The abstract submission deadline for the IUCr is fast approaching. Please submit your abstracts prior to the 21st February at the conference website https://iucr2023.org.
ANBUG awards for 2022 announced
The Australian Neutron Beam User Group awards were announced on 9 November 2022, at the AINSE ANBUG Neutron Scattering Symposium.
Congratulations to all of the recipients! Each of the awardees has made unique and valuable scientific, technical, and leadership contributions to the neutron scattering community.
Congratulations to Prof. Robert Robinson: Australia’s winner of the Asia Oceania Neutron Scattering Association Prize!
The award ceremony was held at the International Conference for Neutron Scattering, and a video can be viewed below:
ANSTO Power Diffraction School
The ANSTO powder diffraction workshop is on again from Nov 3rd-5th at the ANSTO Lucas Heights campus. The workshop is aimed at Australian and New Zealand PhD students wishing to learn the technique of Rietveld refinement in order to analyse their X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data. For more information and to apply, please visit
https://www.ansto.gov.au/whats-on/powder-diffraction-workshop-2022.
2022 ANSTO-HZB Neutron School
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) are pleased to announce another instalment of the ANSTO – HZB Neutron School to be held in 2022. This follows the first successful joint school in 2019 and the long tradition of neutron schools being held in Berlin.
The aim of the school is to provide a broad overview of new scattering theory and applications to demonstrate the utility of neutron scattering science. The course will consist of lectures and practicals using the neutron beam instruments at the OPAL Multipurpose Reactor. Subjects covered include basic theory, instrumentation, small-angle scattering, reflectometry, deuteration, crystallography and diffraction, imaging, residual stress and strain scanning, inelastic scattering, quasi-elastic scattering, and polarised neutrons. There will also be a demonstration of sample environment equipment and a tutorial on writing proposals. Students will have the opportunity to present their work to fellow participants and ANSTO and HZB staff in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere at the school poster session.
The school is particularly suited to those who are new to neutron scattering and is aimed at students (Honours, Masters, PhD) and early career researchers.
For more information: https://www.ansto.gov.au/whats-on/ansto-hzb-neutron-school-2022
Introduction to Polarised Neutron Scattering Recording
If you were unable to attend Dr. Andrew Manning’s online presentation on “Introduction to Polarised Neutron Scattering” on April 29th, the recording can be accessed with the following link:
J-PARC Proposal Round
J-PARC Center is pleased to announce that they will be accepting General Use Proposals (Short-term and One-year) applications in the 2022B proposal round from Monday, April 18 until Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 17:00 (Japan Time).
The full details of the Call will be available soon at: https://mlfinfo.jp/en/user/proposals/2022B/
–Planned experiment period:
Short-term proposals: from November 2022-March 2023
One-year proposals: from November 2022-June 2023
— Beam power: 700kW.
— Graduate students (doctor’s course, master’s course) are eligible to apply.
Employment Opportunity – ANSTO Small Angle Scattering Group
The small angle scattering group at Lucas Heights ANSTO is looking for an instrument scientist to focus on industrially related research for 12 months through an employment agency:
https://www.evolvescientific.com.au/science-jobs/instrument-scientist/3389829
If you know of any suitable candidates, please forward on.
International Conference on Neutron Scattering (ICNS 2022) – Buenos Aires August 2022
The deadline for ICNS 2022 is rapidly approaching, on February 14th 2022! . More information can be found at: https://icns2022.org/. ICNS 2022 will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from the 21st to the 25th of August 2022.
Topics at the conference will include:
•Soft Matter
•Biology and Biological Interfaces
•Condensed Matter Physics
•Magnetism and Thin Films
•Solid State Chemistry
•Life Sciences
•Energy and Engineering Materials
•Functional Materials
•Industrial Applications
•Cultural Heritage and Archaeometry
•Neutron Physics
•Neutron Sources and Facilities
ANBUG AGM Recording
The ANBUG AGM was held as part of the 2021 ANSTO User meeting on the 26th November 2021. If you would like a link to the video recording on the Zoom meeting, please email secretary@anbug.net.