Conveners
AfLS Workshop: 1 : Towards AfLS : Learning from other LSs, partnering with other LSs
- Prosper NGABONZIZA (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
AfLS Workshop: 2 : African Consortia : Towards local and regional infrastructure enhancing LS access
- Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists)
Kenenth Evans-Lutterodt
(Brookhaven National Labs)
28/01/2019, 11:00
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Synchrotron X-ray sources are having an increasing impact in many aspects of science and engineering. NSLS-II is one of the most recently completed examples of a high brightness synchrotron source. We will give an overview of some of the key features and capabilities of this source, and similar sources that are currently planned or under construction. Some of the new scientific opportunities...
Dr
Andrea Lausi
(Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)
28/01/2019, 11:30
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Elettra is one of the first 3rd generation storage rings, successfully upgraded to routinely operate in top-up mode at both 2.0 and 2.4 GeV. The former Linear Accelerator injector has been completely rebuilt as a new FEL source, FERMI, developed to provide fully coherent ultrashort (10-100 femtosecond) pulses with a peak brightness ten billion times higher than that made available by...
Prof.
RIchard Garratt
(University of São Paulo)
28/01/2019, 12:00
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Protein crystallography in Brazil really took off in the late 1980s and had its origins in São Carlos, where a group of small-molecule crystallographers was already well established. At that time it was necessary to overcome the skepticism of the scientific community who perceived protein crystallography to be an overly complex and sophisticated discipline for the existing infrastructure and...
Dr
Prosper NGABONZIZA
(Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
28/01/2019, 12:30
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Panel Discussion
Prof.
Mike Mike Lawrence
(walter eliza hall institute of medical research)
28/01/2019, 14:30
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Cryo EM as feeder infrastructure in Regional Facilities
Emile Espes
(N/A)
28/01/2019, 15:00
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
High-end x-ray diffraction techniques such as small molecule crystallography,
macromolecular crystallography and non-ambient crystallography rely heavily on the x-ray
source brightness for resolution and exposure time. As boundaries of technology are pushed
forward samples are becoming smaller, weaker diffracting and less stable which put
additional requirements on ever brighter sources....
Mr
Frederic Bossan
(Xenocs)
28/01/2019, 15:30
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Xenocs provides complete solutions for characterizing the nanostructure and morphology of materials. The product portfolio of the company includes innovative high-performance instruments that combine Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering techniques (SAXS/WAXS) for soft matter, nanomaterials, or polymers characterization. Founded as a spinoff company from the Institute Laue Langevin, in...
Dr
Kevin Dupraz
(CNRS / LAL)
28/01/2019, 16:00
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Compact high flux x-ray sources can be obtained thanks to Laser-electron beam Compton scattering [1]. Some Compton x-ray sources and related R&D activities are presently under development. Starting from the Lyncean commercial fully operational small and compact electron ring [2] other projects aiming to reach higher x ray energy, higher flux or higher compactness have been launched worldwide,...
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The Lyncean Compact Light Source, A Stepping Stone of the Path Towards an African Light Source?
Dr
Jackie Kasahara
(Lyncean Technologies, Inc.)
28/01/2019, 16:30
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
We will discuss the contribution of synchrotron radiation facilities to a region's research infrastructure and the challenges in building such a facility, in particular for regions with limited expertise and budget. We will describe how the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS) generates synchrotron-like X-ray beams with a much smaller footprint, how the performance compares to both conventional...
Lawrence Norris
(National Society of Black Physicists)
28/01/2019, 17:00
AfLS2 track
Oral Presentations
Panel Discussion
