The topics of the Conference will highlight results of interdisciplinary research and development of neutron instruments and techniques, including:

• Functional and nanostructured materials;
• Magnetic colloid systems;
• Layered magnetic nanostructures;
• Carbon nanostructures;
• Materials under extreme conditions;
• Soft condensed matter (biological nanosystems, lipid membranes, polymers);
• Lattice and molecular dynamics of materials;
• Texture and properties of rocks and minerals; - Residual stresses in materials and products;
• Neutron imaging;
• Development of IBR-2 instruments;
• Development of neutron scattering techniques; - Development of neutron detectors.

Le programme est en ligne et actualisé régulièrement. 17 sessions vous permettront de choisir vos thématiques favorites et d’y présenter vos résultats.
Le dépôt des résumés sera ouvert du 1er décembre 2015 au 15 février 2016.

Les inscriptions seront ouvertes en ligne à partir du 1er décembre 2015. Afin de faciliter la gestion du congrès, nous vous prions de vous inscrire le plus tôt possible.Â
Nous attirons votre attention sur la nécessité de réserver le plus tôt possible votre hébergement. En effet certains matchs de l’EURO2016 de football ont été programmés à Marseille durant cette période.

Session Topics

• Various Ways of Structural Characterization as a Tool for Drug Development
• Elucidating Interface and Surface Properties of Materials, Crystal Growth and Phase Diagrams and Their Association to API Solubilization Performance
• Inhalation Of Powders From A Solid State Point Of View
• Integration of Computational Materials Science Approaches in Solid Form Design and Selection
• Pharmaceutical Patents
• Microscopy, Microanalysis and Chemical Imaging
• Established And Emerging Technologies For High Energy Formulations
• And Others

The workshop is organized by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, in cooperation with Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

The aim of the school is to introduce young researchers to the latest developments in the field of nano-biophysics/biochemistry and structural biology, and to their revolutionary impact on biology, biotechnology, drug design and delivery as well as early diagnostics of wide spread diseases. The rapid development of nano-sciences and novel nano-materials has in fact made available a new range of tools and approaches that have revolutionized biological and medical research, by allowing scientist to manipulate nano-particles and macromolecular objects, to build supramolecular entities with improved functionalities, to monitor the function of single molecules, and to understand cell behavior at molecular level.Â

Topics will include:

• single molecule approaches
  
• optical manipulation
  
• scanning probe techniques
  
• high resolution optical techniques
  
• nanoscale bio-devices
  
• novel bio-inspired nanomaterials
  
• molecular design
  
• structural biology techniques

Topics

• Epitaxial Growth
• Bulk Crystal Growth
• Light Emitting Devices: LEDs and Lasers
• Photovoltaics and Energy Harvesting
• Electronic Devices: RF and Power Applications
• Nanostructures
• Optical and Electrical Properties
• Processing and Fabrication
• Defect Characterization and Engineering
• Structural Analysis
• Theory and Simulation
• New Materials and Device Concepts

The 5th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks & Open Framework Compounds (MOF 2016) is the premier conference on open framework materials, which represent a fast-growing new field of chemistry. This year's Conference will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest research encompassing Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), and recent additions to the field of nanoporous materials, such as molecular cage compounds.

Fundamental Study and Discovery of MOFs

• Synthesis of new structures and characterization
• Novel synthetic approaches
• Thin film deposition and patterning methods
• Guest-induced properties
• Nanoparticle or nanostructure templating
• Growth kinetics and mechanisms
• Luminescence
• Electrical or ion conductivity
• Mechanical properties
• Magnetic behavior
• Energy transfer
• Spectroscopy characterization of MOFs
• Other unusual phenomena in pores/channels

Functions, Applications, and Commercialization of MOFs

• Gas storage
• Separations
• Catalysis
• Sensing
• Drug delivery
• Imaging
• Electronic devices

Hybridization of MOFs and Organic Networks

• Covalent organic frameworks (COFs)
• Molecular cage-type compounds

Eighth in the series, the American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS 2016) will provide essential information on the breadth and depth of current neutron-related research worldwide. A strong program of plenary, invited and contributed talks showcase recent scientific results in neutron science in a wide range of fields, including sources, instrumentation and software; hard condensed matter; soft matter; biology; materials chemistry and materials for energy; engineering and industrial applications; and neutron physics.

