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Newsletter=========================================================== CLS E-News Vol. 4 No. 1 May 25 , 2006 www.lightsource.ca University of Saskatchewan, Canada ====================================================================
*************************************************************************** 1. General User Proposal Scores Posted for Beamtime - Jul. – Dec.
2006 CLS held its first Peer Review Committee (PRC) meeting on May 15 for general user proposals that were submitted in March 2006 for beamtime July – December, 2006. Thirty-two proposals were received during this call (22 SGM and 10 for the PGM). The PRC rated proposals on a scale of one to five, one being the highest score, five being the lowest. Beamtime was allocated based on each proposal's ranking in relation to all other proposals for a given beamline. A cut-off grade was assigned if the total requests for beamtime on one beamline exceeded available time, otherwise, all requests for beamtime were granted. To view details on the results see http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/results_of_call.php *************************************************************************** 2. CLS Users' Meeting 2006 –ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES JUNE
9th!! The CLS Annual Users' Meeting is now being held in the summer and will be taking place June 16-18 2006. Online registration will remain open until June 9th for this year’s Meeting (http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2006/register_attendee.php). After June 9 th registration will be available on site at the AUM. 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”. For more information and to register visit http://www.cfbs.org/annual49Introd.html The main CLS 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). June 16th joint workshops will include:
*************************************************************************** 3. Saskatoon Synchrotron Summer School (SSSSI) – Early Registration
Closes June 15 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. Last Insertion Device Installed and Operating The last of the “Phase I” insertion devices, the elliptically polarizing undulator (EPU) was installed in the storage ring in early May. During the May run (run 24) the EPU was set to a variety of magnet gaps and polarizations. The impact on the storage ring was as expected, i.e., the device had only small impact on the stored beam and any changes can be corrected by the built-in correction coils and the storage ring quadrupoles. A variety of “chicane” angles were tried in an effort to optimize the transport of photons down the Spectromicroscopy (SM) beamline. Detailed commissioning of the SM beamline is now underway. *************************************************************************** 5. “Advanced Bio-Imaging" Workshop, June 13, 2006, Saskatoon The Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre (SSSC) invites you to a Satellite Workshop of the 3 rd Northern Lights Summer Conference of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies (CFBS), “Advanced Bio-Imaging,” to be held on June 13, 2006. Experience a full day of Lectures and hands-on imaging. Bring your samples and dive into new areas of research with expert guidance. “Hands on" will be scheduled through out the CFBS meeting. This workshop is limited to 50 participants and enrolment is on a first come basis. Learn Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging and 2 photon Fluorescence Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy and Raman Microscopy. Register on the CFBS website: https://cfbs.org/ab_form.php or contact us for more information. *************************************************************************** 6. CNSC Renews Operating Licence for CLS Following a public hearing held on March 30, 2006, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced, on May 15 th 2006, its decision to renew the Particle Accelerator Operating Licence for Canadian Light Source Inc.’s (CLSI) Canadian Light Source (CLS) facility. The licence is valid until May 31, 2012. In their conclusion, CNSC staff indicated that CLS operation has demonstrated very low risk to CLS staff, the public and the environment during previous licence period. Second, that CLSI has in place effective compliance programs assessed and accepted by CNSC staff for protecting the health and safety of staff, the public and the environment. Third, CLSI has demonstrated a consistent good record of safety performance and compliance with the applicable regulatory requirements in carrying out the licence activities during the licence period. For more information contact us or see the CNSC press release available at: http://cnsc.gc.ca/eng/newsroom/releases/news_release.cfm?news_release_id=232 *************************************************************************** 7. 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 and user services representatives. Detailed information on the conference program is available at: http://abstracts.csc2006.ca/ *************************************************************************** 8. CLS 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: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2006
EXHIBITORS: http://www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2006/exhibitors.php Exhibition space is now SOLD OUT--Thank you to all of our participating vendors! If you missed out this year plan now for the 10th Annual Users’ Meeting June 15-17, 2007—details will be coming soon for exhibition and sponsorship opportunities!
*************************************************************************** 9. New Staff & Now Hiring We welcome Vinay Nagarkal who joined us at the beginning of May. Vinay is a Mechanical Engineer with the Engineering & Technical Services Group. He has recently completed a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. Peter Thorpe joined the Engineering & Technical Services Group as a Mechanical Engineer mid-month. Peter was previously with Mid West Combustion in Saskatoon. Myles Bantle also joined us mid-month. He is a Mechanical Engineer in the Engineering & Technical Services Group. Myles was an Engineering Consultant prior to joining the CLS. Ron Zwarich very recently joined the CLS as a Mechanical CAD Technician, also part of the Engineering and Technical Services Group. Ron was previously with CNH where he was in Manufacturing and Design Engineering. The CLS would also like to welcome Martin Fieber-Erdmann to the CLS for a 2 month term as a Beamline Scientist for the CMCF beamline. Martin is visiting from the Free University Berlin where he was a Beamline Scientist at the Protein Structure Factory (BESSY). We are also pleased to welcome the following summer students who started May 1st and will be with us until the end of August:
Finally, three interns from the University of Saskatchewan also started May 1 st. Ian Livingston, Jason Chan and Ryan Harrison will be a part of the Controls and Instrumentation Group through to April 2007. CLS currently has a number of vacancies. Please visit http://www.lightsource.ca/careers *************************************************************************** ==================================================================== 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
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