A new massive-open-online course (MOOC) offered by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) via the edX platform will be published on 11th April 2022. Subscription possible any time (even before publication). Audit track subscription: Course available for six weeks after first access. First possible access date: 11.04.2022. Verified track subscription: Unlimited access after subscription New opportunities for SMEs! TamaTA-INNOV project offers funded and confidential measurements in different European light sources for SMEs. A new call is open till the end of July 2023. Proposal deadline: Proposals are accepted until 11:59 pm, Pacific Time Zone on Wednesday 7th September 2022. General users are granted beam time through a peer-review proposal process. They may use beamlines and endstations provided by the ALS or the Participating Research Team (PRT) that operates the beamline. January–June 2023 operating cycle Users can access beamtime through a number of different mechanisms, including Peer-Reviewed Access, Puchased Access, Rapid Access, and Beamteam Access. Submit a new proposal or beamtime request by August 24 at 12pm (noon) CST. January – June 2023 Call for proposals for the Alvra and Bernina instrument at the Aramis hard X-ray line and for Maloja instrument at the Athos soft X-ray line. Please consult the following websites to obtain general information about the call and about the status of the available instruments: https://www.psi.ch/swissfel/calls =========================================================================== The DEADLINE for the submission of beam time … Read more SwissFEL call for proposals Deadline for proposal submission: 15 September 2022 / midnight (CEST) This call for proposals covers the beamtime from Jan 2023 to Oct 2023, i.e., over nine rather than six months and is the last call for proposals before the long shutdown to upgrade the SLS. Assuming that supply chains and related issues do not deteriorate … Read more Swiss Light Source (SLS) – call for proposals for non-PX beamlines The protein crystal screening (PCS) beamtime at the PAL-XFEL is open for domestic scientists who are willing to judge a crystal quality prior to the macromolecular crystallography experiments at not only XFEL but synchrotron facilities. PAL-XFEL Call for proposal : by September 26, 2022, Beamtime Service Period : January 12~June 30, 2023 We encourage scientists from all over the world to submit proposals for general user beamtime experiments at the PAL-XFEL from January to June 2023. The PAL-XFEL has three beamlines, two for hard X-ray experiments (XSS: X-ray Scattering and … Read more PAL-XFEL Call for general user beamtime proposals Submission Deadline: October 28, 2022 2023-1Cycle Dates: January 31, 2023 – April 17, 2023 New users are always welcome. The HZB User Coordination is the major point of contact for all current and prospective users of the HZB user facility BESSY II. Please do not hesitate to contact us for administrative help or support. Together with the HZB instrument scientists we can help you with your beamtime application or … Read more BESSY II – Call for proposals 2023-I Next deadline for submission of Standard proposals and BAG proposals: Monday 12th September 2022 (Review Committees: 28, 29 October 2022). The Polish synchrotron is delighted to invite you to submit your projects for beamtime at the Brazilian light source. ReMade@ARI provides scientists exploring the properties and structures of recyclable materials with coordinated access to more than 50 European analytical research infrastructures. Users can now submit proposals for access to these infrastructures via a unified procedure on our ARIA PORTAL. More info about the project: https://remade-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/remade-at-ari-1st-call-for-proposals-v2.mp4. This very popular 2 day course highlights the growing need to extract reliable information from 3D datasets. 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 … Read more University of Manchester at Harwell & 3Dmagination training course on Visualisation & Quantification of Tomographic Datasets We will focus on recent advancements to Darshan’s instrumentation capabilities, as well as cover recent efforts in developing a Python-based analysis framework for Darshan log data. We will also cover future directions for Darshan so that it may remain a fundamental tool for HPC I/O understanding as scientific computing continues to evolve. Photon Factory welcomes an application of research proposals from all over the world. The due dates of the proposal submission are set twice a year (May and November) except for U, P and S1 categories. This call’s deadline is Wednesday November 9th at 13:00 (in Japanese Standard Time) The Call for proposals for the Express Call 2023-I cycle for the EM01-Cryo-TEM is now open. Deadline for proposals is 17th February at 14:00 Barcelona time Information about the specifics of the Cryo-TEM can be obtained at the following link: https://www.albasynchrotron.es/en/instrumentation. Led by distinguished scholars in the field, these tutorials specifically address younger members of the FEL community and introduce hot topics in the field of FEL science with larger depth than usually possible in conference talks. They are organized by FELs of Europe together with the LEAPS Strategy Group on FELs. This 2-day course allows attendees