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The 2022 Gordon Research Conference on Crystal Engineering (GRC-CE) is a biannual meeting. The 2022 GRC-CE will bring together organic, inorganic, physical, computational chemists, as well as pharmaceutical scientists, materials scientists, data scientists, and others in a uniquely and highly interactive environment to discuss latest results at the cutting edge of the field. The program for the 2022 GRC-CE GRC includes sessions on Order, Disorder and Defects, Crystal Assembly, Polymorphs and Mixtures, Crystals Under Pressure, Crystal Reactivity, Pharmaceuticals and Cocrystals, Big Data and Informatics, Porosity and Open Framework Materials, and Engineering Across Different Length Scales.Â

An associated Graduate Research Seminar (GRS) prior to the GRC-CE conference ensures that young scientist are well represented as attendees at the GRC-CE. The highly interactive format of both the GRC and GRS ensures it will be a valuable experience for the next generation of researchers in the field. Â

The 30th Annual Meeting of the German Crystallographic Society (DGK 30), which will take place in the historical main building of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, will feature presentations and discussions of recent and exciting results of research on crystallographic topics.

Periodic order is the sine qua non of crystallography. Yet sometimes it is the departure from order that is crucial for material function. Proteins, frustrated magnets, photovoltaics, battery materials, high-temperature superconductors â€" there are many examples of important systems where disorder of one sort or another plays a pivotal role. Crystallographically, the signature of disorder is the existence of a diffuse component to the scattering function, usually orders of magnitude weaker than the conventional Bragg scattering. The advent of intense radiation sources, the development of revolutionary detector technologies, and the ready availability of high-performance computing have collectively transformed our ability to measure and interpret diffuse scattering from disordered crystals.

This course will cover the background necessary to measure and interpret diffuse scattering from disordered crystals. Its contents span the theory of diffraction and diffuse scattering, the practicalities of its measurement, and the many different approaches taken to its interpretation. The programme is loosely split into two strands â€" one with a focus on materials chemistry and physics and the other concerned mostly with protein dynamics. Collectively, the course will cover the various origins of diffuse scattering (e.g. dynamics, compositional/displacive disorder, magnetic disorder), and its form in both single-crystal and powder samples.

Topics

The main topics will be:

• Production and properties of Synchrotron Radiation;
• Basics of the interaction between matter and radiation;
• X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (EXAFS and XANES);
• X-ray Diffraction (single crystal and powder diffraction, anomalous scattering);
• Small angle X-ray scattering;
• Photoemission (from valence and from core levels; angular, time and spin resolved);
• IR spectroscopy and microscopy;
• Imaging;
• Data analysis on X-ray Absorption, Powder Diffraction and Core Level Photoemission Spectroscopy experiments
• Applications in many fields (materials, nanoscience, catalysis, earth science, environmental science, cultural heritage, biology and medicine).

We will be holding a Rigaku School for Practical Crystallography on basic topics in crystallography from January 10-14 and 17-21, 2022 from 0800-0930 CDT. (Use this Time Zone converter to determine your local time.)

The majority of the time will be spent on small molecule crystallography. This is a great opportunity for people interested in crystallography to gain a basic foundation of single crystal analysis from a practical point of view.

We also recognize that some students may not be able to join the live lectures by Zoom. We will make recordings of the lessons available for download shortly after the lectures so that students can keep up with the School and take the exam in the same manner as those who attended the live lectures. However, in order to take the exam and receive a certificate of achievement, you will need to register for the School here.

We will be holding a Rigaku School for Practical Crystallography on basic topics in crystallography from January 10-14 and 17-21, 2022 from 0800-0930 CDT. (Use this Time Zone converter to determine your local time.)

The majority of the time will be spent on small molecule crystallography. This is a great opportunity for people interested in crystallography to gain a basic foundation of single crystal analysis from a practical point of view.

We also recognize that some students may not be able to join the live lectures by Zoom. We will make recordings of the lessons available for download shortly after the lectures so that students can keep up with the School and take the exam in the same manner as those who attended the live lectures. However, in order to take the exam and receive a certificate of achievement, you will need to register for the School here.

The African Light Source (AfLS) Foundation, in partnership with X-Tech Lab, the African Physical Society (AfPS) and the Pan-African Conference on Crystallography (ePCCr) cordially invite you to partake in the forthcoming African Light Source conference (15 â€" 19 November 2021)

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The cross-disciplinary conference seeks to showcase the recent advancements in science and engineering on the African continent, with a specific focus on the role that advanced light sources have played, and may play, in promoting continued high-level scientific advancement.

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The conference programme consists of joint plenaries, workshops, town hall gatherings, and streams of parallel sessions on a comprehensive array of scientific sub-disciplines. We are excited to announce that the conference website is now live and is currently accepting registrations and abstract submissions.

This school will be a fully online event organized in Budapest, Hungary

Extended Standard registration deadline
30 June 2021

Student under 35 years: EUR 240
Participant above 35 years: EUR 290
Non-Academic: EUR 390

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The joint fifth Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity and the eighth International Conference on Sustainability Science (ICSS 8) aim to provide space for scientists, policy makers and other relevant stakeholders to discuss and make recommendations on how science, technology and innovation could contribute to the effective implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework in order to bend the curve of biodiversity loss and obtain positive biodiversity outcomes and foster transformative change towards achieving the 2050 Vision.

In particular, participants will discuss options and solutions to facilitate the implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, including potential nature-based solutions for tackling both biodiversity loss and climate change challenges based on solid scientific knowledge and evidence. They will also identify key knowledge gaps and priorities for science-policy research, needs for capacity building and opportunities for increased technical and scientific cooperation.

The school comprises two parts: remote data collection workshop and virtual crystallographic computing workshop. Data collection workshop includes beamline training, data collection on GM/CA at APS beamlines 23ID-D and 23ID-B equipped with Pilatus3 6M and Eiger 16M detectors respectively, and data processing. For data collection, only the participants' crystals will be used. Crystallographic computation workshop will feature many modern crystallographic software packages taught by authors and other experts. The daily schedule will be organized in three sections - lectures, tutorials, and hands-on (interactive troubleshooting of the technical difficulties the participants face in their projects). We have had considerable success resolving these problems in past years, attested by resulting publications (see http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-school/publications.php). A sample program, contact info and other details can be found at the School website.

Applicants: Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty, along with commercial/industrial researchers are encouraged to apply. Only about 20 applicants will be selected for participation. Participants of the workshop are strongly encouraged to bring their own problem data sets or crystals so the problems can be addressed during data collection and/or computation workshops.
 

Application: Application deadline is April 1st, 2021. To apply, visit https://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2021/application.php.

Fees: There is no fee for attending the virtual school for the chosen applicants.