Name: Australian Synchrotron
Start: 2020-11-19T06:15:00+11:00
End: 2020-11-20T21:55:00+11:00
Location: ANSTO

Australian Synchrotron

from Thursday, 19 November 2020 (06:15) to Friday, 20 November 2020 (21:55)

Monday, 16 November 2020
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Thursday, 19 November 2020
09:00 Opening and Organisational Update - Andrew Peele (Australian Synchrotron) Michael James (Australian Synchrotron)
Opening and Organisational Update
- Andrew Peele (Australian Synchrotron)
- Michael James (Australian Synchrotron)
09:00 - 09:30
09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Peering into Batteries: Electrochemical Insight through Operando Methods - Esther Takeuchi
10:25
10:25 - 12:00
Contributions

10:30 USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION TO MAP THE METALLO-MAZE TO MEMORY LOSS - Mark J. Hackett (School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University)

11:00 Spectroscopic Studies of Brain Zinc Homeostasis and Its Role During Cognitive Decline and Ageing - Ashley Hollings (Curtin University, Bentley Western Australia 6845, Australia)

11:20 Towards Personalized Microbeam Radiation Therapy for Brain Cancer Treatment - Elette Engels (University of Wollongong)

11:40 A structural and functional investigation of the periplasmic arsenate-binding protein, ArrX from Chrysiogenes arsenatis - Nilakhi Poddar
10:30
10:30 - 12:00
Contributions

10:30 Soft x-ray studies of molecular nanoarchitectures - Jennifer MacLeod (QUT)

11:00 Quantification of Material Gradients in Nanocrystals - Boldt Klaus (University of Konstanz)

11:20 Resonant Tender X-ray Diffraction for Disclosing the Molecular Packing of Paracrystalline Conjugated Polymer Films - Chris McNeill (Monash University)

11:40 The Structure and Air Stability of Calcium and Magnesium Intercalated Graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) - Jimmy Kotsakidis (Monash University)
10:30 - 12:00
Contributions

10:30 Light on the details: exploring the nano-silver behaviour at the plant-soil interface - Ryo Sekine (USC)

11:00 The use of synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy to study the “battle for nutrients” between plant and pathogen - Fatima Naim (Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia)

11:20 XFM analysis of marsupial teeth - insights into life, growth and reproduction - William Parker (School Of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

11:40 Probing the cell wall response of Sphagnum moss to a changing aqueous chemical environment. A synchrotron infrared microscopy study. - Annaleise Klein (ANSTO)
12:00 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

13:00 Phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging at Imaging and Medical Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron - Timur Gureyev (the University of Melbourne)

13:30 Capturing lung health in animal models of ventilator-induced lung injury and cystic fibrosis using 4D X-ray imaging - Melissa Preissner (Monash University)

13:50 Assessment of bone microarchitecture and mineralisation changes in an animal model of inflammatory bowel disease using high-resolution synchrotron-based microCT - Damian Myers (The University of Melbourne and the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS))

14:10 A Vδ3+ subset of MR1 reactive γδ T cells recognise the side of the MR1 molecule - Michael Rice (Monash University)
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

13:00 Understanding the Mechanisms Bending in Flexible Crystals - Jack Clegg (The University of Queensland)

13:30 Developing High Pressure Single Crystal Crystallography at MX - Stephanie Boer (Australian Synchrotron)

13:50 Chemical Crystallography at the Australian Synchrotron Macromolecular Beamlines - Jason Price

14:10 Investigation of a 3D-crosslinked nonconjugated Radical Polymer to Tune Electrical Conductivity - Ahmed Al-Qatatsheh (Swinburne University of Technology)
13:00 - 14:30
Contributions

13:00 Tracks, Pores, Cylinders and Cones: SAXS as a tool to study high-energy ion modified materials - Patrick Kluth (Australian National University)

13:30 Effect of surfactant ionicity on critical micelle concentration in aqueous ionic liquid mixtures - Sachini Kadaoluwa Pathirannahalage (RMIT University)

13:50 Quantitative Determination of Protein Solubility in Ionic Liquids - Stuart Brown (RMIT)

14:10 Solvent properties of protic ionic liquid-water mixtures, and their application to biological molecules - Tamar Greaves (RMIT University)
14:30 Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
14:50 - 16:00
Contributions

14:50 Metal Nanoparticle Radiosensitization for Improving Radiotherapy - Ivan Kempson

15:20 Molecular insights into the specificity and potency of metabolite-mediated T-cell immunity - Wael Awad (Monash University)

15:40 Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 peptides presented by Human Leukocyte Antigen molecules - Christopher Szeto (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia)
14:50 - 16:00
Contributions

14:50 Mechanistic insights into functional Electrocatalysis from XAS: the story from Experimental Design to Insights into Electron Transfer Timescales important for Selectivity. - Rosalie Hocking (Swinburne University of Technology)

15:20 Highly Active Gas Phase Organometallic Catalysis Supported Within Metal-organic Framework Pores - Ricardo Peralta (University of Adelaide)

15:40 Probing phase transitions of metal-organic frameworks by THz/Far-IR - JINGWEI HOU (Uni of Queensland)
14:50 - 16:00
Contributions

14:50 Dual sample analysis on the XFM beamline: a new approach to increase the throughput of analysis of large samples - Casey Doolette (University of South Australia)

15:20 Fast-scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy (SXDM) at the XFM beamline - Michael Jones (QUT)

15:40 Trace element distributions in Al-Zn based coating alloys on steel substrates investigated by synchrotron XFM - Dongdong Qu (The University of Queensland)
16:00
16:00 - 17:00
Contributions