The conference will be held on board the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach, California and is hosted by the Neutron Scattering Society of America.

The 18th International Conference on Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (ICMOVPE-XVIII) will follow the traditions of the previous ICMOVPE, presenting the latest advances in science, technology and applications of MOVPE and related growth techniques. This is the pre-eminent Conference in the field, and the papers presented represent the leading-edge research done worldwide.

Topics

• Fundamental Studies and Modeling of Epitaxial Processes
• Wide-Bandgap Group-III Nitride Materials and Devices (AlN, GaN, InN, BN, etc.)
• III-V Semiconductors and Devices (Arsenides, Phosphides, Antimonides and Dilute Nitrides)
• Narrow Bandgap Materials and Devices (InAs, Antimonides, Bismides)
• II-VI Materials and Devices (CdTe, ZnO, ZnSe, ZnS, MCT, etc.)
• Semiconducting Oxides and Epitaxial Dielectrics (TCO, Ga2O3, SnO2, etc.)
• Epitaxy of 2D Materials and van der Waal Heterostructures
• Heteroepitaxy of Mismatched Alloys and III-Vs on Si
• Growth of Nanowires, Nanostructures and Low-dimensional Structures (Dots, Wires and Quantum Wells)
• Patterned Growth and Selective Area Epitaxy
• Atomic Layer Deposition and Epitaxy
• Pseudo-substrates and Epitaxial Lift-off Processes
• In Situ Monitoring, Process Control and Reactor Modeling
• In Situ Etching
• Nano-scale Characterization and Other Techniques
• Point Defects and Doping
• Growth for Energy Technology (Solid State Lighting, PV, Thermoelectrics, etc.)
• Equipment, Safety, Environmental and Production Issues

The Electronic Materials Conference (EMC) is the premier annual forum on the preparation and characterization of electronic materials. The conference will be held at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. The conference features a plenary session, parallel topical sessions, a poster session and an industrial exhibition.

Featured topics include enabling technologies, energy conversion and storage materials, nanoscale science and technology in materials, organic materials and thin-film technology, and wide bandgap materials.

The DRC, co-sponsored by the IEEE Electron Device Society, will be coordinated with the 58th Electronic Materials Conference (EMC), which will be held the same week. This recognizes the importance of interaction between device and electronic materials research and will provide for fruitful exchange of information between attendees of both conferences.

Aims

Complementing the Faraday Discussions meeting on Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly (Chicago, USA, April 2015) which will focus on ordered superlattice arrays of ligand-passivated inorganic clusters, with applications related to size scalability and processing, this meeting will emphasise the importance of considering both ordered and disordered assemblies, and the translation of fundamental science to applications. The scope of the Discussion will include chemically distinct classes of nanoparticle assemblies - polymer nanocomposites, patchy colloids, ligand-passivated inorganic nanocrystals - and link them with soft matter systems, with a view to understanding some of the basic principles of nanoparticle assembly and how they affect practical applications. The topic is particularly appropriate for the Faraday Discussions format with the possibility of documenting an interesting cross-fertilization of ideas.

Themes

• Synthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles and their Assemblies
  
  
• Modeling and Theory
  
  
• Nanocomposites
  
  
• Applications to Soft Matter
  

HERCULES is a European course for PhD students and young researchers using Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation for applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Hard & Soft Condensed Matter.

