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Sunday, October 18

Monday, October 19

Tuesday, October 20

Wednesday, October 21

Sunday, October 18, 2009
- Special Symposium: Advances in Lightsource Science Past, Present and Future
- Location: Kavli Auditorium
- Organizers: Aharon Kapitulnik, Steven Kivelson, Keith Hodgson
8:30 am Gathering (refreshments at the lobby of the Kavli auditorium)
8:50 am Opening Remarks
9:00 am The Doniach Phase Diagram and Kondo Lattice - Zack Fisk (UC Irvine)
9:35 am 40 years of the Doniach Phase Diagram in Heavy Heavy Fermion Physics - Piers Coleman (Rutgers University)
10:10 am Coffee Break
10:40 am High Temperature Superconductivity – After 23 Years, Where are We At? - Mike Norman (ANL)
11:15 am Intrinsic Paramagnetism of Ferroelectrics - Igor Dzyaloshinskii (UC Irvine)
12:00 pm Lunch (provided to participants)
1:15 pm Single Molecule Photon Trajectories and Protein Folding Transition Paths - William Eaton (NIH)
1:50 pm The Physics of RNA Folding - Rhiju Das (Stanford University)
2:25 pm Using Crystallography and SAXS to Study an Enzyme that Disassembles a Coiled-coil Protein Complex - William Weis (Stanford University)      
3:00 pm Tea Break
3:30 pm Fighting Hospital Superbugs with Physics - Gabe Aeppli (University College London)
4:05 pm LCLS, and the Next Generations of Light Sources - Claudio Pellegrini (UCLA)

Monday, October 19, 2009
- Location: Panofsky Auditorium
- Organizers: Sebastien Boutet (SLAC), Katherine Kantardjieff (CSU Fullerton), Richard Lee (LBNL), Donghui Lu (SLAC)
7:00 am Registration/Light Refreshments
8:00 am Plenary Session I - Dick Lee (LLNL)
8:10 am Welcome - Persis Drell (SLAC)
8:30 am DOE/BES Update - Harriet Kung (DOE)
9:00 am SSRL Update - Piero Pianetta (SLAC)
9:45 am LCLS Update - Jo Stohr (SLAC)
10:30 am Break
10:40 am SSRLUOEC Update - Wayne Lukens (LBNL)
10:55 am LCLSUOEC Update - Linda Young (ANL)
11:10 am Washington Update - Mike Lubell (APS)
11:40 am Vendor Exhibits, Lunch Break (Set Up Posters)
1:00 pm Plenary Session II - Sebastien Boutet (SLAC)
1:05 pm In Memory of H. C. Siegmann, the Father of Modern Spin Physics - Jo Stohr (SLAC)
William E. and Diane M. Spicer Young Investigator Award
1:35 pm Experimental Realization of a Large Gap 3D Topological Insulator with a Single Dirac-Cone on the Surface - Yulin Chen (Stanford University), William E. and Diane M. Spicer Young Investigator Award
Melvin P. Klein Scientific Development Award
2:05 pm Development of Diffraction-based Characterization Tools for the Investigation of Texture, Mosaicity and Crystallinity in Polythiophene Thin Films - Leslie Jimison (Stanford University), Melvin P. Klein Scientific Development Award
2:35 pm Break
2:45 pm Microimaging Workshop Preview (Hard X-ray)  - Sam Webb (SLAC)
2:55 pm Soft X-ray Nanoscale Imaging with the SSRL STXM Workshop Preview - Hendrik Ohldag (SLAC)
3:05 pm Macromolecular Crystallography Workshop Preview - Clyde Smith (SLAC)
3:15 pm Soft X-ray Instrument at LCLS Workshop Preview - William Schlotter (SLAC)
3:25 pm X-ray Pump Probe Workshop Preview - David Fritz (SLAC)
3:35 pm Vendor Exhibits, Break
4:00 pm Keynote Talk: Green IT Developments - Bill St. Arnaud (CANARIE)
4:45 pm User Poster Session/Reception
6:45 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Presentation of Lytle Award, Outstanding Student Poster Awards - Wayne Lukens (LBNL)
8:30 pm Coffee, Dessert
8:45 pm Adjourn

