ON SEPTEMBER 9-11, 2020, THE FIRST JOINT MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE POLISH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOCIETY (PTPS) AND USERS OF THE NATIONAL SOLAR SYNCHROTRON RADIATION CENTER (NCPS).
This meeting is the result of a very close, long-term cooperation between PTPS and NCPS SOLARIS.
The Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society has been organizing the National Synchrotron Radiation Users Symposium (KSUPS) every two years since 1991. It was thanks to the efforts of the scientific community associated in the Polish Synchrotron Consortium and members of the Society that in 2010 the construction of the National Synchrotron Radiation Center – SOLARIS synchrotron in Krakow began. Since 2018, research groups from various centers, not only from Poland, have been conducting research on the measurement lines of the SOLARIS synchrotron, which has become a unique research center in Poland. SOLARIS is constantly expanding its research offer and recently, in addition to the synchrotron, scientists are also now available the most advanced electron cryomicroscope in Poland.
This meeting is the evolution of the National Synchrotron Radiation Users Symposium, and starts a new tradition. The board of PTPS decided to change the KSUPS format and extend it to a meeting of synchrotron users, which was possible thanks to close cooperation between PTPS and the SOLARIS Center – adds prof. dr hab. Wojciech M. Kwiatek, president of PTPS.
The aim of the meeting is to present the achievements and exchange of scientific experiences related to conducting research with the use of synchrotron radiation. Such annual user meetings are a good practice in other synchrotron centers, and also enable the promotion of research techniques available in a given center – says Prof. dr hab. Marek Stankiewicz, director of the SOLARIS Center.
Discussions and lectures will also be accompanied by a poster session and a visit to SOLARIS. The meeting will take place in the auditorium of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University at ul. Gronostajowa 2 in Krakow.
Soon, the event entitled: Joint Meeting of Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society and SOLARIS Users will be able to send applications for participation and abstracts of presentations. Detailed information about the conference will be available on the websites of PTPS and SOLARIS. Aware of the current situation related to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, we hope that the planned meeting in September this year will be held in a safer and calm atmosphere.
Chairman of the organizing committee:
dr hab. Jakub Szlachetko prof. Marek Stankiewicz
JOINT MEETING OF POLISH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOCIETY AND SOLARIS USERS