Multidisciplinary Applications and Perspectives

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The following specific topics will be included:

• Fundamentals of Synchrotron & FEL Radiation
• X-ray Absorption, Scattering, and Diffraction with Synchrotrons & FELs;
and Applications
• Soft and hard X-ray Photoemission with Synchrotrons & FELs;
and Applications
• X-ray Microscopy and Imaging with Synchrotrons & FELs;
and Applications
• Multicolor Experiments, Transient States of Matter under Extreme Conditions and Ultrafast Dynamics

Invited Speakers

• Ian K. Robinson (Imperial College London, UK)
• Marcus C. Newton (University of Southampton, UK)
• Oleg Shpyrko (University of California San Diego, USA)
• Ross Harder (Argonne National Laboratory/APS, USA)
• Virginie Chamard (Aix-Marseille University, France)
• Yukio Takahashi (Osaka University, Japan)

Recently the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) has successfully constructed Taiwan Photon Source (TPS), a low-emittance 3 GeV synchrotron light source. The 7 phase-I beamlines at the TPS will soon be available to users and be able to demonstrate their wide variety of applications. Three of them, Coherent X-ray Scattering, Soft X-ray Scattering beamline and X-ray Nanoprobe beamlines, are designed for X-ray coherent experiments. Bragg Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI) has become an emerging tool for the forefront research of nano-scaled science owing to the advances of high-brilliance synchrotron sources and X-ray free-electron laser techniques. For example, many scientific results such as probes of static defects and operando dislocation imaging have been successfully demonstrated. The two-day scientific program of 2016 International Workshop on Bragg CDI will focus on the basics and latest applications of coherent X-ray on materials analysis. We also hope that the workshop will facilitate ample discussion for the new scientific opportunities at the TPS.

Attoseconds, Ultrafast Strong Field Processes, and Intense Fields

UXSS 2016 is a four day program hosted by Stanford University's PULSE Institute at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. UXSS 2016 is organized in collaboration with the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science at DESY in Hamburg, Germany.

The goal of UXSS 2016 is to disseminate information and train students and post-docs on new opportunities in ultrafast science, particularly using X-ray Free Electron Lasers. Lectures will be presented by expert scientists in this exciting new field. The attendees will be expected to participate in the discussions and will prepare a mock beamtime proposal poster with input from the instrument scientist for the Linac Coherent Light Source.

Speaker List

• Steve Johnson (ETH Zurich)
• Matthias Fuchs (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
• Nora Berrah (University of Connecticut)
• Louis Di Mauro (Ohio State University)
• Sigfried Glenzer (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
• Agostino Marinelli (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
• Philippe Wernet (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)
• Ian Robinson (University College London)

This workshop is a forum for presenting, teaching and discussing results
from the application of state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical
and computational approaches to studying protein dynamics, including
optical spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, XFELs,
electron microscopy, AFM and scattering methods.

 Confirmed speakers

Bai, Xiaochen (LMB Cambridge, UK)
Barends, Thomas (MPI Heidelberg, Germany)
Blackledge, Martin (Institut de Biologie Structurale, France)
Cammarata, Marco (U de Rennes, France)
Colletier, Jacques-Philippe (Institut de Biologie Structurale, France)
Fenimore, Paul (Los Alamos NL, USA)
Havenith, Martina (U Bochum, Germany)
Hilser, Vincent (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Heyden, Matthias (MPI Mülheim, Germany)
Ishii, Kunihiko (Riken, Japan)
Katona, Gergely (U Gothenburg)
Klostermeier, Dagmar (U Münster, Germany)
Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten (U Copenhagen, Denmark)
Lewandowski, Jozef (U Warwick, UK)
Mulder, Frans (U Aarhus, Denmark)
Palmer, Arthur (Columbia University, USA)
Parrinello, Michele (ETH Lugano)
Schanda, Paul (Institut de Biologie Structurale, France)
Schirò, Giorgio (Institut de Biologie Structurale, France)
Sprangers, Remco (MPI Tübingen, Germany)
Stock, Gerhard (U Freiburg, Germany)
Uchihashi, Takayuki (U Kanazawa, Japan)
Van den Bedem, Henry (Stanford University, USA)
Van Thor, Jasper (Imperial College London, UK)
Wand, Josh (U Pennsylvania, USA)

The school will be held at the Centre for Free-Electron Laser Science at DESY

Prof. Carmelo Giacovazzo will give a full week of lectures on the basics
of crystallography and modern phasing methods in protein crystallography.
The course will cover mathematical understanding of crystallographic point
and space groups, systematic absences, diffraction experiments, structure
factor calculations, and other related topics. Besides the lectures, there
will be talks on applications of protein crystallography using advanced
light sources, such as 3rd generation synchrotron and X-ray Free Electron
Lasers (FELs). The course is aimed at PhD students working in the field of
crystallography, but exceptions can be made for motivated PostDocs and MSc
students. This will NOT be a workshop covering protein crystallographic
programs.