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
- LCLS Facility, Instrumentation & Science Highlights
- Location: Panofsky Auditorium
- Organizers: Sebastien Boutet (SLAC), Richard Lee (LBNL)
8:00 am Registration/Light Refreshments
8:30 am Session Chair - Jochen Schneider (SLAC)
8:35 am LCLS LUSI Instrument Overview - John Arthur (SLAC)
9:05 am SXR Instrument Update - Michael Rowen (SLAC)
9:35 am X-ray Pump-Probe Instrument Update - David Fritz (SLAC)
10:05 am Break
10:20 am Coherent X-ray Instrument Update - Sebastien Boutet (SLAC)
10:50 am The X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy Instrument at the LCLS - Aymeric Robert (SLAC)
11:20 am Matter in Extreme Conditions Instrument Update - Hae Ja Lee (SLAC)
11:50 am Lunch
1:00 pm LCLS Operation at Soft X-ray Energies - Paul Emma (SLAC)
1:30 pm Laser System Update - Ryan Coffee (SLAC)
2:00 pm AMO Update, Report of Commissioning - John Bozek (SLAC)
2:30 pm Observation of X-ray Multiphoton Processes- Elliot Kanter (ANL)
2:45 pm 1st AMO User Experiment Experience - Cosmin Blaga (OSU)
3:00 pm Double Core Hole and Non-Linear X-ray Processes in Molecules using the LCLS - Nora Berrah (Western Michigan University)                             
3:15 pm Break/Vendor Exhibits
3:45 pm LCLS Users' Organization Annual Meeting
5:30 pm Reception (combined SSRL and LCLS Users' Organization Reception in Panofsky Auditorium lobby)
7:00 pm Adjourn

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
- SSRL Facility, Instrumentation & Science Highlights
- Location: Kavli Auditorium
- Organizers: Katherine Kantardjieff (CSU Fullerton), Donghui Lu (SLAC)
8:00 am Registration/Light Refreshments
8:30 am Session Chair - Apurva Mehta (SLAC)
8:35 am Ultrafast Science/Pump Probe Experiments at SSRL - Aaron Lindenberg (SLAC)
9:00 am Transmission X-ray Microscope Imaging at SSRL - Joy Andrews Hayter (SLAC)
9:25 am The New Advanced X-Ray Spectroscopy Station at SSRL Beamline 6-2 - Uwe Bergmann (SLAC)
9:50 am Break
10:15 am Structural Molecular Biology Session - Katherine Kantardjieff (CSU Fullerton)
10:20 am Visualizing Functional Conformational Change; a Combined Crystallography, SAXS and Computational Approach - Edward Snell (HWI)
10:40 am Structural Analysis of the Mammalian ABC Transporter P-glycoprotein - Andrew Ward (TSRI)
11:00 am Techniques and Tactics Used in Determining the Structure of the Trimeric Ebolavirus Glycoprotein - Erica Saphire (TSRI)
11:20 am Lessons Learnt from Structural Studies of Nitric Oxide Synthase: New Tools to Design Selective Enzyme Inhibitors - Elsa Garcin (UMBC)   
11:40 am Electronic Structure Differences in Solution and Crystalline Oxyhemoglogin  - Ritimukta Sarangi (SLAC)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Environmental & Material Science Session - Donghui Lu (SLAC)
1:35 pm Lensless Nanoscale Imaging: Combining MAD Crystallography with X-ray Holography - Andreas Scherz (SLAC)
2:00 pm Precise Structure of Pentacene Monolayers on Amorphous Silicon Oxide and Relation to Charge Transport - Stefan Mannsfeld (SLAC)
2:20 pm Ions in the Clutches of Carbon Nanotubes - Jason Holt (LLNL)
2:40 pm A New Type of Molecular Self-Ordering in Organic Solar Cell Materials - Roman Gysel (Stanford University)
3:00 pm Break/Vendor Exhibits
3:30 pm SSRL Users' Organization Annual Meeting
5:30 pm Reception (combined SSRL and LCLS Users' Organization Reception in Panofsky Auditorium lobby)
7:00 pm Adjourn

