Events and E-News

Newsletter

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CLS E-News               Vol. 5   No. 1             July 26, 2007
www.lightsource.ca     University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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  1. MASR 2007 – Early Registration Payment Deadline- July 30
  2. Election Results -  Users' Advisory Committee
  3. Liquid Helium Leak Repaired
  4. CLS 2006 – 2007 Annual Report Released
  5. CLS Summer School – August 20 – 24 - Last chance to apply!
  6. Storage Ring Update
  7. New Staff and Now Hiring

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1.  MASR 2007 – Early Registration Payment Deadline- July 30
Contact: cls@lightsource.ca

The International Meeting for Medical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation (MASR) will be held August 26 – 30, 2007 in Saskatoon, Canada. Early registration payment deadline is July 30.

Confirmed speakers include, Jacques Balosso (INSERM, France), Fulvia Arfelli (INFN, Italy), Alberto Bravin (ESRF, France), Diego Dreossi (INFN, Italy), Francois Esteve (INSERM, France), Ralf Menk (Elettra, Italy), Elisabeth Schültke (UofS, Canada), Naoto Yagi (Spring-8, Japan), Luca Quaroni (CLS, Canada), Timm Weitkamp (ESRF, France), Masami Ando (Tokyo University of Science, Japan), Karen Siu (Monash University, Australia), Auraham Dilmanian (NSLS, USA), and Peter Rogers (Monash University, Australia).

Abstract submission is now closed.
Please register now: http://www.lightsource.ca/masr2007
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2. Election Results – Users’ Advisory Committee
Contact: clsuo@lightsource.ca

It is my pleasure to inform you about the recently held Canadian Light Source Users' Advisory Committee (UAC) election results.

The following people were elected for a 3 year term starting in September 1, 2007:

Congratulations! On behalf of the UAC, I would like to thank all candidates for volunteering in this election. We are looking forward to working with the new members of our committee. We would also like to thank the retiring members - Janay MacNaughton, Suzanne Beauchemin, Robert McKellar, Rene Coulombe and Alex Moewes (Past Chair) - for their valuable contributions to the committee.

Sincerely,
Ernst Bergmann, University of Alberta
UAC Chair-elect
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3. Liquid Helium Leak Repaired
Contact: thomas.Ellis@lightsource.ca

We are very pleased to report that the leak in the helium transfer line reported in the May 2007 issue of E-News was successfully repaired on Friday, June 1 and the RF cavity was fully filled by Thursday, June 7. Machine start-up and ring conditioning continued smoothly. Normal user operations resumed as planned on July 7 and have been proceeding well, with the exception of a city-wide power outage Friday, July 20.

CLSI would like to recognize the dedication and hard work of the staff members and contractors who worked long hours to resolve this problem, and thank the users who were affected for their patience and understanding.
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4. CLS 2006 – 2007 Annual Report Released
Contact: cls@lightsource.ca

We are pleased to announce that the second CLS Corporate Annual Report, covering the 2006-2007 fiscal year, has just been released.

To order your copy, please contact us at: cls@lightsource.ca (Please do not forget to include your mailing address.) or download it directly from our website at:
http://www.lightsource.ca/pdf/annual_report/cls-annualreport-2006-2007.pdf
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5. CLS Summer School – August 20 – 24 - Last chance to apply!
Contact: tracy.walker@lightsource.ca

The second annual Saskatoon Synchrotron Summer School (S4II), to be held at the CLS on August 20 - 24th, provides training and hands-on experience in synchrotron science applications and techniques. Confirmed speakers include Adam Hitchcock (CRC, McMaster University), Dean Chapman (CRC, University of Saskatchewan), John Tse (CRC, University of Saskatchewan), Dennis Tokaryk (University of New Brunswick).

Details regarding the program and registration can be found at http://www.lightsource.ca/education/summerschool/
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6. Storage Ring Update
Contact: les.dallin@lightsource.ca

The storage ring is now tuned to have more horizontal dispersion in the straight sections.  With this setup the horizontal emittance is reduced from 18 to 14 nm-rad. The storage ring is now also tuned to have a slightly higher vertical tune.

The increase in the vertical tune results in lower transverse coupling. The overall effect is to decrease both the horizontal and vertical beam sizes resulting in an overall increase of the machine brilliance of about 20%.
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7. New Staff and Now Hiring
Contact: nancy.fetch@lightsource.ca

We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:

For the complete postings please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/

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