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Newsletter=========================================================== CLS-News Vol. 3 No. 1 February 22, 2005 www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada ====================================================================
*************************************************************************** 1. Bill's Bulletin: CLS Management Changes I am very pleased to announce that on March 1, 2005 Dr. Thomas Ellis will join the Canadian Light Source as Director of Research. Tom comes to us from Acadia University where he is presently the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies. Previously, he was a Chemistry professor and Co-director of the Laboratory for Characterization of Materials at the University of Montreal. He holds a BSc in Engineering Physics from Dalhousie and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Waterloo. Tom is well known to the CLS community through his activities on various committees and his leadership in the infra-red beamline projects. On February 8, Dr. Jeff Cutler was appointed Associate Director of Research for Industrial Science. At present, Jeff is one of our industrial liaison scientists. While maintaining his scientific activities, he will take on the additional responsibilities of leading our group of industrial liaison scientists in support of our applied science mission for industrial partners. That group presently consists of Dr. Tom Kotzer, Dr. Jeff Warner, Dr. Colleen Christensen and Sarah Churchman. On the same date, Dr. Emil Hallin was appointed Phase II Beamline Development Leader. He will coordinate all activities with respect to the design, fabrication and commissioning of the Phase II beamlines. This will be accomplished with the resources of CLSI, the beamline principle investigators and scientists, the approved individual beamline projects and our project management team from UMA. Mr. Rob Slinger, presently the CLSI Business Development Officer, will be leaving CLSI effective March 4, 2005 to pursue new career opportunities. We all wish him well as he advances his personal career and thank him for his many contributions to the establishment and growth of our business development activities. The CLSI Board of Directors has charged the Board Business Development Committee with assisting us in maintaining continuity and future growth of our commercial development efforts. In addition, the Board of Directors has unanimously reaffirmed the CLSI commitment to our mission in support of the industrial applied sciences. Bill Thomlinson, *************************************************************************** 2. CSC 2005- CLS Symposia and workshop In conjunction with the centennial of Saskatchewan province’s centennial, the 88th annual Canadian Chemistry Conference is being held in Saskatoon from May 28-June 1. This meeting will showcase the broad array of disciplines within the field of chemistry. This year’s theme of “Illuminating Chemistry” is a perfect opportunity to celebrate the completion of the Canadian Light Source, our synchrotron. Of particular interest to the scientific community are two symposia and a workshop being organized and sponsored by the Canadian Light Source: The first is a one-day environmental symposium entitled “Application of Synchrotron Science to Environmental Chemistry” organized by Jeffrey Warner (CLSI) and Jeffrey Cutler (CLSI). Four exciting speakers have been invited to participate: Derek Peak – University of Saskatchewan; Hoi-Ying Holman – Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory; Alain Manceau - Université J. Fourier; Ben Gilbert – Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory. The second is a two-day symposium in honour of one of the builders of the Canadian synchrotron community, G. Michael Bancroft, FCIC, and is entitled “The Birth of a Dream: A Synchrotron Light Source in Canada”. This symposium is being organized by Jeffrey Cutler (CLSI) and T.K. Sham (UWO). A number of speakers from around the world have been invited to present their work and reflect on Mike Bancroft’s career and their interactions. Introduction to Soft X-Ray Synchrotron Science of Soft Matter Workshop In conjunction with the Canadian Society of Chemistry meeting in Saskatoon, the CLS is planning on conducting a short course on x-ray spectroscopy of soft materials. This will be an educational and informational workshop concerning x-ray spectroscopy of low density (low Z element) materials. The workshop shall include an educational section where various types of x-ray spectroscopies are introduced and then demonstrated on 2 of the CLS soft x-ray beamlines. Participants will be invited to bring some of their own samples for this demonstration. The workshop shall then continue with selected invited speakers who will present examples of world class soft materials x-ray spectroscopy work. The workshop shall conclude with an open round table discussion and exchange of ideas on the topic of soft material x-ray spectroscopy. Speakers include: For more information on this workshop, please go to