to extract the hidden mechanical information from volumes images acquired during a deformation process of a material. This topic is of great interest as the 4D imaging community is growing considerably with a huge amount of data that are generated at a fast rate. Connect with the businesses and organisations seeking a better understanding of decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure and the potential impact of contaminants on marine life. Workshop to explore the possibilities that InCAEM will bring for multimodal correlative, and multi-length scale imaging InCAEM (In-situ Correlative Facility for Advanced Energy Materials) is the project selected in Catalonia, as part of the “Advanced Materials” program of Planes Complementarios. This new microscopy platform will be unique and will offer outstanding opportunities in the area of … Read more InCAEM Workshop – Planes Complementarios on Advanced Materials in Catalonia In this talk we will review recent progress in the emerging field of quantum x-ray optics including experimental demonstrations of the coherent waveform shaping of the x-ray photons, acoustically induced transparency, slow light, and very recent realizations of quantum nuclear memory and resonant excitation of the 12.4 keV long-lived (0.46 s) nuclear transition in 45Sc, … Read more Quantum Optics with X-ray Photons and Ultra-narrow Nuclear Transitions We are pleased to announce that we have organized a gathering of experts in the fields of Machine Learning and Scattering to discuss the current advancements in these technologies. The experts have been selected for their expertise, experience, and their insights will provide valuable information for attendees. This workshop, sponsored by the ALS, the Center for Advanced Mathematics for Energy Research Applications (CAMERA), and the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) will gather experts in the fields of machine learning (ML) and scattering to discuss recent advancements in these technologies. The event will provide a forum for the experts to share their latest research, exchange … Read more Machine Learning for X-Ray and Neutron Scattering The participants are expected to gain awareness of the best practices in the relationships with suppliers and how to involve them in co-innovation. During the “EU Breakthrough Technology Square” Workshop, Venture Capitalists will provide information on their modus operandi and expectations and, in one-to-one meetings, will give the ATTRACT projects specific insights. You will practise on real case studies and learn how to automate a workflow on multiple images, transform Avizo objects into Numpy arrays (and vice versa), extend Avizo functionalities with powerful Python tools such as Simple ITK, and develop your own plugin. On April 20th SSRL will celebrate its 50th year since first light in 1973. There will be a day-long symposium in the Panofsky Auditorium at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. It will be a joyous occasion, and we hope the user community will join in the celebration. We invite all to join us for the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-ll), Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) and Laboratory for BioMolecular Structure (LBMS) Users’ Meeting from April 24–28, 2023. This year’s meeting will be held virtually. The sessions will offer scientists from diverse disciplines an opportunity to share their work in synchrotron radiation, … Read more NSLS-II, CFN & LBMS Users’ Meeting Diamond Light Source is pleased to announce the annual Biological cryo-Imaging (BCI) User Meeting which encompasses eBIC and B24. The event will be jointly held with the CCP-EM Spring Symposium annual meeting. Diamond Light Source is pleased to announced the the 4th CONEXS Conference, which will discuss progress in the field and next steps being part of the UK High End Computing Consortium. The conference will have presentations from leading national and international experts on emerging trends in X-Ray spectroscopy and the intersection of experiment and theory. The DESY Start-up School will provide scientists with tools in business development planning, budget setting, marketing strategies, and finding funds, while supporting them on their way to becoming a special kind of entrepreneur: a #sciencepreneur. Scientists, engineers, and graduate students can apply from March 1st to April 15th, 2023, for one of the twelve slots at … Read more DESY Start-up School This is the first users’ meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic and will give a chance to highlight the experimental activities at the three operational beamlines (IR, XAFS/XRF and MSXPD) together with the status of the two new BEATS and HESEB beamlines. Present and future SESAME users are warmly invited to participate in the selection by … Read more 18th SESAME Users’ Meeting IPAC is the main international event for the worldwide particle accelerator field and industry. The IPAC’23 edition is jointly organized by the accelerator communities in Europe, Americas and Asia and is hosted by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste. Attendees will learn about world-wide highlights in cutting-edge accelerator research and development, hear … Read more The 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC’23) This course targets prospective users of the HESEB beamline and provides