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********************************************** 1. PHASE II BEAMLINES ACCEPTING LETTERS OF INTENT As we move forward with the commissioning of Phase II beamlines, the first two are now open for Letters of Intent, which provide the opportunity to perform exploratory experiments during beamline commissioning. Beamlines accepting Letters of Intent (http://www.lightsource.ca/experimental/intent_letter.php) include:
Research must be discussed with the appropriate CLS beamline scientist prior to submitting an application. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our office at clsuo@lightsource.ca or 306-657-3700. 2. RESULTS OF CALL FOR PROPOSALS Six Phase I beamlines participated in this call, 83 new proposals were received, along with 31 beamtime requests against existing proposals. The proposals are currently undergoing the review process and results will be available in May. Timeframes and beamlines that participated in the call can be viewed at: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/call_proposals.php 3. WIRMS 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS - BANFF , SEPTEMBER 13 – 17, 2009 Contact: mailto:Brant.billinghurst@lightsource.ca The 5th International Workshop on Infrared Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Accelerator Based Sources (WIRMS 2009) will be held in beautiful Banff, Alberta, from September 13-17, 2009. Confirmed Speakers include:
The call for abstracts closes June 12, 2009. Sponsorship and Exhibition opportunities are available. SPONSORS: http://www.lightsource.ca/wirms2009/sponsors.php Please visit http://www.lightsource.ca/wirms2009 for more information. 4. NEXT GENERATION X-RAY SOURCES WORKSHOP- MONTREAL, MAY 1, 2009 Around the world, several next generation X-ray sources are either under construction or being proposed. The Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation (CISR) is hosting a workshop to inform the Canadian community about the status and the exciting new science being proposed to take advantage of these new sources. One goal of the workshop is finding out about the community in Canada interested in such projects. This workshop will highlight the energy recovery linacs (ERL), x-ray free electron lasers (XFEL), and laser induced x-ray sources. Topics will feature the science behind the new sources, source properties and the proposed new science they allow. The workshop will be held Friday, May 1, 2009 in the Rutherford Physics Building, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. For further information, please visit http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/ngxs/ or contact Mark Sutton at mark@physics.mcgill.ca or phone: 514-398-6523. 5. 12TH ANNUAL CLS USERS' MEETING JUNE 17-18, 2009 The Canadian Light Source Annual Users' Meeting will be held in Saskatoon June 17-18, 2009. 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 year’s meeting will feature a day of workshops on exciting new topics and scientific presentations including a beamline and facility update, latest results from the CLS, young scientists talks as well as a presentation from a high school Students on the Beamline group. Other events include a vendor exhibition, poster session, facility tour and a banquet. 6. SCIENCE HIGHLIGHT: VORTEX CORE SWITCHING BY COHERENT EXCITATION WITH SINGLE IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELD PULSES The response of magnetic vortex cores to subnanosecond in-plane magnetic field pulses was studied by time-resolved X-ray microscopy. Vortex core reversal was observed and the switching events were located in space and time. This revealed a mechanism of coherent excitation by the leading and trailing edges of the pulse, lowering the field amplitude required for switching. The mechanism was confirmed by micromagnetic simulations and can be understood in terms of gyration around the vortex equilibrium positions, displaced by the applied field. Weigand, M., Van Waeyenberge, B., Vansteenkiste, A., Curcic, M., Sackmann, V., Stoll, H., Tyliszczak, T., Kaznatcheev, K., Bertwistle, D., Woltersdorf, G., Back, C.H., Schultz, G. (2009). Physical Review Letters, 102, 077201. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.077201 7. NEW PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS CLS welcomes three new members to our peer review committee and thanks outgoing members Shea Miller and Karen Kavanagh for the commitment and expertise they brought to the committee over the past two years. The new members are David McIlroy, from the University of Idaho, Lukasz Pietrzak, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Glenn Waychunas, from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Details on the Peer Review Committee are available at: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/peer_reviews.php 8. CLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS The CLS Board of Directors welcomes Mr. Allen Knight, Senior Vice-President, International and Corporate Development at Canadian Natural Resources Limited, to the Board. For more information current Board membership, please visit http://www.lightsource.ca/aboutus/board.php CLS Board of Directors 2009 Schedule of Meetings:
********************************************** 9. STUDENTS ON THE BEAMLINE WINNERS The review committee has selected the VPCI Beamline Team from Toronto, ON as the 2009 prizewinners. Sarah Torrie (IB Physics teacher) and her students Konstandin Dhimitri, Jack Gao, Charlene Leung, Yerusha Nuh, and Daniel Weng, will travel to CLS in March, to work with Beamline Scientist Brant Billinghurst studying the differences in the headspace gases of fermenting yeasts, using high resolution infrared spectra on the Far-IR beamline. Congratulations! 10. NEW STAFF & NOW HIRING: DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Lew Neher joined the Controls and Instrumentation department as an Electrical Technologist. Lew’s work experience as a maintenance electrician at the New Holland (Flexi-Coil) manufacturing plant in Saskatoon provides him with a solid base of skills needed for this position. Neil Fajt joined the Controls and Instrumentation department as an Electrical Technologist. Prior to joining the CLS, Lew worked for Weyerhaeuser at the Big River Sawmill until its closure in 2006, and most recently was with the City of Prince Albert as a public works electrician. We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:
For the full position descriptions please go to http://www.lightsource.ca/careers =============================================== Last modified: 2009-04-07 08:04:10 |
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