Speakers: Prof. Carmelo Giacovazzo (University of Bari), Prof. Henry Chapman (CFEL / DESY, University of Hamburg), Prof. Arwen Pearson (CUI, University of Hamburg), Dr Thomas White (CFEL / DESY), Dr Adrian Mancuso (XFEL.eu), Dr Thomas Schneider (EMBL), Gleb Bourenkov (EMBL), more TBA

Besides the lessons there will be guided tours of PETRAIII/European XFEL, a BBQ and a harbor boat trip scheduled.

The registration fee is 100 EUR per person, and includes coffee breaks and
lunch.

Applicants must(!) provide a motivation letter and a CV, directly to the
organizer Max Wiedorn ([email protected]). The number of participants is
limited to 35. Accommodations can be made at the DESY Guest House: 70 EUR per person for 7 nights (28.05 - 04.06.2016).

The European XFEL Users' Meeting is an annual opportunity to strengthen the interaction between the European XFEL project and the scientific user community. The scope of this meeting includes:

• Progress and current status of the European XFEL
• Instrument design developments & advances
• Selected science applications
• Current developments in the field of XFEL facilities

Satellite meetings/workshops

Sample Environments for Biology at XFELs: 26th January 2016

From Picoseconds to Femtosecond X-Ray Experiments: 26th January 2016

4th Satellite Workshop on Photon Beam Diagnostics: 28th January 2016

Status and Science at HED instrument and of the HIBEF UC: 28th January 2016

Scientific programme

Methods and techniques:

• High resolution diffraction and topography
• X-ray reflectometry and small-angle scattering
• Microdiffraction and nanodiffraction
• Coherent diffraction imaging
• Absorption and phase contrast imaging and tomography
• Resonant (anomalous) scattering
• Fluorescence imaging
• Time resolved methods
• Theory and simulations of X-ray scattering

Applications:

• Material science (from 0D to 3D objects)
• Nanomaterials and nanoscience
• Life and environmental sciences
• Non-destructive testing (including industrial needs and cultural heritage)

Instrumentation:

• X-ray optics and instrumentation
• Advances in laboratory instrumentation and applications
• Advances in synchrotron instrumentation and applications
• Experiments at X-ray free-electron lasers

• Interactions of X-rays with matter and fundamental parameters
• XRS Instrumentation (X-ray sources, optics and detectors)
• Quantification methodology and metrology
• TXRF, GIXRF and related techniques
• Microbeam techniques, confocal XRF and X-Ray imaging
• Mobile and portable XRF
• Synchrotron XRS, XAFS, high resolution XES, and RIXS
• PIXE instrumentation and applications
• Electron induced XRS
• WDXRS
• X-ray diffraction (XRD)
• XRS in Art and Cultural Heritage
• XRS in Advanced Materials and Nanoscience
• XRS in Earth and Environment sciences
• XRS in Industrial Quality and Process Control
• XRS in Life Sciences and Forensics
• Recent Scientific Developments by XRS Instrumentation Manufacturers (reserved to exhibitors)

The 2016 SLAC Crystallization Course

Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide participants with hands-on experience of a variety of crystal growth methods for obtaining high quality crystals for synchrotron and XFELs sources. The course will address both conventional and non-conventional methods in protein crystal growth. Optimization methods will include application of oils, novel nucleating agents, detergents, crystallization in lipid cubic phase, the use of injectors, acoustic droplet ejection and more. Introductory lectures will precede the hands-on tutorials planned for the course. Time for discussions and informal meetings with the tutors is scheduled.

All students are encouraged to bring their own specimens.

The Australian Synchrotron and Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ) are pleased to announce the Australasian Crystallography School 2016.Â

This school is intended for PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers wishing to develop their theoretical and practical skills in structure determination by X-ray crystallography.

The course will combine lectures by expert crystallographers with intensive hands-on computer-based practical sessions to provide a thorough introduction to the theory and practise of X-ray crystal structure determination.Â

It is open to people from institutions within Australia and New Zealand; although selected participants from overseas may also be considered (numbers will be limited).

SCANZ student members may apply online for consideration for Maslen scholarships as well as the crystal school.

