222,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/anthro-isotope-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}