- "The BSR and MASR meetings are pleased to announce that the joint opening plenary presentation will be given by Prof Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute, Israel. Prof Yonath shares this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz for their work on the structure and function of ribosome, a component of the cell that translates genetic information and synthesizes protein. We are delighted to welcome Prof Yonath to Australia so soon after the award of the prize."
| - The NSW Synchrotron Consortium (AUSyn14) are offering support for students (Honours, Masters, PhD) from a number of universities to attend - see travel grants page for full details.
| - Abstracts still being accepted, click on the abstract menu item.
| - The MASR Organising Committee is pleased to announce that proceedings of the meeting will be published by the American Institute of Physics. All MASR authors are welcome to submit papers for consideration in the proceedings. Papers will be due by the conclusion of the meeting (i.e. 18 February 2010). More detailed information will be available on this website shortly, but author instructions for paper formatting can be found at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/
| - This educational activity has been approved in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons CPD Program. Fellows who participate can claim one point per hour (maximum 24 points) in Category 4: Maintenance of Clinical Knowledge and Skills towards 2010 CPD totals.
| - There will be a meetings for the BSR and MASR IAC during the conference program. The BSR IAC meeting will be held Tuesday Lunchtime commencing at 1:00 PM. The meeting for the MASR IAC will be held Wednesday Lunchtime commencing at 12:40 PM.
| - Lunchtime Roundtable on Sample Preparation for X-Ray Microfluorescence on Bio Samples (All Welcome)
Monday 15th February - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
The purpose of this open meeting is to hear opinions from workers in the field and to discuss what methodologies ensure the optimal preparation of biological samples to maximize the the amount of high-quality information gathered during synchrotron based X-ray Microfluorescence and other imaging experiments. The ability of advanced X-ray techniques to reveal sample details at size regimes comparable to (or even surpassing) those probed by more conventional optical microscopes has meant that the inadvertent reorganization of sample structure due to preparation method (preparation artifacts) is a serious concern and may compromise the validity of the experiments.
Interested delegates should email
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if they wish to attend.
| - How should the usage of beamlines for macromolecular crystallography be recognized?
Convenor - Sine Larsen, University of Copenhagen
Monday 15th February - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
Large facilities are used more and more for crystallographic research and the scientists working there are responsible for providing the best service for the users that come to carry out their experiments. A prominent example concerns the beamlines for macromolecular crystallography. The scientists at the synchrotrons have invested enormous human resources into the automation of the beamlines making them so efficient that the users can control their experiments from their home laboratories. Many users take these well functioning beamlines for granted and often forget to recognize the efforts involved in creating the instrumentation, hardware and software. The lack of recognition from the users may demotivate the beamline scientists and in the long run have a negative impact on beamline developments. The purpose of this roundtable session to to have a dialogue between the communities of macromolecular crystallographers and scientists at the synchrotrons on this problem. Hopefully this could lead to the formulation of guidelines for an appropriate recognition of the use of large infrastructures.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 January 2010 )
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Melbourne is proud to host these two complementary conferences for biological, biomedical and clinical researchers in 2010. Home to the Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne also boasts some of Australia's premier research institutes in these fields, such as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Located next to Monash University and CSIRO, the Australian Synchrotron is playing a major role in enhancing the reputation of Melbourne’s south-east as an exciting research precinct. By 2010 it is expected that the one hundred and fifty metre long Imaging and Therapy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron will be operational, opening the door to many novel medical advancements. Currently the medical and biological applications of synchrotron radiation in Australia cover a broad range of techniques, from structural characterisation using PX and SAXS, chemical analysis via x-ray and infrared spectroscopies through to functional studies using X-ray imaging and an increasing interest in novel synchrotron based radiotherapy.
2010 offers an opportunity to attend both of these conferences which will overlap, at Melbourne's stunning new Convention Centre. With the ‘Lorne Conference’ scheduled around the same period, February 2010 is a perfect time to visit Melbourne.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 04 January 2010 )
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MASR BSR Flyer 2010 (266)
