| Time |
Title of Talk |
Speakers/Session Chair |
| 7:30 |
Meeting Registration & Poster Set-Up
- Geology Atrium (coffee available) |
| Session 1: Introduction and Status
of the CLS |
Michele Loewen |
| 8:30 |
Welcome |
Michele Loewen, UAC Chair |
| 8:35 |
General Update |
William Thomlinson, Executive Director, CLSI |
| 8:45 |
Machine Update |
Mark de Jong, Director of Operations, CLSI |
| 8:55 |
Beamlines and Science Update |
Thomas Ellis, Research Director, CLSI |
| Session 2: Environmental |
Suzanne Beauchemin |
| 9:15 |
Synchrotron-based spectroscopy in soil organic matter research |
Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University |
| 9:50 |
Using P XANES spectroscopy to improve management of soils receiving biosolids
and animal manures |
Derek Peak, University of Saskatchewan |
| 10:10 |
Coffee Break |
|
| Session 3: Imaging (Part I) |
Rene Coulombe |
| 10:30 |
Infrared Synchrotron Emission: From Spectroscopy to Imaging |
Paul Dumas, Synchrotron SOLEIL |
| 11:05 |
Resolving a 400 Angstrom cell edge using synchrotron X-ray radiation to
successfully determine the crystal structure of human hexosaminidase by
multiple isomorphous replacement |
Brian Mark, University of Manitoba |
| 11:25 |
UAC Business and Elections |
Alex Moewes, UAC Vice-Chair |
| 11:45 |
Lunch Geology Atrium |
| 12:15 |
Lunchtime Discussion: CLSI Research Plan |
Thomas Ellis, Research Director, CLSI |
| 12:45 |
Lunchtime Discussion: User Services Office |
Lavina Carter, CLSI User Services Administrator |
| Session 4: Imaging (Part II) |
Dean Chapman |
| 13:15 |
Lungs Revealed: Phase Contrast X-Ray Imaging |
Rob Lewis, Monash University |
| 13:50 |
Overcoming Size Limitations: Imaging in a Small Animal Model of Malignant
Brain Tumor |
Elisabeth Schultke, University of Saskatchewan |
| 14:10 |
Time-resolved x-ray diffraction studies of indirect flight muscle of living
Drosophila |
Thomas Irving, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 14:45 |
Coffee Break |
|
| Session 5: Materials Science |
Jim Britten |
| 15:05 |
Using Coherent X-rays to Study Thermal Fluctuations in Materials: Watching
Atoms Dance |
Mark Sutton, McGill University |
| 15:40 |
High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation |
John Tse, University of Saskatchewan |
| 16:15 |
Poster Session and Wine & Cheese – Geology
Atrium
Self-Guided Tours of the Canadian Light Source |
| 18:30 |
Annual Users’ Meeting Banquet
- Marquis Hall, Garry Room
Cocktails
Dinner
CISR Student Poster Award Presentation
After Dinner Speaker: Ken Coates
(Adjunct Professor of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan) |
