CXS Annual Workshop 2007

Physicists and Biologists Working Together FACILITATING X-RAY BIOPHOTONICS 11th-14th April 2007 - Melbourne, Australia

We are currently planning our Annual Workshop which will be held from 11th to 14th April, 2007, with the theme: “Physicists and Biologists Working Together – Facilitating X-ray Biophotonics”.

The focus will be on the development of high resolution diffractive imaging of biological samples using synchrotron, high harmonic generation laser and X-ray free electron laser sources.

We anticipate over 100 physicists, chemists and biologists with related interests will be attending the workshop, which will be located in or near Melbourne, Australia. We hope to have up to 10 invited international speakers.

We are currently attempting to organize additional funding for the workshop which may enhance the size of the meeting. In the meantime, please put the dates in your diaries.

The meeting will feature:

International keynote speakers Site tour of the Australian Synchrotron Workshop dinner Oral & poster presentation of recent research

Invited speakers

Professor Carolyn Larabell,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

Professor Ian McNulty, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Professor Ralph-Hendrik Menk, Synchrotron Light Laboratory, ELETTRA, Italia

Professor Ivan Vartaniants, HASYLAB, Hamburg, Germany

Dr Christian David, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland

Dr Tetsuya Ishikawa, RIKEN, Spring-8 Center, Hyogo, Japan

Dr Qun Chen, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Dr Ben Hankamer, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia

More speakers to be confirmed soon.

Venue
The CXS Annual Workshop 2007 will be held in Melbourne, Australia. Details of the venue will be confirmed soon.

International Advisory Committee

Dr Richard Garrett, Australian Synchrotron Research Program

Professor John Helliwell, Professor of Structural Chemistry, University of Manchester, UK

Professor Chris Jacobsen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, USA

Professor Maya Kiskinova, Syncrotrone Trieste, Italy

Professor Steve Lane, NSF centre for Biophotonic, Science & Technology UC Davis, USA

Professor John Spence, Physics Department, Arizona State University, USA

Professor Bonnie Wallace, Professor of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, UK

Organising Committee

Leann Tilley (Chair), Deputy Director

Andrew Peele, Experimental Methods Program Leader

Mike Ryan, Biological Sciences Program Leader

Steve Wilkins, Structure Determination Program Leader

Emma Duglas, Administrative Officer

Tania Smith, Chief of Operations