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SUMMARY:SA Feeder Infrastructure overview and issues
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town)\, Tshe
 po Ntsoane (Necsa)\nEffective use of Large Scale Research Infrastructures 
 (LSRI) requires considerable local infrastructure to first be in place. In
  the case of a LSRI for analysis of samples or materials\, a strong local 
 capacity in acquisition and preparation of research material is required a
 s well as an established excellence in the understanding of that material 
 in the general research context. The proposers of experiments at analytica
 l LSRIs need to demonstrate the research material has the capacity to yiel
 d new information and insight into a specific research programme. This mat
 erial or class of materials therefore needs to be first studied locally. B
 oth the acquisition / production and pre-charaterisation / preliminary stu
 dies of the research material require local infrastructure. In the context
  of the structural biosciences\, a local or regional laboratory for bio-cr
 ystal growth and characterisation is necessary. The production of the samp
 les requires a well equipped biological and chemical laboratory with advan
 ced equipment\, such as robotic apparatus for high throughout production o
 f the crystals\, and ancillary and major equipment for the characterisatio
 n of these crystals. In addition\, advanced local equipment (lab scale x-r
 ay diffraction equipment and electron microscopy equipment) whereby the ge
 neral research programme is established and advanced is crucial. Suitcase 
 science alone is not sufficient. Indeed\, this phase of the research is st
 ill highly competitive and impactful. It establishes the base from which s
 uccessful proposals to the LSRI can be made\, and provides the main part o
 f the training for the research team\, especially the students. The situat
 ion is very similar for all the other sciences and industry programmes whi
 ch plan to access the LSRI. This talk reviews the situation for such feede
 r equipment in local laboratories\, which then enable effective access of 
 the LSRI.\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/173/contributions/2170/
LOCATION: Titanium
URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/173/contributions/2170/
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