UK Small Angle Scattering Users Meeting

Jun 16. till Jun 18.

UK Small Angle Scattering Users Meeting

The first edition of the UK Small Angle Scattering User Meeting hosted at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, jointly organised by ISIS, ILL and Diamond Light Source.

Date
16/06/20252025-06-16 - 18/06/20252025-06-18
Location
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, UK
Link
Registration Closed

Overview

This is the first edition of the UK Small Angle Scattering Users Meeting to be held at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. This event will showcase the diverse spectrum of activities in small angle scattering. The event will have a broad scientific focus with plenary and invited speakers, including Annela Seddon (Bristol, UK), Peter Beaucage and Tyler Martin (NIST, US) setting the scene for sessions covering areas of soft matter, magnetism, polymers, energy materials, structural biology and biophysics.

The event will be focused on the science from UK users of the ILL, Diamond and ISIS facilities. In addition, the facilities will provide updates on recent developments and future plans. In the evenings Diamond House will host poster sessions and we encourage all members of the community to attend. We would value your attendance in person but due to the international nature of the event we will also be providing hybrid facilities. A limited amount of funding will be available for the provision of accommodation only, which will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Topics

At this meeting, we will be showcasing the diverse applications of SAS across:

  • Soft matter
  • Magnetism
  • Polymers
  • Energy materials
  • Structural biology
  • Biophysics

Speakers

We are pleased to confirm some of our speakers as follows:

Draft Agenda

Please see below, draft agenda for this event. we will update with a finalised programme closer to the event date:
 

Monday 16th June

Activity

Title

Location

Session 1

 

 

 

10:30-12:00

Registration and coffee

 

Pickavance LT

12:00-13:00

Lunch

 

Diamond Atrium

Session 1

 

 

 

13:00-13:10

Welcome

 

Pickavance LT

13:10-13:50

Plenary – Emily Draper

Using SAS to understand gelation and self-assembly of small organic molecules

Pickavance LT

13:50-14:15

Jian Lu

How can the handedness of nanofibres self-assembled from short peptides be manipulated from designed short peptides?

Pickavance LT

13:50-14:15

Ramya Koduvayur

Structure-property relationships in Pluronic/Hyaluronic acid micellar polycrystals

Pickavance LT

14:40-15:10

Maya Noureddine

The Use of Biophysical Techniques and Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering for Characterising Alpha-Actinin-2 Variants in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Pickavance LT

15:10 – 15:30

Coffee + Poster mounting

 

Pickavance LT

Session 2

 

 

 

15:30-16:10

Tyler Martin - Hybrid

Concurrent, multi-modal, multi-facility scattering experiments with the Autonomous Formulation Lab

Pickavance LT

16:10-16:35

Barbara Gerbelli

Interaction between supramolecular structures composed by lipid membranes and gold nanoparticles

Pickavance LT

16:35-17:00

Emily Arnold

TBD

Pickavance LT

17.00- 17.30

Oleksandr Mykhaylyk

Incorporating the Mass Balance of Scattering Components in SAXS Analysis

Pickavance LT

17:30-20:00

Posters and drinks

 

Diamond Atrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 17th June

 

 

Location

09:00-10:00

Coffee

 

Diamond House G.59

Session 3

 

 

 

10:00-10:40

Plenary – Bo Chen

Small-Angle Neutron Scattering for Probing Precipitate Evolution in Engineering Alloys

Diamond House G.59

10:40-11:05

Yi Zhang ???

 

Diamond House G.59

11:05-11:30

Ian Hamley

SAXS Studies of Model Colloid Sytems: Micelle-Forming Peptide-Based Biosurfactants

Diamond House G.59

11:30-12:00

Henrich Frielinghaus

- Criticality of quasi-binary complex fluids with and without confinement

Diamond House G.59

12:00-13:00

Lunch

 

Diamond Atrium

Session 4

 

 

 

13:00-13:40

Wim Bouwman

Structural evolution of meat analogues during high moisture extrusion

Pickavance LT

13:40-14.05

Pedro Leonidas

Probing the Nanostructure of Hair Conditioners: A SAXS-Based Model for Product Design and Quality Control

Pickavance LT

 

14.05-15.10

Andrew Parnell

Studying the effects of bactericidal antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus with small-angle neutron scattering

Pickavance LT

14.30-15.10

Wim Bras

TBD

Pickavance LT

15:10-15.30

Coffee

 

 

Session 5

 

 

 

15:30-16:10

Nick Brooks

TBD

Pickavance LT

16:10-16.35

Montecinos Munoz – Hybrid

Unravelling surface-to-volume ratio changes in Hg-resistant bacteria from SANS profiles

Pickavance LT

16.35-17.00

Jayesh Bhatt /Steve Perkins

Atomistic scattering modelling in CCP-SAS provides essential insights into human antibody structures

Pickavance LT

17.00-17.30

 

SANS/SAXS ?

Pickavance LT

17.30- 20.00

Dinner and drinks

 

Diamond Atrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 18th June

 

 

Location

09:00-10:00

Coffee

 

Pickavance LT

10.00-10.40

Plenary Annela Seddon

Scattering - A tool for structure but also for collaboration

Pickavance LT

10.40-11.05

Thomas Stawski – Hybrid

Towards sustainable solution-driven recycling of gypsum

Pickavance LT

11.05-11.30

Valeria Castelletto

Micellization of Lipopeptides Containing Toll-like Receptor Agonist and Integrin Binding Sequences

Pickavance LT

11.30-12.00

Poster prize and summa

 

Pickavance LT

12.00-13.00

Lunch

 

Diamond Atrium

Attendance, accommodation and transport

While we encourage in-person participation, this event will be hosted with hybrid facilities to help those unnable to attend in-person. 

Limited funding is available for accommodation on a first-come, first-served basis. 

All meals and refreshments will be provided as part of the registration to the event. This includes a networking poster session taking place at Diamond House, offering a great opportunity to connect with fellow researchers and facility staff. 

Contact the organisers

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at events@diamond.ac.uk.

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