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SUMMARY:LAAAMP: Light sources for Africa\, the Americas\, Asia\, Middle Ea
 st and Pacific. Fostering capacity building and collaboration through sync
 hrotron science.
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sizun Christina (French National Centre for Scientif
 ic Research)\nAdvanced Light Sources (AdLSs) have been recognized as impor
 tant large-scale facilities that provide a natural place for international
  scientific collaboration\, capacity building\, and networking. The except
 ionally intense light produced at these facilities allows scientists to ca
 rry out studies of the structure of proteins\, of new pharmaceutical compo
 unds\, study archaeological objects\, design new and better components for
  technological devices\, among many other applications. The establishment 
 of these facilities contributes to boosting the technical and scientific d
 evelopment of the region and to improving the well-being of the general po
 pulation.\n \nFunding from the International Science Council (ISC) was awa
 rded in 2016 to the joint IUPAP-IUCr project “Utilisation of Light Sourc
 e and Crystallographic Sciences to Facilitate the Enhancement of Knowledge
  and Improve the Economic and Social Conditions in Targeted Regions of the
  World” Later on\, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical 
 Physics (ICTP) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics 
 (IUPAB) have joined the programme. LAAAMP has carried out different projec
 ts aimed at training scientists\, particularly early-career researchers in
  the different aspects of synchrotron-related techniques. The FAculty-STud
 ent (FAST) Teams awards provide funds for a Professor and a Student to spe
 nd two months at any of its 18 participating AdLSs. Other activities of LA
 AAMP have allowed the establishment of crystallography hubs in Benin (X-Te
 chLab) and in Jamaica (crXstal). Similar hubs are planned in other regions
  for the near future.\n \nLAAAMP coordinates the initiative “Advanced li
 ght source facilities to empower Global-South scientists for sustainable d
 evelopment” endorsed by the International Decade of Sciences for Sustain
 able Development (2024-2033). The aim of this initiative is to promote and
  establish new AdLSs in Africa\, Central Asia\, and the Latin America-Cari
 bbean region. In addition\, schools\, workshops\, and conferences are regu
 larly organized and supported by LAAAMP\, which will contribute to trainin
 g and secure future users of AdLSs.\n\nThe structure of LAAAMP and the pro
 grams developed and supported will be presented. Additional information ca
 n be accessed at https://laaamp.iucr.org/.\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/e
 vent/272/contributions/10332/
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