1st Announcement of the BMBF-sponsored Workshop
Instrumentation and Methods Development for
Synchrotron-based Biomedical Research
DESY, Hamburg
FLASH HALL, Seminar Room (28c)
Wednesday 5 October – Friday 7 October 2011
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Organization and Program Committee:
Dietmar J. Manstein – Irmgard Sinning – Matthias Wilmanns – Manfred S. Weiss
Roger S. Goody – Gerhard Klebe – Ullrich Pietsch
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We kindly invite you to participate in BMBF-sponsored Workshop Instrumentation
and Methods Development for Synchrotron-based Biomedical Research. The
workshop will feature the rapidly emerging field of synchrotron-based research in the
life sciences with strong emphasis on current technology-driven developments in
synchrotron instrumentation.
Meeting Objectives
Research in structural biology and biomedicine performed at synchrotron facilities is
expedited by excellent research groups located at universities. To foster community
led innovation, scientifically excellent cooperative projects at large-scale facilities are
funded in the context of the so-called "Verbundforschung" (collaborative research) by
the BMBF. These specific funds are primarily addressed to research groups located
at German universities.
The primary objective of this BMBF-funded meeting is to strengthen and extend the
active and fruitful communication between the operators of large-scale facilities and
the external user community. The BMBF considers this concurrence of external
research groups and staff at synchrotron facilities to constitute a driving element in
the conception of new experiments and to the development of innovative instruments
and research methods.
A second objective of the meeting is the provision of a platform for the exchange of
ideas between researchers from synchrotron facilities and university groups with long
time experience in synchrotron instrumentation and those users mainly interested in
application of cutting edge technologies for bio-inspired experiments at synchrotronand FEL sources helping to establish contacts and the identification of common goals
that can be developed into project applications in the framework of
"Verbundforschung".
A third objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas in regard to new and
upcoming innovations in synchrotron-based research for the biomedical community.
Presentations
The program of the workshop will be synthesized based on the abstracts submitted
by participants. Presentations will be selected from the following focus areas:
- Small-angle X-ray scattering
- Micro and nano beam diffraction
- Nano crystal imaging
- Time resolved experiments
- Experiments with Free-electron lasers
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- X-ray microscopy
The majority of talks will be 20 minutes in length including 7 minutes for discussion.
We are also inviting applications for a limited number of 40 min presentations
reporting outstanding advances in the field.
Registration
Registration Fees
Regular Attendance
100 EUR
Students*
60 EUR
*Please provide evidence!
Please pre-register by May 15th using the attached form. Full presentations will be
selected on the basis of accompanying abstracts
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Participants are asked to make their own arrangements in regard to travel and
accommodation. Please note that there are only 40 rooms available at the DESY
Hostel, which will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis.
QUESTIONNAIRE
(please send as Word document to Colshorn.Jennifer@mh-hannover.de)
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Instrumentation and Methods Development for
Synchrotron-based Biomedical Research
DESY, Hamburg
FLASH HALL, Seminar Room (28c)
Wednesday 5 October – Friday 7 October 2011
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NAME:
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INSTITUTION: _____________________________________________
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PRESENTATION (please mark appropriate box):
Poster Presentation:
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Oral Presentation:
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TITLE: ____________________________________________________
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Area(s) of interest:
 Small-angle X-ray scattering
 Micro and nano beam diffraction
 Nano crystal imaging
 Time resolved experiments
 Experiments with Free-electron lasers
 X-ray absorption spectroscopy
 X-ray microscopy
ABSTRACT
(please send as Word document to Colshorn.Jennifer@mh-hannover.de)
Title:
Author(s):
Institution:
Contact data of speaker:
Max. 250 words