Australian Synchrotron

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

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
19 Nov 2020
20 Nov 2020
AM
09:00 Opening and Organisational Update - Andrew Peele (Australian Synchrotron) Michael James (Australian Synchrotron)   ()
09:30
Plenary 1: Prof. Esther Takeuchi, Stony Brook University (until 10:30) ()
09:30 Peering into Batteries: Electrochemical Insight through Operando Methods - Prof. Esther Takeuchi   ()
10:25
Session 1 - Biomedicine & Health (until 12:00) ()
10:30 USING SYNCHROTRON RADIATION TO MAP THE METALLO-MAZE TO MEMORY LOSS - Dr 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 - Ms Nilakhi Poddar   ()
10:30
Session 2 - Advanced Materials & Hard Matter (until 12:00) ()
10:30 Soft x-ray studies of molecular nanoarchitectures - Jennifer MacLeod (QUT)   ()
11:00 Quantification of Material Gradients in Nanocrystals - Dr Boldt Klaus (University of Konstanz)   ()
11:20 Resonant Tender X-ray Diffraction for Disclosing the Molecular Packing of Paracrystalline Conjugated Polymer Films - Prof. 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
Session 3 - Earth, Atmosphere & Environment (until 12:00) ()
10:30 Light on the details: exploring the nano-silver behaviour at the plant-soil interface - Dr Ryo Sekine (USC)   ()
11:00 The use of synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy to study the “battle for nutrients” between plant and pathogen - Dr 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. - Dr Annaleise Klein (ANSTO)   ()
09:00
Plenary 3: Australian Synchrotron Lifetime Contribution Award: Prof Peter Lay (until 10:00) (Zoom Webinar Room)
09:00 Adventures in Biomedical Research Through Synchrotron Science - Peter Lay (The University of Sydney)   (Zoom Webinar Room)
10:00
Session 10 - Chemistry, Catalysis and Soft Matter (until 11:50) ()
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 - Dr Jack Binns (RMIT University)   ()
10:00
Session 11 - Advanced Materials and Hard Matter (until 11:50) ()
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 - Dr Santosh Panjikar (Australian Synchrotron)   ()
10:00
Session 12 - Earth, Atmosphere and Environment (until 11:50) ()
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 - Dr Han Weng (The University of Queensland)   ()
11:10 Latest developments and capabilities at the Infrared Microspectroscopy Beamline - Dr 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 - Ms Karina Khambatta (2School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia 6102, Australia)   ()
11:50 --- Lunch ---
PM
12:00 --- Lunch Break ---
13:00
Session 4 - Biomedicine & Health (until 14:30) ()
13:00 Phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging at Imaging and Medical Beamline of the Australian Synchrotron - Dr 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 - Prof. 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 - Mr Michael Rice (Monash University)   ()
13:00
Session 5 - Advanced Materials & Hard Matter (until 14:30) ()
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 - Mr Ahmed Al-Qatatsheh (Swinburne University of Technology)   ()
13:00
Session 6 - Chemistry, Catalysis & Soft Matter (until 14:30) ()
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 - Mr 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 ---
14:50
Session 7 - Biomedicine & Health (until 16:00) ()
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 - Dr Christopher Szeto (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia)   ()
14:50
Session 8 - Advanced Materials and Hard Matter (until 16:00) ()
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 - Mr Ricardo Peralta (University of Adelaide)   ()
15:40 Probing phase transitions of metal-organic frameworks by THz/Far-IR - Dr JINGWEI HOU (Uni of Queensland)   ()
14:50
Session 9 - Manufacturing, Engineering and Cultural Heritage (until 16:00) ()
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 - Dr 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
Plenary 2: Prof. Serena DeBeer, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (until 17:00) ()
16:00 The Evolution of Electronic Complexity in Biology: 2p3d and 1s3p RIXS of Iron-Sulfur Clusters - Prof. Serena DeBeer   ()
17:00 --- Poster Session & Online Welcome Function ---
12:50
Plenary 4: Australian Synchrotron Research Award: Dr Wei Kong Pang (until 13:35) (Zoom Webinar Room)
12:50 Synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy for metal-ion battery material studies - Dr Wei Kong Pang   (Zoom Webinar Room)
13:35 --- Australian Synchrotron Stephen Wilkins Medal ---
14:05 --- UAC Town Hall Meeting ---
14:35 --- Afternoon Tea ---
15:05
Session 13 - Chemistry, Catalysis and Soft Matter (until 17:15) ()
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 - Dr Khandokar Sadique Faisal (University of South Australia, Applied Chemistry and Translational Biomaterials Group)   ()
16:35 Effect of Emulsifier Type on Interfacial Crystallisation - Ms 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 - Dr Damien Sebben (University of South Australia)   ()
15:05
Session 14 - Life Science and Structural Biology (until 17:15) ()
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 - Prof. Stephanie Gras (Monash University)   ()
15:55 Structural plasticity between homo and heterodimeric IRF4-DNA Interactions - Dr 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 - Dr 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 - Dr Eleanor Campbell (ANSTO)   ()
15:05
Session 15 - Manufacturing, Engineering and Cultural Heritage (until 17:15) ()
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 - Dr 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 - Dr 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) - Ms Nathalia V. dos Santos (São Paulo State University, Brazil / RMIT University, Australia)   ()
17:15 --- Final Remarks, Prizes and Close ---
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