Name: User Meeting 2016
Start: 2016-11-24T07:00:00+11:00
End: 2016-11-25T18:30:00+11:00
Location: National Centre for Synchrotron Science

User Meeting 2016

from Thursday, 24 November 2016 (07:00) to Friday, 25 November 2016 (18:30)

Monday, 21 November 2016
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Thursday, 24 November 2016

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 08:50

08:50

08:50 - 09:20
09:20 Cryo Soft X-ray Tomography of Cells, Eva Pereiro
Cryo Soft X-ray Tomography of Cells, Eva Pereiro
09:20 - 10:10
Room: Oliphant Auditorium
Contributions

09:20 Cryo Soft X-ray Tomography of Cells - Eva Pereiro (ALBA synchrotron light source)
10:10 Morning Tea
Morning Tea
10:10 - 10:30
10:30
10:30 - 12:30
Contributions

10:30 Engineering "Disorder" : From Designing New Catalysts to Reactivity in Natural Systems - Rosalie Hocking (James Cook University)

11:00 Investigation of microstructural variations in cold sprayed titanium after heat treatment - Yuqi Ren (CSIRO)

11:15 Understanding the Formation of Bimetallic Pd-Au Co-catalysts on TiO2 - Andrew Chan (The University of Auckland)

11:30 Probing Long- and Short-Range Disorder in Y2Ti2-xHfxO7 by Diffraction and Spectroscopy - Zhaoming Zhang (ANSTO)

11:45 Exploiting Pressure to Induce “Guest-Blocked” Spin Crossover - Suzanne Neville (The University of Sydney)

12:00 Simultaneous orientation and strain determination in polycrystals using the Maia detector - Henry Kirkwood (La Trobe University)

12:15 Development of Efficient Semiconductor Photocatalysts for Solar Energy Capture - Geoff Waterhouse (The University of Auckland)
10:30 - 12:30
Contributions

10:30 Uranium (VI) absorption by tree bark in a column leaching experiment - Susan Cumberland (Australian Synchrotron)

11:00 XAS and XFM investigations of arsenic uptake in hydrothermal apatite - Weihua Liu (CSIRO)

11:15 RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES AS CONCENTRATED SOURCES RELATED TO UPTAKE AND DOSE IN MAMMALS - David Child (ANSTO)

11:30 Far-Infrared Synchrotron spectra of Titan’s cyanide haze - Rebecca Auchettl (La Trobe University)

11:45 Microstructure Evolution of Saturated Fine-Grained Soil Consolidation Based on Data-Constrained Modelling - Jing Song (Sun Yat-sen University; CSIRO Manufacture) Yuqi Ren (CSIRO)

12:00 Temperature Dependent Refractive Indices of Formic Acid Aerosols - Mahmut Ruzi (Latrobe University)

12:15 Synchrotron Tomography in Geotechnical Engineering Applications - Guillermo Narsilio (Australian Research Conuncil Future Fellow, The University of Melbourne) Mahdi Disfani (Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering)
10:30 - 12:30
Contributions

10:30 The shape of things to come: Resolving biological and palaeontological mysteries using microCT imaging - Alistair Evans (Monash University)

11:00 Multi-technique investigations of nickel hyperaccumulator plant ecophysiology - Antony van der Ent (The University of Queensland, Australia)

11:15 Role of the solvophobic effect in protein-ionic liquid interactions - Tamar Greaves (RMIT University)

11:30 Structural changes in an elastin hydrogel during extension and drying by small angle neutron and x-ray scattering - Christopher Garvey (ANSTO)

11:45 New Secrets Unveiled from the ‘Rosetta Stone’ of Neuroscience: Using Synchrotron Light to Study Fundamental Neurochemistry within the Hippocampus during Health and Disease - Mark John Hackett (Curtin Univeristy)

12:00 Element-specific small-angle X-ray scattering studies of mineral nanoparticles in iron-fortified milk - Bridget Ingham (Callaghan Innovation)

12:15 Liquid crystal self-assembly during in vitro lipolysis of milk and infant formula - Malinda Salim (Monash University)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: NCSS Exhibition Space
13:30
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Biomimetic nanostructured lipidic materials for encapsulation of therapeutic proteins - Charlotte Conn (RMIT)

14:00 Chiral Coordination Polymers and Cages - David Turner (Monash University)

14:15 Behaviour and Strength of Collagen Materials - Hannah Wells (Massey University)

