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*********************************************** 1. CLS STRATEGIC PLAN 2010-2013 RELEASED The Canadian Light Source Strategic Business Plan, covering the period from 2010-2013, was recently approved by our Board of Directors and submitted to Industry Canada. The plan was developed by our senior management with input from employees, user groups and advisory committees. Envisioned as a living document, we are pleased to now invite all of our stakeholders to review the plan and contribute to its implementation and continuous improvement. Your input will also be the basis for annual reviews and updates of the plans strategic objectives and milestone deliverables. The CLS is committed to achieving the milestones stated in the plan, and we will provide regular progress reports to demonstrate how well we are doing. We want to express our sincere appreciation for the continued support of the Government of Canada and we are confident that the CLS will continue to be a flagship of Canadas world leadership in research and innovation. The plan is available for download from: http://www.lightsource.ca/strategicplan2013 2. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY - DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2010 The Call for Proposals is currently open and accepting General User Proposals for Macromolecular Crystallography for the scheduling period May 3-June 30, 2010. Research time allocated through the General User mechanism is via competitive peer review, emphasizing the excellence of science where there is intent to publish scientific results. A call for proposals is issued four times per year. Please visit http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/call_proposals.php for more details. 3. NEW CLS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD We are very pleased to announce a new program designed to enhance access to CLS by graduate students from Canadian colleges and universities. The new CLS Graduate Student Travel Award, developed closely with the Users Advisory Committee, will cover travel costs up to $1,500. The first call for applications will open in June for the period of July to December 2010. For more information regarding the application process and eligibility criteria, please visit: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/travel_award.php 4. ANNUAL CLS USERS' MEETING (AUM), JUNE 17-18, 2010 Keynote speakers include Suzanne Fortier, NSERC President; Malcolm McMahon, University of Edinburgh; Michael Murphy, University of British Columbia; and Andrew Grosvenor, University of Saskatchewan Workshops covering a wide range of topics will be held on Thursday, June 17:
More information will be posted soon on http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2010/ Stewart McIntyre 5. RESULTS OF CALL FOR PROPOSALS Timeframes and beamlines that participated in the call can be viewed at: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/call_proposals.php 6. NEW PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS CLS is pleased to welcome Dr. Kevin Prince, Elettra Synchrotron Light Source and Mary Gilles, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as the newest members of our peer review committee. The PRC evaluates and scores General User proposals for the use of CLS experimental facilities emphasizing the excellence of science based on the quality of scientific research in the context of the field (merit); the suitability of CLS resources being allocated, relative to the proposed research (suitability); and the quality and capability of the researchers based on their track record (capability). Each proposal is reviewed and scored by at least three external reviewers and at least one member of the Peer Review Committee. Details on the Peer Review Committee are available at: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/peer_reviews.php 7. FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS - EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND PARTICLE ACCELERATORS (PCAPAC 2010) PCaPAC traditionally focuses on low cost control systems using PC technology for control and data acquisition systems. PCaPAC also has a focus on emerging technology including Web 2.0, cyber-security, middle-ware, FPGAs, real-time operating systems, use of commercial-off-the-shelf systems and modern rapid development environments. Original papers (not previously published or presented) from the field of accelerator control and data acquisition including experiment data acquisition systems with a special emphasis on smaller scale system and industrial systems are invited. The scientific program will include invited and contributed talks, posters, and workshop sessions. Special break-out sessions are planned on Control System Studio, Labview, synchrotron experiment data file standards and use of RTEMS. All contributed abstracts are to be submitted identifying a preference for oral or poster sessions, in one of the relevant sub-categories. Abstract submission is now open until April 16, and may be submitted electronically at: http://www.lightsource.ca/pcapac2010/abstract.php For additional information, please visit: http://www.lightsource.ca/pcapac2010 8. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT: CHARACTERIZING MAGNETISM OF INDIVIDUAL MAGNETOSOMES BY X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM IN A SCANNING TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPE Soft X-ray scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) was used to measure the Fe L2,3 X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) signal from individual, 30 nm diameter magnetosomes in a magnetotactic bacterium, specifically the marine vibrio strain MV-1. The Fe L2, 3 spectra recorded with circularly polarized X-rays from an elliptically polarizing undulator were very similar in shape and magnitude to those of fully saturated magnetite (Fe3O4). As previously determined by other techniques, our results show that the magnetic moments of individual magnetosomes arranged in linear chains in intact cells of strain MV-1 are all oriented in the same direction. The magnitude of the XMCD signal averaged over a chain of 9 magnetosomes in one cell is similar to that of single crystal magnetite. The spectral shape is slightly different, and indicates that magnetosomes have excess Fe(II), as noted in previous bulk studies of biogenic magnetite. To our knowledge, this is the first measurement of the XMCD of individual magnetosomes in magnetotactic bacteria. K.P. Lam et al. Characterizing magnetism of individual magnetosomes by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism in a scanning transmission X-ray microscope. Chemical Geology 270 (2010), pp. 110-116. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.11.009. 9. SYNCHROTRON HEALTH FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE THROUGH CIHR-THRUST The CIHR Training Grant in Health Research Using Synchrotron Techniques (CIHR-THRUST) is a new cross-disciplinary training program to develop and use synchrotron techniques to address key questions in Canadian health research. Centred at the University of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Light Source (CLS), CIHR-THRUST will train more than 50 of the next generation of Canadian synchrotron health researchers between 2009 and 2015. CIHR-THRUST is currently soliciting applications for CIHR-THRUST Fellowships at the masters, doctoral or postdoctoral level. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at noon. An application form may be requested by contacting Delilah Kostuk, CIHR-THRUST Program Coordinator, at thrust@artsandscience.usask.ca. More information is available at the CIHR-THRUST website http://artsandscience.usask.ca/thrust 10. NEW STAFF AND NOW HIRING The CLS would like to welcome Dr. Qunfeng Xiao, Research Associate for the SXRMB beamline. Qunfeng joins us from the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University where he was appointed as beamline scientist working as part of the Pacific Northwest Consortium/X-ray Operations (PNC/XOR) research team at the Advanced Photon Source. Qunfeng has a special interest and strong research background in the area of nano-magnetism. The following job postings are currently available at CLS:
For the complete postings, please go to http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/ =============================================== Last modified: 2010-02-26 15:02:18 |
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