   The 1-month school includes lectures (60%), hands-on practicals and tutorials at partner institutes (DESY and European XFEL in Hamburg, Ellettra and FERMI in Trieste, ESRF, ILL in Grenoble, Soleil and LLB near Paris, SLS in Switzerland) and Grenoble Laboratories (CEA, CNRS, EMBL, IBS).

   The school includes a common part and two parallel sessions:

• Biomolecular, soft condensed matter structure & dynamics
• Physics and chemistry of condensed matter

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   Why join Hercules ?

• to learn new techniques using neutron and synchrotron radiation
• to expand your theoretical and practical knowledge, not only for your present research but for your scientific career
• to experiment these techniques on world-class instruments & beamlines
• to build a network of relations with fellow young researchers and experienced teachers from all around the World

Deadline for application:Â Â 31 October 2015

Bursaries/reduced costs: a limited number of bursaries will be available either to reduce registration fees or cover travel costs.

Common Lectures:

• Interaction of X-rays and neutrons with matter (absorption, elastic and inelastic interactions, ...)
• Sources (neutron, synchrotron, XFEL)
• Detectors
• Optics &instrumentation
• Diffraction (single crystal, powder..)
• Scattering (elastic, inelastic..)
• Spectroscopy
• Imaging (Absorption, coherent,..)
• etc.
  

Session A: Applications to Biomolecular, Soft Condensed matter, Structure and Dynamics

• Protein structure and dynamics
• Studies in solutions
• Partially ordered systems
• Membranes, fibres and muscles
• Crystallography of viruses and ribosomes
• Structural genomics
• Biomedical applications (imaging, therapy)
• Time-resolved and ultra-fast X-ray science
• Biology with 4th generation sources
• etc.
  

Session B: Applications to Physics and Chemistry of Condensed Matter

• Neutron and X-ray (and UV and IR) spectroscopies
• X-ray reflectivity and diffraction of nano systems
• Single crystal and powder diffraction
• Coherent imaging and tomography
• Neutron and X-ray magnetic scattering
• Polarized X-rays and neutrons
• FEL and ultra fast X-ray science
  
• etc.

The Technion Center for Structural Biology (TCSB) is organizing a three day workshop on macromolecular crystallography under the auspices of the BioStruct-X project.

The workshop will include comprehensive theoretical lectures on all facets of crystallographic structure determination and hands-on tutorials. The lectures will be open to all, but the tutorials will be limited to 20 participants that will be chosen by committee. Lectures and tutorials will be given by Tom Terwilliger (Los Alamos), Randy Read (Cambridge), Zbigniew Dauter (Argonne), Karine Sparta (from the XDS development group) and members of the TCSB. The cost of participation in the full program is 200 Euro. More information, including fellowships, and the registration page can be found: http://tcsb-biox-wksp.net.technion.ac.il.

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New Horizons and emerging biomedical challenges for Biophysics

Standard Registration closes: 1st April 2016 and Abstract submission for contributed talks: 15th March 2016. To register click here.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

There will be dedicated sessions covering cutting edge biophysical approaches to areas of major interest to the wider community. Opportunities are available to secure a platform presentation under the following themes:

• Cryo electron microscopy and X-ray lasers
• NMR of proteins and cells
• Channels and transporters
• Molecular recognition
• Neurodegeneration and ageing
• Advances in computational biophysics
• Single cell biophysics
• Proteins and complexes in human diseases
• Metals in biology
• Synthetic biology: enzymes & organisms
• Biological soft matter including stem cells
• Catalysis
• Drug discovery
• Membrane proteins and complexes

Confirmed speakers include: Sir David Baulcombe, Sir Tom Blundell, Richard Henderson, Dame Pamela Shaw, Sir Munir Pirmohamed, Greg Petsko, Sheena Radford FRS, James Naismith, FRS, Chris Schofield, FRS, Lucia Banci, Ben Bax, Paul O'Neil, Imre Berger, Sriram Subramanian, Richard Strange, Mike White, Liz Carpenter, Yvonne Jones, Masaki Yamamoto, Malcolm Jackson, Richard Garratt, José M Mato, Nigel Scrutton, Robert Eady, Nigel Robinson, Rasmita Raval, Mike Hough, Stefan Marklund, Nigel Minton, Paul Huang, Stefan Przyborski, Violaine See.