14:30 Investigation of electronic and morphological changes from thionation of naphthalene diimide (NDI) - Adam Welford (Monash University)

14:45 Effects of Solvents on Organic Field Effect Transistor (OFET) Charge Transport and Thin-Film Morphology of a High Mobility n-type Semiconducting Copolymer P(NDI2OD-T2) - Masrur Morshed Nahid (Monash University)

15:00 Structure of Concentrated Colloidal Suspensions using SAXS and SANS - Gary Bryant (Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Physics, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University)
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 The role of protein dynamics in the evolution of new enzyme function - Colin Jackson (Australian National University)

14:00 Structural and Functional Insight into the Epigenetic Regulator SMCHD1 - Kelan Chen (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)

14:15 Structural characterization by Small Angle Scattering suggests models for monomeric and dimeric forms of full-length ezrin - Anthony Duff (ANSTO)

14:30 Chemical Crystallography at the Australian Synchrotron MX Beamlines - Jason Price (Australian Synchrotron)

14:45 Structural Insights into the Assembly and Regulation of Distinct Viral Capsid Particles - Jade Forwood (CSU)

15:00 Investigation of protein stability and activity in Ionic liquids (IL) to control 3D Structure and Function of Simple and Complex Biomolecules in a quantitative and systematic manner. - Radhika Mohandass (RMIT)
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Diamond Surfaces for Quantum Applications - Alastair Stacey (School of Physics, The University of Melbourne)

14:00 Controlling the Edge-on vs. Face-on Stacking of Semicodundcting Polymers Using Diffusive Noncovalent Interactions - Chris McNeill (Monash University)

14:15 The Evolution of Surface Silica Nanoparticles on Coated Steel Surfaces under High UV and High Humidity Environments Observed Using Synchrotron Macro ATR-FTIR Microspectroscopy - Jitraporn (Pimm) Vongsvivut (Infrared Microspectroscopy (IRM) Beamline, Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia)

14:30 The new RAIRS system at the THz/Far-IR Beamline - Laboratory Astrochemistry. - Courtney Ennis (La Trobe University)

14:45 Investigation of fungal infestation on metallic and polymer surfaces using synchrotron-based macro ATR-FTIR microspectroscopy - Vi Khanh Truong (School of Science, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology)

15:00 Photo-Switchable Block Copolymer Self Assembly - Lewis Chambers (University of Queensland)
15:15 Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
15:15 - 15:35

15:35

15:35 - 16:10

16:10

16:10 - 16:50
Room: Oliphant Auditorium

16:50

16:50 - 17:00

17:00

17:00 - 18:30
Room: NCSS Exhibition Space

18:30

18:30 - 19:00

19:00 Dinner
Dinner
19:00 - 22:30
Friday, 25 November 2016

07:30

07:30 - 08:00

08:00

08:00 - 08:45
08:45 Tuneable Materials and Material Dynamics, Anita Hill
Tuneable Materials and Material Dynamics, Anita Hill
08:45 - 09:35
Contributions

08:45 Tuneable Materials and Material Dynamics - Anita Hill (CSIRO)
09:35

09:35 - 10:05
Room: Oliphant Auditorium

10:05

10:05 - 10:35

10:35 Morning Tea
Morning Tea
10:35 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Quantified, multi-scale element mapping of geological samples using the Maia detector array - Louise Fisher (CSIRO)

11:30 Synchrotron radiation imaging of aortic stent grafting: An in vitro phantom study - Zhonghua Sun (Curtin University)

11:45 Elevated airway liquid volumes at birth: a potential cause of transient tachypnea of the newborn - Erin McGillick (The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia & The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)

12:00 Aluminum (Al) accumulates within the root apoplast in an Al-tolerant wheat cultivar - Peter Kopittke (The University of Queensland)

12:15 Extreme imaging on Imaging and Medical Beamline - Anton Maksimenko (Australian Synchrotron)
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 The Australian Synchrotron and Advanced Materials: Challenge/Opportunity/Solutions - Robert Acres (Australian Synchrotron)

11:15 micro-CT analysis of metallurgical coke - David Jenkins (CSIRO)

11:30 FACTORY OF THE FUTURE: COMPOSITE AUTOMATION AND GRAPHENE CERTIFICATION FACILITY - Bronwyn Fox (Swinburne University of Technology)

11:45 Synchrotron Industry Case Studies over 20+ years - Andrea Gerson (Blue Minerals Consultancy)

