To register please go to:
https://www.nbri-events.org/agenda/icamt-2021/
Upcoming event: International Conference on Advanced Materials and Technologies
For the program and registration, please visit https://www.nbri-events.org/agenda/icamt-2021/
J-PARC 5th Neutron and Muon School – Online
The 5th Neutron and Muon School will be held online between Dec. 6 – Dec. 9, 2021.
The School provides training for newcomers to neutron and muon beam research from across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and more. In addition to lectures, practical sessions are included with online hands-on training on some selected techniques.
Date: 6th December – 9th December, 2021
Venue: Online/J-PARC(Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan)
Eligibility: Graduate students, Postdoctoral fellows and Early career researchers from both universities and companies who want to learn about neutron and muon science are encouraged to apply.
Application deadline : 20th October, 2021
Registration fee: Free
Information can be found at: https://mlfinfo.jp/sp/school/5th-nms/about.html
ICNS 2022 – Save the Date
The International Conference on Neutron Scattering 2022 (ICNS 2022) will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from August 21 to 25, 2022.
ICNS2022 will be the 12 th conference in a series held every four years starting in 1982 including most recently ICNS 2009 in Knoxville, USA, ICNS 2013 in Edinburgh, UK, and ICNS 2017 in Daejeon, Korea. The ICNS 2022 will be the largest international platform for sharing and exchanging the latest exciting advances in neutron scattering science, including a broad range of topics
The conference states that “we understand that life is uncertain right now due to the COVID 19 pandemic, but we hope that everything could go back to some kind of normality
next year, and we are planning accordingly. While we remain optimistic that an in person ICNS 2022 will take place, a preparation for some degree of virtuality is also under consideration depending on the evolution of the worldwide situation, we may have to make critical decisions in the next few months, which may have implications on the
format of ICNS 2022″.
Scientific Program Topics:
-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 Proposal Writing Seminar
Thanks to those that attended the ANBUG proposal writing seminar on Tuesday 24th of August. If you missed it, or would like to watch it again, it will be available through the link below!
ANBUG Proposal Writing Seminar
On the 24th of August, from 11 am – 12.30 pm, ANBUG will be hosting an ACNS proposal writing seminar. We will have 4 speakers:
– Therese Donlevy, from the ANSTO user office, will outlining the anonymised trial and new portal
– Karyn Wilde, from ANSTO NDT, to discuss deuteration proposals
– Dr. Katy Wood, from ANSTO ACNS, will give general proposal tips
– Prof. Bruce Gaulin, from McMaster University and a member of the PAC, will give proposal tips from a hard-matter perspective
There will also be time for Q & A from the audience. To register, please visit https://forms.gle/CDJDZzPfQ5qFeoad9. The webinar link will be emailed to registered attendees prior to the event.
AONSA Young Research Fellowship
The Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association (AONSA) is calling for nominations for their Young Research Fellowship Program, to help young researchers (within 8 years of PhD completion) to help them to develop their expertise and career in neutron science and technology. The Program will provide financial support for Fellows to visit major neutron facilities in the region for collaborative research using neutrons. More information can be found at: http://aonsa.org/aonsa-young-research-fellowship/
Lipid bilayer degradation induced by SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as revealed by neutron reflectometry
Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), using deuterated lipids from ANSTO, have published new data on how the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein interacts with mammalian lung cell membranes allowing the viral RNA to enter human cells. The purpose of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is relatively well understood. The glycoprotein is responsible for the fusion event that allows the virus to enter human cells and cause infection and, for this reason, it has been the focus for most COVID-19 vaccines.
Powder Diffraction Beginners Data Analysis Workshop
The Powder Diffraction teams from the Australian Synchrotron and Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ANSTO) are hosting a virtual Beginners Data Analysis Workshop from the 17th – 19th August 2021.
This workshop aims to cover all stages of sample analysis, beginning at sample preparation, experimental setup through to wavelength refinement and qualitative and quantitative analysis. Topics will include: basic crystallography, search/matching, indexing, geometry corrections, proposal writing and tips on planning your experiment.
Demonstration sessions will be used to practically reinforce the material presented and will be split into 2 parallel sessions using TOPAS and GSAS II. Priority will be given to applicants with synchrotron or neutron data, or with awarded beamtime.
Lectures and tutorials will be presented by Mr. Ian Madsen (CSIRO), the AS Powder Diffraction (PD) and Advanced Diffraction and Scattering (ADS) beamline teams at the AS, and the Powder Diffraction team at the ACNS, ANSTO. Examples of research carried out at the AS and ACNS will also be presented by Dr. Matilde Saura-Múzquiz (USYD) and Dr. Jack Binns (RMIT).
Location
Online via Zoom.
Date
17 – 19th August 2021
Program
Lectures and demonstrations will be presented. A preliminary programme is available here.
Expressions of Interest
If you are interested in attending, please register an expression of interest here.
The closing date for applications is the 20th July at 11.59pm. Applicants will be informed if they have been successful by COB on the 30th July.
Places are limited to 30 and priority will be given to Early Career Researchers and PhD students with synchrotron or neutron data or who have beamtime allocated.
If there are questions please contact the Workshop Team at this email address: as-pd@ansto.gov.au Please Put “PD Workshop 2021” in the subject line.
200 publications for Quokka!
This year is shaping up to be a record one for publications, with articles in fields as diverse as: food science, magnetic nanocrystals, micelles, polymers, porosity, metallurgy (ancient and modern), complex fluids, protein structure, vortex fluidic flow, meso-scale graphite and much more….
https://neutron.ansto.gov.au/Bragg/proposal/PublicationList.jsp?instr=4&type=1
This method (and its applications) was one of the major reasons for building OPAL in the first place, when the crucial decisions were made in the 1990s. And QUOKKA is just the first of 3 SANS instruments using OPAL’s cold neutrons – the others are BILBY ad KOOKABURRA.