In this issue:
1. Beamtime proposal deadline for 2009-2 cycle
2. New Zealand Synchrotron Users’ Meeting – call for absrtacts
3. Important dates for 2009

1. Beamtime proposal deadline for 2009-2 cycle

Beamtime proposals to apply for time in May-August 2009 must be submitted to the Australian Synchrotron portal by 24 February.

http://portal.synchrotron.org.au/AS/proposal/index.jsp

Proposals are being accepted for the following beamlines in the 2009-2 cycle:

Protein crystallography (PX1 and PX2)	Merit and Preferred Access
Powder diffraction	Merit and Preferred Access
IR (microscope and spectrometer)	Merit and Preferred Access
Small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering	Merit and Preferred Access
X-ray fluorescence microscopy	Merit and Preferred Access
Soft x-ray spectroscopy	Merit Access only
X-ray absorption spectroscopy	Merit Access only

More information about each of the beamlines is available on our website.
http://portal.synchrotron.org.au/AS/proposal/index.jsp

We encourage you to contact the relevant beamline scientist to discuss your experiment before submitting a proposal.

See the Australian Synchrotron website for more information:
http://www.synchrotron.org.au/content.asp?Document_ID=5480

2. New Zealand Synchrotron Users’ Meeting – call for abstracts

The second New Zealand Synchrotron Users’ Meeting will be held on 20-21 April in Wellington. We strongly encourage all users who have received beamtime at the Australian Synchrotron or funding from NZSG to travel to other facilities to present some of their results to the wider community.

The meeting will comprise some overview talks for new users, presentations from Australian Synchrotron staff, and current users. Registration is free and some travel assistance may be available to students and post-docs.

For further information and to submit abstracts, please see our website:
http://www.synchrotron.rsnz.org/user/workshop2009.php

These pages will be updated regularly.

Abstract submission closes on 1 April.

3. Important dates for 2009

24 Feb
Australian Synchrotron online proposal submission closes for 2009-2 cycle (May-Aug)

20-21 April
New Zealand Synchrotron Users’ Meeting, Wellington

21 May – 17 Jun
Australian Synchrotron online proposal submission open for the 2009-3 round (Sep-Dec)

Regards,

Bridget Ingham
Technical Director, New Zealand Synchrotron Support Programme

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