This annual meeting is a unique opportunity to gather the light source community in a single scientific event that includes numerous presentations in the plenary, poster, and parallel sessions. Participants can learn about current/future facility capabilities and the latest user research and discuss science with colleagues from academia, research laboratories, and industry worldwide. The annual users’ meeting includes multiple workshops as well as plenary sessions, poster session, and a town hall discussion with the facility directors and UEC Chairs. Workshops: 7 & 8 October 2023 This third edition of the Crick’s X-ray symposium will focus on approaches capable of resolving subcellular detail in biological soft tissues using hard X-rays, either alone or in combination with other imaging modalities through correlative multimodal workflows. With more synchrotrons transitioning to 4th generation sources, we will hear about how the expected increases in brilliance and coherence of X-ray sources might ultimately translate into improvements in volume, resolution and throughput when imaging brain or other soft tissues, and where the limits might be. During the last decade, most European Photon and Neutron (PaN) facilities have adopted open data policies, making data available for the benefit of the entire scientific community. At the same time, machine learning (ML) is seen as an essential tool to address the exponential growth of data volumes from PaN facilities. Exploitation of experimental training datasets is a key component of machine learning. The combination of ML algorithms and open data can therefore be seen as an ideal marriage that would ultimately help the entire community to tackle ‘big data’ challenges with more automation. However, finding the right data to train machine learning algorithms is a challenge and one of the motivations for making data FAIR is exactly that: to provide scientists working on AI applications with quality training datasets. We will celebrate 60 years of Synchrotron Radiation in Japan this year. Excellent speakers, who have a deep friendship with Japan, will give their wonderful invited talks. Our history will be reviewed by established Japanese scientists. Recent and emerging topics will be shared by our front runners. A 2 day training course covering theory and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software. This training course is organised by The University of Manchester at Harwell and 3Dmagination Ltd. It is aimed at researchers working in the field of mechanics, physics, chemistry, biology and materials science using 3D imaging techniques such as X-ray computed tomography, and who are interested to acquire solid methods for visualising and extracting relevant scientific information from 3D tomographic data. The training is organised in two parts: theory (0.5 day) and computer-based practical works using the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software 3D (1.5 day). At the end of the second day, the users are invited to practise on their own dataset with the help of the trainers. The CLS Annual Users’ Meeting is an opportunity to showcase some of the world-class research happening at our facility, and to provide the latest updates. Here you will find more information about the speakers, the schedule, and the research. We will be meeting virtually this year. Once you have registered for the AUM, you will have access on the Schedule page to the Zoom link for our Virtual Lecture Hall. Enroll in this exciting workshop developed for graduate students, postdocs and early career researchers with Hosted by our CMCF beamlines, this virtual program is spread over two weeks, with participants getting hands-on experience with mentors for all phases of the experimental process, from data collection to processing to structure solution. The conference aims to enable collaboration on cutting-edge instrumentation and technology, as well as novel research and development, that drives the rapid advancement in the field of synchrotron radiation and free-electron laser light sources worldwide. Abstract submissions open until 20th June 2023. Online registration closing date: 8th October 2023 The training is organised in two parts: Pyhton scripting in Avizo (1 day) and development of Avizo Python module (1 day). At the end of the second day, the users are invited to practise on their own dataset with the help of the trainers. The attendees are invited to bring their own laptop (an Avizo license will be provided for the training). This course is aimed at advanced users with prior expertise in 3D imaging and image processing of 3D datasets. Prior experience with Avizo and/or Python is recommended. The RAU meeting aims to gather researchers who use LNLS scientific instrumentation to perform cutting-edge experiments in areas such as Materials Science, Health and Pharmacology, Environmental Science Energy, Biotechnology, X-ray Imaging, Oil and Gas, Chemistry, and others. The event will promote the exchange of experiences between users and debates about new horizons in synchrotron technologies and research techniques. Following the PhD Thesis Award of 2021 and Masters Thesis Award 2022, the LNLS Users Group (LNLSUG) will organize in 2023 the LNLSUG Young Researcher Award to recognize outstanding research work using LNLS facilities. To be eligible for the 2023 Young Researcher Award, the candidate must comply with the criteria and follow the application procedure detailed at the LNLSUG website: Awards. If pre-selected, candidates shall present a short talk during the 33rd RAU/LNLS and a 40-min online