16:00 The Evolution of Electronic Complexity in Biology: 2p3d and 1s3p RIXS of Iron-Sulfur Clusters - Serena DeBeer
17:00 Poster Session & Online Welcome Function
Poster Session & Online Welcome Function
17:00 - 19:00
Room: Zoom Webinar Room
Friday, 20 November 2020
09:00
09:00 - 10:00
Room: Zoom Webinar Room
Contributions

09:00 Adventures in Biomedical Research Through Synchrotron Science - Peter Lay (The University of Sydney)
10:00
10:00 - 11:50
Contributions

10:00 Protein-Lipid interactions and protein structures in multi-component systems - Leonie van 't Hag (Monash University)

10:30 Cubosomes for the Delivery of Biopharmaceuticals - Charlotte Conn (RMIT)

10:50 Pulling Milk Lipids Apart and Putting Them Back Together Again – A Self-assembly Approach - Andrew Clulow (Monash University)

11:10 Fluctuation x-ray scattering of self-assembled lipids, colloidal particles and liquids - Andrew Martin (RMIT University)

11:30 Separating Macro- and Nano-structural Effects in Intensity Correlation Measurements of Self-assembled Lipid Materials - Jack Binns (RMIT University)
10:00 - 11:50
Contributions

10:00 Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction for In-Situ and Operando Characterization of Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems - Amy Marschilok

10:30 Materials And Interfacial Design For Advanced Potassium Ion Storage - Wenchao Zhang (University of Wollongong)

10:50 Visualisation of the rapid Cu6Sn5 lithium-ion battery anode fabrication process via real-time X-ray imaging - Xin Fu Tan (University of Queensland)

11:10 Using the Pair Angle Distribution Function for Analysing Protein Structure. - Patrick Adams (RMIT University)

11:30 Data evaluation on the fly: Auto-Rickshaw at the MX beamlines of the Australian Synchrotron - Santosh Panjikar (Australian Synchrotron)
10:00 - 11:50
Contributions

10:00 Non-invasive imaging of hydraulic function in leaves, stems and roots - Brendan Choat

10:30 Micro-Computed Tomography (MCT): A BRIGHT new beamline at ANSTO/Australian Synchrotron - Andrew Stevenson (Australian Synchrotron)

10:50 Soil carbon research from past, present and future using synchrotron-based techniques - Han Weng (The University of Queensland)

11:10 Latest developments and capabilities at the Infrared Microspectroscopy Beamline - Mark Tobin (Australian Synchrotron)

11:30 “Wax On – Wax Off” Using Infrared Reflectance for minimally invasive in vivo monitoring of changes in leaf epicuticular waxes - Karina Khambatta (2School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia)
11:50 Lunch
Lunch
11:50 - 12:50
12:50
12:50 - 13:35
Room: Zoom Webinar Room
Contributions

12:50 Synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy for metal-ion battery material studies - Wei Kong Pang
13:35 Australian Synchrotron Stephen Wilkins Medal
Australian Synchrotron Stephen Wilkins Medal
13:35 - 14:05
Room: Zoom Webinar Room

14:05 UAC Town Hall Meeting
UAC Town Hall Meeting
14:05 - 14:35

14:35 Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
14:35 - 15:05
15:05
15:05 - 17:15
Contributions

15:05 Complex fluids and simple experiments - What could we do? - Patrick Spicer

15:35 Experiments on the high-flux BioSAXS beamline: opportunities for dynamic studies of soft matter systems and advanced materials - Lester Barnsley (ANSTO)

15:55 Internal liquid crystal structures in nanocarriers containing drug hydrophobic ion pairs dictate drug release - Kurt Ristroph

16:15 New insights into the self-assembly of amphiphilic poly(ethylene glycol-b-caprolactone) diblock copolymers in aqueous solution - Khandokar Sadique Faisal (University of South Australia, Applied Chemistry and Translational Biomaterials Group)

16:35 Effect of Emulsifier Type on Interfacial Crystallisation - Stephanie Macwilliams (University of South Australia)

16:55 The effect of surfactant type on the secondary crystallisation of milk fat at the oil-water interface - Damien Sebben (University of South Australia)
15:05 - 17:15
Contributions

15:05 Structural studies of G protein-coupled receptors – implications for drug discovery - David Thal (Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

15:35 An investigation of the T cell response against viruses through a structural lens - Stephanie Gras (Monash University)

15:55 Structural plasticity between homo and heterodimeric IRF4-DNA Interactions - Srinivasan Sundararaj (Australian National University)

16:15 Molecular Interplay between SARS-CoV-2 and Human proteins for viral activation and entry, potential drugs and scope of new therapeutics - Naveen Vankadari (Monash University)

16:35 Structural characterisation of mitochondrial complex IV assembly factors - Shadi Maghool (School of Chemistry and The Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia)

16:55 COVID-19 Research at the MX Beamlines - Eleanor Campbell (ANSTO)
15:05 - 17:15
Contributions

15:05 Jumping molecular crystals: the role of molecular vibrations - Annette Dowd

15:35 Using Synchrotron Sourced Microscopy to Explore Fingermark Chemistry - Rhiannon Boseley (Curtin University)

15:55 Synchrotron macro ATR-FTIR: where we are and what's next for live-cell measurement - Jitraporn (Pimm) Vongsvivut (ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron)

16:15 Macrocyclic peptides as the novel chemical probes for modulating the function of the Retromer endosomal trafficking complex - Kai-En Chen (The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience)

16:35 Full-field tomography with scattered X-rays - Gary Ruben (Monash University)

16:55 Further insights into the effect of pH on the fluorescence and structure of green fluorescent protein (GFP) - Nathalia V. dos Santos (São Paulo State University, Brazil / RMIT University, Australia)
17:15 Final Remarks, Prizes and Close
Final Remarks, Prizes and Close
17:15 - 17:45
Room: Zoom Webinar Room