The course consists of two parts: a series of lectures, combined with the opportunity to take part in neutron scattering experiments. The lectures encompass an introduction to neutron sources, along with scattering theory and instrumentation. Furthermore, selected topics of condensed matter research are be presented.

MDANSE 2018 school intends to train neutron scientists to better design new instruments, but also to make better use of the allocated beam time. It has specialized scope (inelastic scattering, material modelling) and covers many existing or planned neutron scattering instruments. The school will not focus on the data analysis, but rather on all aspects of simulation, from materials to instruments, and present an integrated pipeline.

The scope of the workshop is to link between computer modelling and experimental data. It will bring together experts with neutron scattering users to review modelling techniques and provide the opportunity for the community to discuss current limitations, new capabilities, and future developments. It aims at highlighting recent approaches and developing ideas on the combining simulation and experiment with appropriate software and simulation tools.

International Conference on Applications of Quasielastic Neutron Scattering â€" QENS2018 aims to cover the broad scientific activities in the investigation of material dynamics, in the domain of both space and time, using quasi-elastic neutron scattering with emphases on new applications in relevant emerging industrial areas.Â

The 8th Workshop on Inelastic Neutron Spectrometers â€" WINS2018 will cover innovative aspects of the instrument design as well as reports on progress of new spectrometer projects, following the theme of “New idea, New concept, New design, New instrumentation for New sciences”.Â

From process qualification until component certification, additive manufacturing presents big challenges as a new field of material processing with multiple new parameters. Therefore, new insights concerning characterization are envisaged for process and component standards and certification, as well as for experimental benchmark input for modellings.

European large installations ILL and ESRF offer a common frame for additive manufacturing industrial investigations, where unique static (scanning) and dynamic (in situ) studies on stresses and imaging, from the nanometre until several centimetres range, are possible. To foster industrial escalation of additive manufacturing, we aim at bringing together industry and applied sciences to address key manufacturing issues regarding final quality assessment of products.

Why neutrons?

• For non-destructive and bulk characterization: neutrons can penetrate several cm into matter.
• For new information: neutrons interact in a different way with matter, hence giving another contrast, i.e. for hydrogen!
• For sample environment and in situ studies

Why Synchrotron?

• High energy X-rays, allowing higher penetration depth for real 3D imaging of high density samples.
• High intensity X-rays for non-destructive probing of material structure and devices with high spatial resolution from millimetres to nanometres.
• High intensity X-rays for real time measurements with less than a microsecond time resolution and high-throughput analysis under real manufacturing and operating conditions.

The aim of the school is to present an overview of the use of neutrons to probe the structure and dynamics of biological systems, including basic tutorials on neutron diffraction and scattering and instrumentation, accompanied by practical courses.

For further details please visit:Â https://sites.google.com/view/bioneutrons2018

Registration deadline: 30th June 2018

The registration is free of charges for CNRS employees.Â

This year's summer school is devoted to methods and applications of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and neutron reflectometry, and is targeted at those who have no or little previous experience with neutron scattering methods. The school will consist of a combination of introductory lectures and training in scattering techniques and will provide participants with an unique opportunity to become familiar with neutron scattering methods and their application to current research topics.

Attendance is limited to 35 students and to people affiliated with US universities and US industry. Financial support for PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members will be made available, on request.

For further information and more contact details, please visit:Â https://www.ncnr.nist.gov/summerschool/ss18/index.html

Application deadline: 2nd April 2018

This international conference is jointly organised by the Diamond Light Source, the Mary Rose Trust, and ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. The focus of the conference will be on the innovative use of synchrotron and neutron radiation to investigate artistic and archaeological materials and artifacts. As such, the conference is open to all interested professionals, including potential users of synchrotrons.Â

Deadline for oral abstracts: 30th April 2018

Registration deadline: 24th August 2018Â

The primary aims of this school are to educate the next generation of scientists in the field of instrument design and promote collaboration between large scale facilities. The school is therefore relevant to anyone involved in any aspect of instrument and sample environment design and software development.

All registration details can be found online at:Â http://sons.uniroma2.it/ericeneutronschool/v-course-2018/registration-and-fees/

Registration deadline: 4th June 2018Â

This workshop will highlight recent approaches and developing ideas in research on membrane structure and interaction.Â

Topics will include:Â

• Membrane phase behaviour
• Membrane dynamics
• Membrane mixtures and rafts
• Lipid-peptide interaction
• Lipid-protein interactionÂ
• Simulation of membrane systems
• Drug delivery systems
• Membranes and signalling
• Membrane fusion

Registration will open on 1st March 2018. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31st March 2018, and the deadline for registration is 31st May 2018.

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The 12th Central European Training School on neutron techniques will be held at the Budapest KFKI Campus of Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 6th-11th May 2018.

All newcomers (PhD and Master's students, post-doctoral researchers and young researchers) into this field of structural research are welcome. The school will consist of 2 full days of lectures and 3 days of experimental work, around the topic of neutron scattering and imaging techniques.Â

Application deadline is 15th March 2018.Â

A limited number of grants are available for EU students.Â

For more information and registration, please visit:Â https://www.kfki.hu/cets/

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This multidisciplinary workshop will be dedicated to recent results, obtained using neutron scattering techniques, in various scientific domains representative of the whole neutron users community. The conference will contain five main topics: magnetism, soft matter, condensed matter, biology and environment, and instrumentation.

The aims of this meeting are:

• To strengthen links between French neutron scattering users,
• To provide a place where advanced results from neutron scattering experiments can be presented and discussed,
• To inform the community about the evolution of neutron facilities in France and abroad, and about the development of new neutron techniques, instrumentation, and their applications,
• And to welcome and promote the work of young neutron users.

Oral presentation abstracts should be sent by e-mail before April 2nd, 2018.Â

For additional information, please visit:Â https://jdn-conference.net/contactE.html

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The annual ISIS Practical Neutron Training Course is aimed at PhD and post-doctoral researchers who have little or no experience of neutron scattering, but whose future research program aims to make use of neutron scattering techniques at ISIS.

The conference will cover the latest condensed-matter investigations using polarised neutrons and state-of-the-art methodologies and techniques of polarised-neutron production and utilisation for novel instrumentation and experiments, with emphasis on prospects for new science and instrument concepts as well as combining neutrons with complementary techniques and in-situ secondary measurements.

The training will cover many aspects of "Combined Analysis" by X-ray and neutron scattering, ranging from fundamental requirements to technically relevant industrial and academic applications : Diffraction technique - an overview, crystallography Texture Analysis, Residual Stress Analysis, Rietveld analysis, Reflectivity analysis, Phase analysis, Phase and line broadening analysis, The combined solution, XRD and XRF combined analysis, Electron Microscopy, Using MAUD software.

For more information about the workshop, please contact us:

Daniel Chateigner Professor, CRISMAT Laboratory, Caen, France: scientific coordinator, [email protected]

Eric Berthier, THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC company, INEL brand: organization coordinator, [email protected]