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Newsletter

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CLS E-News                    Vol. 5 No. 9                April 28, 2008
www.lightsource.ca     University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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  1. MEDSI/SRI 2008 – Early Bird Deadline / Hotel Booking May 1
  2. CLS Annual Users' Meeting- Early Bird Deadline May 1
  3. Science Highlight: Spatial Complexity of Soil Organic Matter forms at Nanometre Scales
  4. Saskatoon Synchrotron Summer School III, Aug. 18th – 22nd 2008
  5. CLS AUM and MEDSI/Pan-American SRI 2008--Exhibitors & Sponsors
  6. New Staff and Now Hiring

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1. MEDSI/SRI 2008 - Early-bird payment and hotel booking deadline MAY 1
Contact: mailto:marie.knowles@lightsource.ca

REGISTRATION: Please note that the early-bird registration ends MAY 1, after which the registration price goes up. You may pay online by credit card or select payment by cheque. Please register now through: http://www.lightsource.ca/medsi-sri2008/registration.php 

HOTEL: Please book your hotel by MAY 1 - http://www.lightsource.ca/medsi-sri2008/accommodations.php - after that date most rooms we have reserved for this conference will no longer be available.

FLIGHTS: We recommend you book flights as soon as possible to ensure availability. Major carriers flying in and out of Saskatoon include Air Canada (http://www.aircanada.com/en/home.html), Northwest Airlines (http://www.nwa.com/), and WestJet (http://www.westjet.com/).

For more information, please contact Marie.Knowles@lightsource.ca or at 306-657-3540.
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2. CLS Annual Users' Meeting- Early Bird Deadline May 1
Register online now: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2008/

The Canadian Light Source Annual Users' Meeting will be held in Saskatoon June 9-10, 2008. The meeting is a great opportunity to learn about the progress of the Canadian Light Source, present your recent synchrotron work and meet fellow users.

This years’ meeting will be held in conjunction with the Fifth International Workshop on Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation (MEDSI) and the Fifteenth Pan-American Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) Conference June 10-13, 2008—joint workshops will be held on June 10. 

Poster Session: You are invited to submit posters about your recent or planned synchrotron work. Submit your abstract before May 15: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2008/abstract.php

The Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation will again offer a prize for the best synchrotron related poster presented by a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow. The prize will be $1000 to support travel by the winner to attend a related conference of their choice in the coming year and present their work. 
Funding is available to provide travel subsidies to students or post-docs attending the meeting as well as attendees of the Annual Users' Meeting who present a poster.

For more information, visit our website: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2008/travel_subsidy.php
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3. Science Highlight: Spatial Complexity of Soil Organic Matter forms at Nanometre Scales
Contact: Johannes Lehmann at Mailto:CL273@cornell.edu

Soil has traditionally been viewed as a mixture of complex humic material and organic debris. Using the SGM beamline at the CLS and the X-ray spectromicroscopy beamline X1A1 at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Cornell University researcher Johannes Lehmann has demonstrated that soil is in fact a collection of identifiable biopolymers arranged on and around mineral particles.

Lehmann’s team analyzed soil samples from locations around the world, both for the total carbon in the samples using the CLS and for intact microsamples of different soils using near edge X-ray spectromicroscopy at the NSLS. Surprisingly, they found that, while the results of the total carbon analyses were remarkably similar for soils samples from a variety of tropical and temperate environments, synchrotron X-ray spectromicroscopy could identify specific biopolymers at distinct locations within the soils. This suggests that where particular molecules are located in the soil could be critical to our understanding of how soil absorbs, stores and releases carbon in response to changes in ecology and climate.

The paper was published in the March 23, 2008 edition of Nature Geoscience.
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n4/full/ngeo155.html

Spatial complexity of soil organic matter forms at nanometre scale. J. Lehmann, D. Solomon, J. Kinyangi, L. Dathe, S. Wirick & C. Jacobsen. Nature Geoscience 1, 238 - 242 (2008).
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4. Saskatoon Synchrotron Summer School III, Aug. 18th – 22nd 2008
Contact: mailto:tracy.walker@lightsource.ca

The Saskatoon Synchrotron Summer School III (S4III) early-bird deadline for applications is June 20 – forms for registration will be online starting next week.

The purpose of the school is to aid researchers who wish to add synchrotron techniques to their skill set. Information is presented through lectures, case studies, and practical hands-on experience, collecting and analyzing data.

For more information, please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/education/summerschool/ 
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5. CLS AUM and MEDSI/Pan-American SRI 2008--Exhibitors & Sponsors
Contact: mailto:clsuo@lightsource.ca

The Canadian Light Source would like to express their sincere gratitude to the sponsors and exhibitors of this meeting for their generous support. Exhibition space is now SOLD OUT! Thank you to all of our participating vendors!

Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Sponsorship will give your organization high visibility on the meeting website, in meeting announcements, on signs at meeting locations and in the meeting program. You will also be providing critical support that makes this meeting possible!

Visit our website for more information: http://www.lightsource.ca/medsi-sri2008/sponsors.php

MEDSI/Pan-American SRI 2008 Sponsors

Diamond Sponsor:

Platinum Sponsors:

Bronze Sponsors:

Canadian Light Source 11th Annual Users’ Meeting Sponsors

EXHIBITORS: http://www.lightsource.ca/medsi-sri2008/exhibitors.php
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6. New Staff and Now Hiring
Contact: mailto:jobs@lightsource.ca

Gillian Black, Controls Systems Analyst: Gillian came to the CLS from Siemens Laserworks, a custom metal manufacturer in the North end of Saskatoon. Prior to that, Gilliam worked at SED Systems.

Linda Lin, Mechanical Engineer: Linda has over 20 years international work experience in mechanical design and project management. She previously worked with the CLS while employed at UMA Engineering. She has participated in analysis, calculations, designs, specifications, project estimates, and project management for projects in Canada and China.

We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:

For the full position descriptions please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/

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