theoretical and experimental knowledge base in soft x-ray science. If you plan to use the HESEB beamline, we encourage you to apply for the course. The lectures will be available online, while the hands-on training is limited to five participants. Successful applicants will receive … Read more SESAME HESEB soft x-ray lectures & training course (hybrid) The attendees will learn about recent developments in the theorectical methods and characterization techniques used to study deffects in 2D materials. Particular attention will be paid to defects in technologically important graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides. The response of 2D materials to ion and electron irradiation will also be addressed. SESAME is glad to announce the first edition of the “HESEB soft X-ray lectures & training course”. The lectures will be transmitted online and may therefore be followed by a large number of participants. They will be followed on 9 May, by a hands-on, in-person training session at the beamline in SESAME, that will be … Read more HESEB soft X-ray lectures & training course The second LEAPS Conference aims to bring together the latest achievements from the Life Sciences user community with those from synchrotron radiation source development and instrumentation. The focus of the second LEAPS Conference will be the opportunities emerging from the Life Sciences R&D. This conference will showcase where today and future synchrotron radiation contributes to … Read more LEAPS Meets Life Sciences Conference This 2.5-day practical workshop on sample preparation for single particle cryo-EM, jointly organised by the ESRF, EMBL Grenoble, ILL and the IBS, will be held from 23rd to 25th May, 2023. This is the fifth of a series of practical hand-on workshops and is aimed at PhDs, PostDocs and scientists new to the field of single … Read more INSTRUCT CRYO-EM WORKSHOP A special edition of the INFN Efficient Scientific Computing International School on “Architectures, tools and methodologies for developing efficient large scale scientific computing applications” (ESC@SESAME) will be held at the Sergio Fubini Guest House of the SESAME synchrotron-light facility The 11th International Workshop on Radiation Safety at Synchrotron Radiation Sources (RadSynch23) is being organised at the ESRF, Grenoble, France from 30 May-2 June 2023. The previous conferences were held at APS (2001), ESRF (2002), Spring8 (2004), CLS (2007), Elettra (2009), PAL (2011), NSLS (2013), DESY (2015), NSRRC (2017) and MAX IV (2019). Merit Access for beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron – Proposal round deadlines Dates subject to change2023-2: User beamtime late May to August 2023 This call for proposals closes on the 31 January 2023. Users will be notified from mid-April The Ultrafast X-ray Summer School (UXSS) 2023 will take place in-person at DESY in Hamburg, Germany, 12-16 June 2023. UXSS is an annual event jointly organized by the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at DESY, Hamburg, Germany, the Stanford PULSE institute at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA and Paul Scherrer Institute … Read more Ultrafast X-ray Summer School (UXSS) 2023 An exciting conference addressing scientists from all Helmholtz research fields who are conducting research on imaging or are applying imaging techniques as users. The conference program includes exciting keynotes and discussion rounds, scientific talks, poster session, and more. ECS8, the 2023 European Crystallographic School is planned as an in presence event at the moment. The school will be held in Berlin, at the site of the BESSY II electron storage ring operated by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. The focus of the 2023 School will be laid upon the various applications of X-ray crystallography of … Read more 8th European Crystallography School 2023 This year’s User Meeting at BESSY will take place in summer and on site. 10th Call for Proposals for User Experiments: Regular Proposals (including Cross-Instrument Use) and Sample and Protein Crystal Screening Proposals. The 10th call for regular proposals at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL) is open until Friday, 09 December 2022, at 16:00 (local Hamburg/Schenefeld time / Central European Time – CET) for the seven scientific instruments planned to be … Read more Call for regular proposals: European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (European XFEL) The HZB User Coordination kindly invites you to submit proposals for round 2023-II for the synchrotron facility BESSY II. Beamtime will be allocated in the time period July 2023 to December 2023 (week 28 to 49). Deadline: 1 March 2023, 23:59 (CET) Deadline 15th March, 2022 For proposals eligible for the user period starting from July 1st to December 31st, 2022 The Call for proposals for 2023-II cycle is now open. This call covers experiments from July 2023 to December 2023. The deadline for proposal submission is February 28th at 14:00 Barcelona time We are glad to announce that SESAME is now accepting proposals on the three operational beamlines (BM02-IR, BM08-XAFS/XRF, and ID09-MS) for the user period starting from July 01st, to December 30th 2023. The deadline for receiving proposals is March 2nd 2023, at 23:59 Jordanian time. Each summer HZB offers 20 undergraduate students an eight-week summer student programme. International