HERCULES is a European course for PhD students and young researchers using Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation for applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Hard & Soft Condensed Matter.

   The 1-month school includes lectures (60%), hands-on practicals and tutorials at partner institutes (DESY and European XFEL in Hamburg, Ellettra and FERMI in Trieste, ESRF, ILL in Grenoble, Soleil and LLB near Paris, SLS in Switzerland) and Grenoble Laboratories (CEA, CNRS, EMBL, IBS).

   The school includes a common part and two parallel sessions:

• Biomolecular, soft condensed matter structure & dynamics
• Physics and chemistry of condensed matter

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   Why join Hercules ?

• to learn new techniques using neutron and synchrotron radiation
• to expand your theoretical and practical knowledge, not only for your present research but for your scientific career
• to experiment these techniques on world-class instruments & beamlines
• to build a network of relations with fellow young researchers and experienced teachers from all around the World

Deadline for application:Â Â 31 October 2015

Bursaries/reduced costs: a limited number of bursaries will be available either to reduce registration fees or cover travel costs.

Common Lectures:

• Interaction of X-rays and neutrons with matter (absorption, elastic and inelastic interactions, ...)
• Sources (neutron, synchrotron, XFEL)
• Detectors
• Optics &instrumentation
• Diffraction (single crystal, powder..)
• Scattering (elastic, inelastic..)
• Spectroscopy
• Imaging (Absorption, coherent,..)
• etc.
  

Session A: Applications to Biomolecular, Soft Condensed matter, Structure and Dynamics

• Protein structure and dynamics
• Studies in solutions
• Partially ordered systems
• Membranes, fibres and muscles
• Crystallography of viruses and ribosomes
• Structural genomics
• Biomedical applications (imaging, therapy)
• Time-resolved and ultra-fast X-ray science
• Biology with 4th generation sources
• etc.
  

Session B: Applications to Physics and Chemistry of Condensed Matter

• Neutron and X-ray (and UV and IR) spectroscopies
• X-ray reflectivity and diffraction of nano systems
• Single crystal and powder diffraction
• Coherent imaging and tomography
• Neutron and X-ray magnetic scattering
• Polarized X-rays and neutrons
• FEL and ultra fast X-ray science
  
• etc.

Topics

Plenary Lectures

Microsymposia

MS3. From Nature to Advanced Materials: Structure Characterization at the Nanoscale

MS4. New Topics in Crystal Growth Research

MS5. Nanostructures and Nanoscale Phenomena

MS6. Crystal Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds for the Understanding of Their Properties and Stability

MS7. Imaging Biomolecular Machines in Action through Cryo-Electron Diffraction and Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Membrane Protein Expression/Purification

Free electron laser crystallography

Electron Microscopy

Simulations and ion channel function

Ion Channels

GPCRs

Pumps and ATPases

ABC Transporters

BSR is a unique forum to discuss the novel possibilities of synchrotrons and X-ray lasers and to promote their applications to challenging biological problems.

This meeting provides a forum for scientists involved in research and development on synchrotron and free electron laser sources to come together with a broad community of biologists, with the ambition to make the best use of the most advanced infrastructures in structural biology. Possible applications range from atomic-resolution and time-resolved structures of biological macromolecules, medium resolution images of the largest molecular complexes in the living word, and cellular and sub-cellular structures.

Scientists at all possible career levels are invited to this meeting â€" ranging from graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and principal investigators both from academia and industry. There will be ample opportunities for individual presentations.

Confirmed Speakers

• Andrew Aquila (SLAC)
• Guillermo Calero (U. Pittsburgh)Â
• Marco Cammarata (U. Rennes)Â
• Henry Chapman (DESY)
• Vadim Cherezov (USC)
• Aina Cohen (SSRL)
• Jeffrey Donatelli (LBL)
• Cathy Drennan (MIT)
• Robert Fischetti (Argonne)
• Petra Fromme (ASU)
• Klaus Giewekemeyer (European XFEL)
• Helen  Ginn (Oxford)
• Heinz Graafsma (DESY)Â
• Arjen Jakobi (EMBL)
• Jan Kern (LBL)
• Rick Kirian (ASU)
• Haiguang Liu (Beijing CSRC)
• Osamu Miyashita (RIKEN)
• Henrike Mueller-Werkmeister (U. Toronto)
• Abbas Ourmazd (UWM)
• Ilme Schlichting (MPI)
• Robert Schoenlein (SLAC)
• Joerg Standfuss (PSI)
• Martin Weik (IBS)
• Rahel Woldeyes (UCSF)