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Newsletter=========================================================== CLS E-News Vol. 3 No. 12 April 28, 2006 www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada ====================================================================
*************************************************************************** 1. First Publications Using Data from CLS! The CLS recently marked an important science achievement with the publication of the first research papers resulting from experiments performed at Canada's national synchrotron facility. The research groups, whose papers appeared online the same day, are from the U of S and The University of Western Ontario. "This is an important milestone for the CLS," says Research Director Thomas Ellis. "High quality science is always exciting. These two success stories in particular will always have a special meaning for us." For the full news release please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/media/media_release_20060417.php*************************************************************************** 2. Users' Meeting 2006 - EARLY REGISTRATION/POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE
MAY 1st!! Register and submit your poster online by MAY 1st to save $$ at this year’s Annual Users Meeting taking place June 16-18, 2006. This meeting, organized by the Users' Advisory Committee of the Canadian Light Source, will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Northern Lights Summer Conference of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies June 14-16, 2006. The theme of the Northern Lights conference is “Shining Light on Biological Processes”. You are invited to submit posters about your recent or planned synchrotron work. 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. Please register here: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2006/poster_submission.php June 16th joint workshops will include:
The main meeting will feature talks highlighting CLS-based research activities including presentations by Helen Nichol (University of Saskatchewan), Allen Pratt (Natural Resources Canada), Jeanne Percival (Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada), T.K. Sham (University of Western Ontario) and Regan Wilks (University of Saskatchewan). As well, we have an exciting line-up of international speakers covering a wide range of hot scientific topics including: John Bargar (Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory), Giacomo Ghiringhelli (Politecnico di Milano) and Ralf-Hendrik Menk (Sincrotrone ELETTRA). From Canada’s thriving synchrotron community speakers include Andrea Damascelli (University of British Columbia) and Paul Scott (University of Alberta). Featured also will be a special presentation on the subject of “Research Funding in Canada” by Isabelle Blain, Vice-President Research Grants and Scholarships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).*************************************************************************** 3.Saskatoon Synchrotron Summer School (SSSI) – Registration
Now Open The CLS will host its first summer school from Aug. 1 to 4, 2006. The school aims to provide graduate, post-doctoral and senior undergraduate students with synchrotron-specific knowledge and skills applicable to their research. In this first year, the program will cover topics such as the production and properties of synchrotron radiation, an overview of CLS current and future beamlines, and lectures on synchrotron applications to a number of scientific disciplines (protein crystallography, infra-red, photoemission spectroscopy and x-ray absorption spectroscopy). Students will also obtain hands-on experience in data collection and data analysis. Details, including registration information, are available at http://www.lightsource.ca/education/summerschool. *************************************************************************** 4. The 19th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis - May 14-17, Saskatoon More than 150 delegates from across Canada and around the world will gather at the Delta Bessborough from May 14-17 for the 19th Symposium on Catalysis, "Building Catalytic Bridges Between Academy and Industry." The symposium features 110 presentations and about 40 posters covering a wide range of catalysis applications, from heavy oil and biofuels processing to hydrogen production for fuel cells, to plastics manufacturing and greenhouse gas reduction and other environmental applications. For more information please go to: http://www.engr.usask.ca/19csc2006*************************************************************************** 5. CLS Prominent at CSC 2006, May 27-31- Halifax The CLS will be playing a big part in the Canadian Society for Chemistry’s 89th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Halifax. CLS staff and users will be presenting papers and posters in a number of sections, including experimental results obtained at Canada’s national synchrotron. If you are attending the conference, also be sure to stop by the CLS booth, in the exhibition section, to speak with some of our staff scientists, industrial scientists and user services representatives. Detailed information on the conference program is available at: http://abstracts.csc2006.ca/*************************************************************************** 6. Users' Meeting 2006- Sponsors and Exhibitors The Canadian Light Source and the CLS Users' Advisory Committee would like to express their sincere gratitude to the sponsors and exhibitors of this meeting for their support. SPONSORS:
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*************************************************************************** 7. New Staff & Now Hiring CLS would like to welcome Dr. Michel Fodje from the MAX- Lab and Novo Nordisk in Sweden. Michel is the new Staff Scientist for the Phase II High Throughput Protein Crystallography experimental facility. His experience as both a user through his employment at Novo Nordisk, and as a beamline scientist at MAX-Lab, is expected to benefit both the CLS and its users. Michel relocated to Saskatoon with his wife and daughter at the beginning of April. CLSI is currently recruiting for a number of technical support positions in Facility Operations. Please visit http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/ for more detailed information.==================================================================== CLS E-News is an electronic newsletter designed to keep users and stakeholders
informed about developments at the Canadian Light Source, the national synchrotron
research facility located at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Current
and past issues of CLS E-News are available on the CLS web site: http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/archives.php =========================================================== Last modified: 2009-05-11 11:05:56 |
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