June 17-18, 2010
TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Organized by the Users’ Advisory Committee
Welcome!
The Canadian Light Source 13th Annual Users' Meeting will be held in Saskatoon June 17-18, 2010. The meeting is a great opportunity to learn about the progress of the Canadian Light Source, present your recent synchrotron work and meet fellow users.
Venue Details
TCU Place is located in downtown Saskatoon
#35-22nd Street East
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
S7K 0C8
Ph: 306-975-7770
http://www.tcuplace.com/
Associated Workshops: Thursday, June 17, 2010
Workshops covering a wide range of topics will be held.
Annual Users’ Meeting: Friday, June 18, 2010
- Facility Overview
- Keynote Scientific Speaker
- New Results from the CLS
- Young Researchers
- Awards presented at the Annual Users’ Meeting event were:
- The Louis T.J. Delbaere Award for The Best Protein Crystallography Poster - 2010
Natallia Strushkevich, SGC University of Toronto
Title: “Crystal structure of human lanosterol 14alpha-demethylase (CYP51) in complex with ketoconazole”
- UAC Award for User Support – 2010 – Sponsored by AECOM:
Brant Billinghurst
Poster Session and CISR Student Prize: Friday, June 18, 2010
You are invited to submit posters about your recent or planned synchrotron work. The Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation will again offer a prize for the best synchrotron related poster(s) presented by a graduate student(s) or post-doctoral fellow(s).
- 2010 CISR Poster Award Winners:
#1 Place – Katherine Ball, Department of Vet. Biol., Sc.; U of S
Poster Title: “Investigation of antimicrobial distribution in bladder tissue using synchrotron radiation.'"
#2 Place - Jing Chao; Dept. of Chem.; UWO
Poster Title: “Polychromatic x-ray micro diffraction and x-ray fluorescence analysis on stress corrosion cracking of Alloy 600 C-ring specimens."
#3 Place - M. Jake Pushie; Dept. of Geol. Sc.; U. of S.
Poster Title: “Synchrotron Imaging of Burgess Shale Fossils: Evidence for Biochemical Copper (Hemocyanin) in the Middle Cambrian Arthropod Marrella splendens."
Beamline User Information Sessions: Saturday, June 19, 2010
Schedule of CLS beamlines offering short meetings to discuss their activity, etc.
Travel Subsidy
A travel subsidy is available to attendees of the Annual Users' Meeting presenting a poster at the AUM Poster Session.
Reminder: Deadline to submit a travel claim for this poster travel subsidy is Friday, July 30th. Feel free to contact the User Services Office if you have any questions via email: clsuo@lightsource.ca or at 306-657-3700
Fifth Annual CLS Summer School: June 13 – 18, 2010
In conjunction with the CLS 13th Annual Users' Meeting, the CLS is again providing the opportunity for researchers to add synchrotron techniques to their research skill set. Information is presented through lectures, case studies, and practical, hands-on experience on beamlines in collecting and analyzing data. Please take a look at what is being offered at this event:
- Macromolecular Crystallography Workshop (organizer Pawel Grochulski, Canadian Light Source)
- Practicalities in Biological Samples – half day (organizer Lisa van Loon, CLS)
- Opportunities at BMIT (organizer Dean Chapman, University of SK)
Check out their webpage @ http://www.lightsource.ca/education/summerschool/ for more details.
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