Confirmed Speakers:
Prof. Adam Hitchcock, McMasters University, Toronto, Canada
Prof. Frank de Groot, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dr Trudy Bolin, 9-BM Tender Exafs beamline, APS, Argonne (IL), USA
Dr Alessandra Gianoncelli, TwinMIC beamline, Synchrotrone Elettra, Trieste, Italy
Dr Martin Obst, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Dr Karina Thånell (Schulte), MAX IV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden
Preliminary program (2/12, nearly final)
--- Tuesday, December 10th
11:00 Registration opens
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Opening and Intro (Karina)
13.15 Adam Hitchcock: A comprehensive overview of STXM
14.10 Linda Sandblad: Visualization of Bacterial Cytoskeleton
14:30 Mikael Thyrel: STXM study of C and Ca in thermotreated reed canary grass – an approach to use hyperspectral image mosaics for global analyses
14:50 Coffee break
15:20 Frank de Groot: In-situ X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy of catalysts
16:05 Jurate Kumpiene: The use of XAS techniques in residual risk assessment of remediated soils
16:25 Ellen Moons: STXM studies of the morphology in spin-coated polymer:fullerene films
16:45 Leg stretching
16:50 Alessandra Gianoncelli: The TwinMic Beamline at Elettra; fullfield microscope and STXM in one
17:35 Mark Smits: The study of fungal interactions with soil organic matter: present and future
17:55 Round up for the day
>18:00 Bastu!! Sauna!! Finnish sauna & snow angels. Please bring your own swim suit and bath towel, sit in the hot darkness, feel the steam, run out in the cold darkness, make angels in the white snow …then shower before dinner.
19:00 Dinner - served at the university
--- Wednesday, December 11th
08:45 Trudy Bolin: Intermediate Energy Research at the APS Beamline 9-BM
09:30 Sepehr Shakeri Yekta: Chemical Speciation of Sulfur and Metals in the Biogas Process
09:50 Jussi Rahomäki: Zone plates for high resolution X-ray focusing
10:10 Coffee break
10:40 Martin Obst: Chemical Nanotomography using STXM: Applications in biogeo- and environmental sciences
11:25 Changxun Yu: Speciation of trace elements and mineralogy of Mn/Fe oxides in natural materials
11:45 Wei Cao: Progress and bottlenecks in nano-to-micro sized functional material researches:Solutions via STXM?
12:05 Leg stretching
12:10 Karina Thånell (Schulte): Presentation of the SoftiMAX Beamline & Discussion
12:55 Closing remarks
13:00 Lunch
>14:00 Informal session on data analysis etc. with Adam Hitchcock
Prof. Adam Hitchcock, McMasters University, Toronto, Canada
Prof. Frank de Groot, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Dr Trudy Bolin, 9-BM Tender Exafs beamline, APS, Argonne (IL), USA
Dr Alessandra Gianoncelli, TwinMIC beamline, Synchrotrone Elettra, Trieste, Italy
Dr Martin Obst, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
Dr Karina Thånell (Schulte), MAX IV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden
Preliminary program (2/12, nearly final)
--- Tuesday, December 10th
11:00 Registration opens
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Opening and Intro (Karina)
13.15 Adam Hitchcock: A comprehensive overview of STXM
14.10 Linda Sandblad: Visualization of Bacterial Cytoskeleton
14:30 Mikael Thyrel: STXM study of C and Ca in thermotreated reed canary grass – an approach to use hyperspectral image mosaics for global analyses
14:50 Coffee break
15:20 Frank de Groot: In-situ X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy of catalysts
16:05 Jurate Kumpiene: The use of XAS techniques in residual risk assessment of remediated soils
16:25 Ellen Moons: STXM studies of the morphology in spin-coated polymer:fullerene films
16:45 Leg stretching
16:50 Alessandra Gianoncelli: The TwinMic Beamline at Elettra; fullfield microscope and STXM in one
17:35 Mark Smits: The study of fungal interactions with soil organic matter: present and future
17:55 Round up for the day
>18:00 Bastu!! Sauna!! Finnish sauna & snow angels. Please bring your own swim suit and bath towel, sit in the hot darkness, feel the steam, run out in the cold darkness, make angels in the white snow …then shower before dinner.
19:00 Dinner - served at the university
--- Wednesday, December 11th
08:45 Trudy Bolin: Intermediate Energy Research at the APS Beamline 9-BM
09:30 Sepehr Shakeri Yekta: Chemical Speciation of Sulfur and Metals in the Biogas Process
09:50 Jussi Rahomäki: Zone plates for high resolution X-ray focusing
10:10 Coffee break
10:40 Martin Obst: Chemical Nanotomography using STXM: Applications in biogeo- and environmental sciences
11:25 Changxun Yu: Speciation of trace elements and mineralogy of Mn/Fe oxides in natural materials
11:45 Wei Cao: Progress and bottlenecks in nano-to-micro sized functional material researches:Solutions via STXM?
12:05 Leg stretching
12:10 Karina Thånell (Schulte): Presentation of the SoftiMAX Beamline & Discussion
12:55 Closing remarks
13:00 Lunch
>14:00 Informal session on data analysis etc. with Adam Hitchcock