The workshop is part of the series of foresight workshops organized by the HZB.
The central theme of the workshop is the use of tender X-rays in the field of
macromolecular crystallography (MX). While typical MX experiments are conducted
at wavelengths of around 1.0 Ã... (energy 12.4 keV), there is an ever growing tendency
to also consider wavelengths in the tender X-ray region (1.5 â€" 3.0 A and beyond) for
MX applications. Examples are the possibility to determine the structures of native
proteins by sulphur anomalous scattering (native SAD), the unambiguous discrimination
from protein-bound solvent ions from water molecules, the determination of oxidation
states of relevant metal ions in protein structures, the investigation of solvent and
substrate channels using Xenon mapping, etc. In the workshop, some of these
modern developments will be highlighted and a case will be made for the increased
use of tender X-rays for MX applications.

Invited speakers include Wayne Hendrickson, James Holton, Armin Wagner, Leo
Chavas, Meitian Wang, Oliver Einsle, Markus Wahl and Oliver Daumke.

Registration is free of charge but limited to 100 participants. 4 Travel grants to attend
the workshop are generously offered by the company DECTRIS.

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Photonic Crystals-Inhibited Spontaneous Emission: Optical Antennas-Enhanced Spontaneous Emission

Speaker: Professor Eli Yablonovitch, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Photonic crystals have now been identified within the coloration of peacocks, parrots, chameleons, butterflies and many other species. But photonic crystals are also part of everyday technological life in opto-electronic telecommunication devices that provide us with internet, cloud storage, and email.Â

Nonetheless, the original motivation of photonic crystals was to create a “bandgap” in which the spontaneous emission of light would be prevented. The “optical antenna” can have the opposite effect, accelerating spontaneous emission. Over 100 years after the radio antenna, we finally have tiny “optical antennas” which can act on molecules and quantum dots. With optical antennas, spontaneous light emission can become faster than stimulated emission.Â

Topics

Plenary Lectures

New Advances in Electron Diffraction: From Ab-initio Structure Solution to Refinement.
Lukas Palatinus (Institute of Physics of the AS CR, Prague)

Ab-initio Modeling in Crystallography
Bartolomeo Civalleri (Universita' di Torino)

Watching Matter in Motion: Time Resolved Studies from Synchrotrons to FELs
Marco Cammarata (CNRS - University of Rennes)

Electron Diffraction and Imaging of Protein and Pharmaceutical 3D Nanocrystals
Jan Pieter Abrahams (Universiteit Leiden)

Microsymposia

MS1. Advanced Theoretical and Experimental Methods in Crystallography

MS2. Investigating Structure-Property Relationships in Complex Molecular Systems by a Multi-Technique Approach

MS3. From Nature to Advanced Materials: Structure Characterization at the Nanoscale

MS4. New Topics in Crystal Growth Research

MS5. Nanostructures and Nanoscale Phenomena

MS6. Crystal Chemistry of Inorganic Compounds for the Understanding of Their Properties and Stability

MS7. Imaging Biomolecular Machines in Action through Cryo-Electron Diffraction and Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Focus Area Contacts

Focus Area 1: Michael Hennig, Basel for SIG 1:

Focus Area 2: Jürg Schefer, Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen, for SIG 5, 11, 12

Focus Area 3: Piero Macchi, Berne, for SIG 2, SIG 3, SIG 4

Focus Area 4: Katharina Fromm, Fribourg, for SIG 7 and SIG 13

Focus Area 5: Radovan Cerny, Geneva, for SIG 6, SIG 8 and SIG 9