students can get the chance to work on their own research project in close cooperation with HZB scientists in the fields of Photon Science, Photovoltaics, Solar Cells/Catalysis, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Quantum and Functional Materials and Accelerator research The fourth edition of the PSB biennial Symposium will focus on ” Dynamics in Structural Biology”, and the aim of this meeting is to illustrate how big biological questions can be resolved in structural biology through the application of interdisciplinary methodological approaches, enhancing our understanding of the dynamic behaviour of macromolecules. The Canadian Light Source (CLS), in collaboration with TRIUMF and CERN, is hosting in Saskatoon the IAS 2023 course with the theme of Superconducting Science and Technology for Particle Accelerators. The course program will cover lectures on superconductivity and its application to the main accelerator technologies, including RF, Magnets and other ancillary engineering systems. PALSA 2023 is the third installment of an international series jointly organized by CLS, LNLS, and CHESS to showcase applications, advances, and capabilities for applying state-of-the-art synchrotron-based tools to the most critical problems in fundamental and applied agricultural science. The X-Ray Science GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, and cutting edge ideas, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. The seminars are 2-day meetings which take place just prior to the start of the Conference. Applications are due by June 24, … Read more X-ray Science Gordon Research Seminar The X-Ray Science GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 25, 2023. The Satellite meeting brings together scientists who are interested in discussing current developments in the field of “Bioenergetics and Biological Thermodynamics” and who like to interact in a workshop-like manner as an “add-on” to the session on the same topic within the EBSA main conference. This workshop will focus on practical aspects of cryo-EM techniques including but not limited to sample preparation, data collection, data processing, and model building. The training workshop will be open to 12 participants, selected based on their application materials. The 25th National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (NXS) will take place from August 6-18, 2023, jointly conducted by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The main purpose of NXS is to educate graduate students in the use of major neutron and x-ray facilities. sources. Q2XAFS is a symposium series bringing together experts in the field of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to discuss aspects of the technique that affect data quality in XAFS experiments. Q2XAFS 2023 will provide a forum for discussions with the goal of reviewing international standards and protocols and developing revised recommendations for best practices when performing XAFS experiments. The Recent Advances in Crystallographic Fragment Screening Satellite Workshop will bring together research groups from all over the world who are active in the application and/or the development of crystallographic fragment screening. The community includes scientists from large-scale facilities (synchrotrons), method developers as well as researchers from academia and industry. The 67th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on Future Light Sources (FLS 2023) is open for registration and abstract submission. In the spirit of the FLS workshop series, FLS 2023 will bring together international scientists to exchange ideas and discuss best practices in accelerator based light sources, their new development trends and related key technologies. Due to changes to the LCLS operations schedule, the submission deadline for the LCLS Run 22 Regular Proposal Call has been updated. The new proposal submission deadline is March 28, 2023. The Virtual Town Hall Meeting will now take place on March 07, 2023. ————————- The International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC) is dedicated to exploring the physics and engineering challenges of beam diagnostic and measurement techniques for particle accelerators worldwide. The IBIC series was created by the merger of the biannual North American Beam Instrumentation Workshop (BIW) and the European Workshop on Diagnostics and Beam Instrumentation in Particle Accelerators (DIPAC). SXR2023 brings together young and experienced scientists to discuss recent scientific highlights, trends, and current advances with soft X-ray spectroscopy. Our goal is to further understanding on the atomic level. The impetus is to influence and ideally shape functionality in materials and molecular systems. In this effort, scientists cross intentionally the boundaries between physics, chemistry … Read more SXR2023 – Principles of Functionality from Soft X-ray Spectroscopy The next submission for proposals for AP34 is open. The AP covers the period October 2023 – March 2024. 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. 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 … Read more International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS) for 2024 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 … Read more 14th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) 2024
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