12:00 Discussion Panel
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Clinical synchrotron radiotherapy programs from a medical physicist point of view - Jean-François Adam (Université Grenoble-Alpes & Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes)

11:30 Differential response of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma cell lines to microbeam versus conventional radiotherapy - Lloyd Smyth (University of Melbourne, Epworth HealthCare)

11:45 Breast cancer rotational radiotherapy with synchrotron radiation - Francesca Di Lillo (Dept. of Phys. "Ettore Pancini", University of Naples Federico II,Naples, Italy & INFN, Sez. Napoli, Italy)

12:00 Synchrotron MRT radiation induces DNA damage and inflammatory response in normal mouse tissues distant from the irradiated volume - Jessica Ventura (The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC; Molecular Radiation Biology Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC)

12:15 Optimizing Microbeam Radiation Therapy with High-Z Nano-structured Ceramic Particles - Michael Lerch (University of Wollongong)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Curing Cancer with the Synchrotron - Peter Rogers (University of melbourne)

14:00 A pre-clinical sample positioning system for microbeam radiotherapy at the Australian Synchrotron - Micah Barnes (RMIT)

14:15 Microbeam Dosimetric Verification using Presage® Dosimeters - Frank Gagliardi (William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre)

14:30 How big is that diamond? - Duncan Butler (ARPANSA)

14:45 Progress report on the European MRT program: What can the Australian MRT community learn from the European experience? - Jayde Livingstone (Australian Synchrotron)

15:00 Treatment planning for synchrotron microbeam radiotherapy - Liam Day (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Observing proteins at play: structural techniques to probe function - Emily Parker (University of Canterbury)

14:00 UNRAVELLING THE STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC DIVERSITY OF BACTERIAL AUTOTRANSPORTER VIRULENCE FACTORS - Jason Paxman (La Trobe University)

14:15 Mirror, mirror in the vacuum tank; an MX2 optics upgrade - Daniel Eriksson (Australian Synchrotron)

14:30 Structural basis of Plasmodium vivax specificity towards reticulocytes - Jakub Gruszczyk (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute)

14:45 Combating multidrug resistance. Structure of an endotoxin modifying enzyme - Alice Vrielink (University of Western Australia)

15:00 High Data Rate MX at the Australian Synchrotron. - Tom Caradoc-Davies (Australian Synchrotron.)
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Micro Materials Characterisation (MMC) Beamline: Scope and Focus - Andrea Gerson (Blue Minerals Consultancy)

14:00 First experiments with D-DIA apparatus on XAS - Jeremy Wykes (Macquarie University)

14:15 Coflow and Fast-SEC Improvements on the SAXS/WAXS Beamline - Nigel Kirby (Australian Synchrotron) Tim Ryan (Australian Synchrotron)

14:30 The MX2 goniometer story: the old, the current and the new one - David Aragao (Australian Synchrotron)

14:45 Optimising sample preparation for solids, pellets, liquids and solutions for Far-IR and IR analysis at the Australian Synchrotron - Josie Nunn (Flinders University SA)

15:00 How to get the most from your XFM data: GeoPIXE analysis on MASSIVE - David Paterson (Australian Synchrotron)
15:15 With the Synchrotron and Beyond the Synchrotron Towards the Structure of the TIR-domain Signallosome, Bostjan Kobe
With the Synchrotron and Beyond the Synchrotron Towards the Structure of the TIR-domain Signallosome, Bostjan Kobe
15:15 - 16:15
Room: Oliphant Auditorium
Contributions

15:15 With the synchrotron and beyond the synchrotron towards the structure of the TIR-domain signallosome - Bostjan Kobe (University of Queensland)
16:15

16:15 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 18:30
Contributions

16:30 Status of MRT research – What we have done and what is still to do - Peter Rogers (University of melbourne)

16:45 The case for large animal data - Jean-François Adam (Université Grenoble-Alpes & Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble-Alpes)

17:00 Experience with radiotherapy treatment on dogs - Stewart Ryan (University of Melbourne)

17:15 Dog cancers - Why the interest for an MRT programme - Labuc Rob (Melbourne Veterinary Specialist Centre)

17:30 What would canine MRT data bring on our way to human MRT trials? - Wheeler Greg (Peter Mac)

17:45 Do we need late toxicity data before the first human clinical trial? - Senthi Sashendra (The Alfred Hospital)