http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/soft_x_workshop.php *************************************************************************** 3. Phase III Experimental Facilities Process The "CLSI Experimental Facility Development Guide", CLSI document number 12.1.1.1, describes the "cradle to grave" process for developing facilities at the Canadian Light Source, and "phase III" facilities will normally follow this guide. (This guide will be available shortly on our website at http://www.lightsource.ca/machine/techdocuments.php#guides) Development of new experimental facilities at the CLS is scientifically driven. The first step is for the major proponent(s) to assemble a "beamline team" consisting of all those researchers who are committed to helping to build the beamline and to using it once it has been built. It may also contain non-researchers whose main commitment would be to the building of the beamline. The first task for this beamline team is to define the scientific scope of the envisaged facility. CLSI personnel normally assist in this process. Once the scope of the facility is more or less known, a Letter Of Intent is sent to the CLSI Executive Director. Once an LOI is approved, the proponent(s) is/are invited to create a "full proposal" to be reviewed by the CLSI Scientific Advisory Committee. The CLS is aware of three facilities already actively engaged in the community building process: Bruce Gaulin (gaulin@nightshade.physics.mcmaster.ca ) is developing community support for a "sector" dedicated to hard x-ray scattering techniques; Ingrid Pickering and Graham George (ingrid.pickering@usask.ca & g.george@usask.ca) are proposing a facility dedicated to XAS based analysis of metals in (mostly) biological samples, and Andrea Damascelli (damascelli@physics.ubc.ca) is proposing a new low energy EPU and associated ARPES end-station for the VLS-PGM facility. Interested researchers may help define these (and other) CLSI Phase III facilities by either contacting the above proponents, or by assembling their own teams and writing the appropriate letter of intent to the CLSI Executive Director. *************************************************************************** 4. Lightsources.org launched! Last week the international light source community launched the first website dedicated to providing the media, general public and scientific community with the latest news and information on the world’s accelerator-driven light sources (synchrotrons and free-electron lasers) and the science they produce. The web site – http://www.lightsources.org -- was developed and is jointly maintained by the Light Source Communicators Group, whose members represent the world's light source facilities in Europe, North America and Asia. Funding for the project is provided by science funding agencies of many nations. *************************************************************************** 5. New VESPERS Beamline Newsletter Update on the VESPERS (Very Sensitive Elemental and Structural Probe Employing Radiation from a Synchrotron) beamline to be built at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon: We have started a VESPERS Newsletter in an effort to keep the VESPERS community informed as to the progress of the beamline. The first issue of the VESPERS Newsletter has been posted on the VESPERS website at http://www.uwo.ca/ssw/ (click on VESPERS and look for the first issue of the VESPERS newsletter “Vol.1, No.1 - February 2005"). Your comments and questions are welcome and can be directed to me, Marina Suominen Fuller, at Surface Science Western, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5 B7, email at mfuller@uwo.ca. With our kindest regards and thanks for your support and interest, Marina Suominen Fuller, PhD *************************************************************************** 6. New Staff and Now Hiring CLS is pleased to welcome Jason Cyrenne, a new Systems Analyst in the Information and Communications Technology department. Jason, a resident of Saskatoon, was previously employed as a Systems Analyst with the Saskatoon Health Region and joined us on February 14, 2005. The CLS is currently looking to fill the following positions: - Science Associate - Commercial Research - Beamline Scientists: - Biomedical Imaging and Therapy (Dean Chapman, University of Saskatchewan) For more information on all these positions please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/ ==================================================================== CLS E-News is an electronic newsletter designed to keep users informed about developments at the Canadian Light Source, the national synchrotron user facility located at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. Current and past issues of CLS E-News are available on the CLS web site: http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/archives.php To unsubscribe please go to http://www.lightsource.ca/enews/signup.php. We welcome suggestions for topics and content. =========================================================== Last modified: 2008-07-29 14:07:29 |
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