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Newsletter

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CLS E-News                   Vol. 5   No. 3            September 26, 2007
www.lightsource.ca     University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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  1. Reminder: CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPEN – Deadline October 1, 2007!
  2. CLS Life Science Theme Workshop, Nov. 5 – 6, 2007, Saskatoon
  3. Meeting for Quebec Synchrotron Users, Nov. 10, 2007, McGill University
  4. MEDSI/Pan-American SRI 2008, June 10-13, 2008, Saskatoon
  5. CLS Education Connections: Sample Collection and Students on Beamlines
  6. New Staff and Now Hiring

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1. Reminder: CALL FOR PROPOSALS OPEN – Deadline October 1, 2007!
Contact: clsuo@lightsource.ca

A Call for Proposals is open for beamtime during the January-June, 2008 period. You have the option of submitting a NEW proposal or submitting a Beam Time Request against an Active Proposal. Allocation of shifts for January-June, 2008 will be based on the highest ranked proposals (both new and active).

New GENERAL USER PROPOSALS received for 01B1-1 (Mid IR), 02B1-1 (Far IR), 10ID-1 (SM), 11ID-1 (SGM), 11ID-2 (PGM) and the XAFS endstation on 06ID-1 (HXMA) beamlines will be reviewed for safety and technical feasibility and scored for scientific merit by the CLS peer review committee on completion of the call for proposal. Research time is assigned through this process twice per year. General User research should result in the publishing of scientific results.

For more information please visit our website: http://www.lightsource.ca/uso/call_proposals.php or contact our office at clsuo@lightsource.ca  or 306-657-3700
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2. CLS Life Science Theme Workshop, Nov. 5 – 6, 2007, Saskatoon
Contact: Ingrid.pickering@usask.ca

This is the first of three workshops to be held in the three “pillar areas” of the CLS (the other two being Materials and Molecular Science, and Environmental and Earth Sciences). The goals of this workshop are to provide the CLS with feedback on how best it can support life science research, and to form the basis of a multi-year plan for the life sciences at the CLS. To this end, the workshop will produce a report detailing the group’s discussions, conclusions and recommendations for the CLS.

We will focus on two broad thrusts in life science synchrotron research. The first is structural molecular biology, which will include macromolecular crystallography, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering as tools for investigating the structure of biological molecules. The second thrust will be in novel imaging methods, which will include biomedical imaging, soft X-ray microscopy, micro-CT, fluorescence microprobe and IR imaging. We also wish to highlight synergies between these techniques, and areas of future strength for the CLS facility.

Members of the CLS life science community, together with invited experts from around the world, will gather to discuss the future directions of our facility in the life sciences. The CLS community has many strengths in this area. Please join us and help create the vision for the future of life science research at the CLS.

For more information and to register please go to: http://www.lightsource.ca/lifesciences07/

Ingrid Pickering, Meeting Chair
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science
Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
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3. Meeting for Quebec Synchrotron Users, Nov. 10, 2007, McGill University
Contact: mark@physics.mcgill

The purpose of this meeting is to bring together actual and potential synchrotron users in Quebec for a discussion of how best to take advantage of the Canadian Light Source (CLS). We hope to inform researchers about the capabilities of the beamlines that are available and are under development. A discussion of possible new beamlines can also be undertaken. Finally, possible grant applications to the Quebec government will be discussed. Representatives from the Quebec granting agencies have been invited.

One unique feature of the CLS is its Industrial Science Services. This service provides technical support and access to the unique measurement facilities of the CLS for industrial purposes. Interested industrial users of this service are invited to learn more about what is available and how to access the service.

The meeting will have two general interest science talks followed by discussion of the above issues. Participants are invited for dinner afterwards.

The science talks are:

For more information please visit: http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~mark/QSU or contact Mark Sutton at mark@physics.mcgill.ca or 514-398-6523.
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4. MEDSI/Pan-American SRI 2008 Meeting, June 10-13, 2008, Saskatoon
Contact: tom.ellis@lightsource.ca or terry.johnson@lightsource.ca

The Fifth International Workshop on Mechanical Engineering Design of Synchrotron Radiation Equipment and Instrumentation (MEDSI) and the Fifteenth Pan-American Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) Conference will be held in Saskatoon June 10-13, 2008.

This years’ meeting will be held in conjunction with The Canadian Light Source Annual Users' Meeting June 9-10, 2008—joint workshops will be held on June 10.

For more information visit: http://www.lightsource.ca/medsi-sri2008/
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5. CLS Education Connections: Sample Collection and Students on Beamlines
Contact: tracy.walker@lightsource.ca

CLS Educational Outreach has two opportunities for collaboration between researchers and students:

1. Widespread sample collection opportunity: Teachers from across Canada who attended the CLS Summer workshop have volunteered their students to help researchers collect samples. If you are interested in acquiring simple samples (such as water residue, soil, plants - some schools have access to green houses too, etc) collected by Middle Years and/or High School students from different locations across the country, please contact us.

2. Students on beamlines: Much of the research conducted on our beamlines is of great interest to students and teachers. NSERC’s PromoScience has funded a CLS initiative to give Canadian students the chance to perform experiments on CLS beamlines. Several teachers from across Canada are hoping to develop collaborations between their students and CLS researchers. This can vary from allowing a video camera to follow you around, to full participation in experiments and everything in between (as an example, SK grade 11 students participated in XAS experiments on soil samples collected by the students, utilizing the SGM beamline). If you are willing to include students in your experiments, please contact us.
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6. New Staff and now hiring
Contact: nancy.fetch@lightsource.ca

CLS welcomes Drew Bertwistle as the Science Associate for the Spectromicroscopy (SM) Experimental Facility.   Drew most recently relocated from Spain where he was active in the storage ring accelerator physics community.  Drew is familiar with the CLS as he had worked for us from 2001 - 2005.  Welcome back Drew!

We are currently accepting applications for the following positions:

A number of Science Associate positions will open shortly. Please keep your eye on our website: http://www.lightsource.ca/careers/

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