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June 14 2007
Biochemistry to Beethoven: The Canadian Light Source Users’ Meeting at University of Saskatchewan
Research by some of Canada’s leading researchers -- from new antibiotics to fuel cells and Beethoven’s hair -- are among the topics featured at the 10th Annual Canadian Light Source Users’ Meeting June 16 and 17 at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. This year’s meeting is being held in conjunction with the 2007 Congress of the Canadian Association of Physicists.
Young scientists from the University of Saskatchewan, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, The University of Western Ontario and Université de Montréal will be presenting results of research done at the Canadian Light Source during the User Meeting Saturday, June 16. Their work ranges from making more efficient and cheaper fuel cells to making better antibiotics to fight bacteria like E. coli or the ulcer-causing H. pylori. Other young researchers will be showing off their efforts during a poster session following the day’s presentations.
Kenneth Kemner, with the U.S. Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source, will describe the role synchrotrons play in understanding how heavy metals move in the environment and the human body, and how that explains the illness and death of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. His talk will close the User Meeting.
Long-time synchrotron researcher Herman Winick of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University will talk about SESAME (www.sesame.org.jo/index.aspx ), a synchrotron under construction in Jordan, and what it means for science and society in the Middle East. He will be delivering the key-note address at the meeting’s banquet Saturday evening.
Five part-day workshops will be held Sunday, June 17 as part of the first day of the CAP Congress. The workshops deal with using synchrotron techniques in a variety of ways, from industrial applications to biological research. Visit www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2007/workshops.php for more information.
The Canadian Light Source is Canada’s national centre for synchrotron research. Located on the University of Saskatchewan campus is Saskatoon, the CLS is a powerful tool for academic and industrial research in a wide variety of areas including environmental science, natural resources and energy, health and life sciences, and information and communications technology.
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Note to editors: Kenneth Kemner will be available for media interviews at the CLS the afternoon of Friday, June 15. The Washington Post article describing his Beethoven study can be found at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120501937.html.
A condensed schedule with suggested speakers of interest is posted at www.lightsource.ca/media/aum07tipsheet.php. Media are welcome to attend all or part of the meeting and are asked to contact Matthew Dalzell to make arrangements.
Further information may be had by visiting www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2007/program.php (User Meeting June 16), www.lightsource.ca/uac/meeting2007/workshops.php (workshops June 17) and http://cap07.usask.ca/index.php (CAP Congress).
For more information contact:
Matthew Dalzell
Communications Coordinator
Canadian Light Source Inc
Ph: (306) 657-3739 Fax: (306) 657-3535
Cell: 227-0978
matthew.dalzell@lightsource.ca
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