talk at the LNLS Users group Seminar series, in case of winning the prize. The award includes a R$5.000,00 monetary prize (before taxes) and a certificate. The decision will be announced during the closing session of the 33rd RAU/LNLS, November 09th 2023 and published on the LNLSUG webpage. With this workshop we will continue the series of Delft and Danish Days on Magnetocalorics. In addition to recent breakthroughs on magnetocaloric materials and devices, this workshop will cover related caloric effects, together with their counterparts for harvesting low grade waste heat. The training is organised in two parts: theory (0.5 day) and computer-based practical works (1.5 day) using the XDigitalVolumeCorrelation extension in the Thermo Scientific™ Amira-Avizo Software 3D where two solutions are implemented (a classic subset based approach and a more robust global approach). At the end of the second day, the users are invited to practise on their own dataset with the help of the trainers. Researchers working in the field of mechanics, physics, and materials science using 3D imaging techniques such as X-ray computed tomography who are interested to (i) compute 3D full-field displacements and strains for linking the microstructure to the mechanical/physical behaviour, (ii) use the DVC measured data to feed/validate finite element models. The APXPS workshop will be hosted by National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) on December 5 (Tue.) – 8 (Fri.), 2023 in Taipei. This series of workshops was traditionally held in worldwide synchrotron facilities, with the first one taking place at SOLEIL, France in 2014. Since then, the workshop has been running continuously on an annual basis even in the difficult Pandemic years when the workshop was switched to a virtual format. The Canadian Light Source (CLS) conducts a Call for Proposals twice per year, accepting proposals for peer-reviewed access to beamtime in the upcoming cycle. The deadline for this call for beamtime allocations in 2024 is August 23rd 2023 We are glad to announce that SESAME is now accepting proposals for the user period starting from January 01st to June 30th 2024. SESAME is increasing the number of available beamlines from 3 to 5: ID10 – BEATS, ID11L – HESEB, BM08 – XAFS/XRF, BM02 – IR Infrared spectromicroscopy and ID09 – MS/XPD Materials Science/X-ray Powder Diffraction beamline. All beam time at NSLS-II is allocated based on a peer-reviewed proposal process. To start, you need to identify the type of proposal that fits your needs. You’ll need to know either the technique required, the beamline name/number, or the name of the beamline primary contact to use the Beamlines Available for Proposals page (below) to determine the appropriate proposal type. We encourage scientists from all over the world to submit proposals for general user beamtime experiments at the PAL-XFEL from January to June 2024. The PAL-XFEL has three beamlines, two for hard X-ray experiments (XSS: X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy, NCI: Nano Crystallography and Coherent Imaging) and one for soft X-ray experiments (SSS: Soft X-ray Scattering and Spectroscopy). MAX IV opens Calls for proposals twice per year for the General User Access program. The calls are named according to their beamtime period (and year), not when the call itself opens. The next submission for proposals for AP35 is open. Proposals must be submitted by Wednesday 27th September 2023 at 17:00hrs UTC+1/GMT+1. Diamond runs call for proposal every 6 months in the spring and the autumn, aiming for peer review meetings in May and October. Save the dates! The 6th International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS) will be held from 1-5 July 2024 in person in Stellenbosch, South Africa. This event will bring together an international group of scientists, from universities, research organisations and industry, to discuss a broad range of issues related to the use of 3D tomographic imaging in materials and structures. The international Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) is a successful conference series continuing for nearly 40 years, organised by the community of worldwide synchrotron radiation (SR) and X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facilities. The last conference in 2022 (postponed from 2021) was hosted by Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and the European XFEL from 28 March to 1 April 2022 (online).
Conference: 9 – 13 October 2023
It is with great pleasure that we welcome everyone to attend the 19th biennial ICALEPCS Conference. This year’s conference holds a priceless moment in history for us (especially the organising committee) since it’s the first time it’s being hosted in Africa since its inception. For some it also presents a nostalgic feeling, being able to travel again after a period of uncertainty on resumption of collocated meetings. As such, this conference offers a fresh start and we get to meet again in person to discuss innovations and fashion collaborations from the various meetings.
everything they need to know to begin to utilize the CLS for their research projects.
Hands-on instruction on sample preparation and beamline operation will be provided!
Tours of the CLS, networking with CLS staff and the opportunity to socialize with your peers!
Can’t attend in-person? Virtual attendance of the lectures is possible, with free registration.
The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) will hold the 33rd LNLS Annual Users’ Meeting (RAU) from 8-9 November and its 4 satellite events on 7 and 10 November 2023.