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
- Workshop 1: SSRL Imaging Group Workshop
- Time: 9 am - 5 pm
- Location: Bldg. 48, ROB A&B
- Organizers: Joy Andrews Hayter, Hendrik Ohldag, Sam Webb (SLAC)
8:30 am Coffee - Breakfast
Session 1: Introduction to SSRL Capabilities
9:00 am Scanning X-ray Fluorescence Microscope at BL 2-3 - Sam Webb (SLAC)
9:20 am Full Field Transmission X-ray Microscope at BL 6-2 - Joy Andrews Hayter (SLAC)
9:40 am Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope at BL 13-1 - Hendrik Ohldag (SLAC)
Session 2: Keynote Speakers
10:00 am Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy - Pierre Thibault (Munich Technical University)
10:45 am Full-field Transmission X-ray Microscopy: 3D Nano Tomography and Mineral Density Quantification in Mouse Bone - Eduardo Almeida (NASA Ames Research Center)
11:30 am Tracing Toxic Elements in Biological Tissues with X-ray Fluorescence Imaging - Graham George (University of Saskatchewan)
12:15 pm Lunch Break
Session 3: Soft X-ray Imaging (Parallel Session)
1:30 pm Electronic Structure and Spin Dynamics of Magnetorestrictive Fe1-xGax Films - Yves Idzerda (Montana State University)
2:00 pm STXM on Polar Surfaces - Suman Hossain (SLAC)
2:30 pm X-ray Holographic Microscopy - Robert Froemter (University of Hamburg)
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm Solar Energy and Solar Fuels: Investigating Interfaces for Photovoltaic Energy Conversion and Photocatalysis with X-ray Microscopy - Theanne Schiros (Columbia University)
3:45 pm Understanding Pure Spin Transport in Metals: Can X-rays Help? - Goran Mihajlovic (ANL)
4:15 pm Time Resolved STXM Studies of Magnetic Nanopilars - David Bernstein (SLAC)
5:00 pm Beamline Visits
7:00 pm Dinner off-site
Session 3: Hard X-ray Imaging (Parallel Session)
1:30 pm Multimodal X-ray and MS Imaging of Metallic Nanodeposits in Yeast - Zoltan Mester (National Research Council Canada), Yves Idzerda (Montana State University)
2:00 pm High-Resolution X-ray Imaging at Ultrahigh Pressure - Wendy Mao (Stanford University)
2:30 pm X-ray Mapping of Transition Metals in Extremophiles from the Atacama Desert - Oana Marcu (NASA Ames Research Center)
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm Brain Metal Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis Revealed by RS-XRF - Helen Nichol (University of Saskatchewan)
3:45 pm The Application of Micro-XAS and XRF to Art and Archaeology - Apurva Mehta (SLAC)
4:15 pm The Application of Synchrotron Micro-probe to the Study of Contaminant Metal Speciation in Arid Mine Tailings - Sarah Hayes (University of Arizona)
5:00 pm Beamline Visits
7:00 pm Dinner off-site

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
- Workshop 2: Macromolecular Crystallization, Sample Preparation and Synchrotron Data Collection
- Time: 9 am - 5 pm
- Location: SSRL Bldg. 137 Room 336
- Organizer: Clyde Smith (SLAC)
9:00 am Welcome – Overview of Workshop - Clyde Smith (SLAC)
9:10 am Crystals to Structure - Eddie Snell (HWI)
9:30 am Crystallization Screening in High-Throughput, Practical Advice - Joe Luft (HWI)
10:30 am Recent Advances in Membrane Protein Crystallization - Mike Malkowski (HWI)
11:00 am Optimization and Crystallization in the Laboratory - Katherine Kantardjieff  (CSU Fullerton)                                                                                               
11:45 am Preparing Your Samples for the Synchrotron - Aina Cohen (SLAC)
12:15 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Demonstrations: Group A Cryotool Useage (Aina Cohen)
Demonstrations: Group B Remote Data Collection Demo (Clyde Smith)
2:15 pm Demonstrations: Group A Remote Data Collection Demo (Clyde Smith)
Demonstrations: Group B Cryotool Useage (Aina Cohen)
3:00 pm Web-Ice and Strategy - Ana Gonzalez (SLAC)
3:30 pm Tour SSRL SAXS, XAS Beam Lines; Return to Building 137
4:00 pm Refreshments in Bldg. 137
4:15 pm How to Get Started (Group Discussion).
5:00 pm Closeout

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - Thursday, October 22, 2009
- Workshop 3: LCLS Beam Line for Soft X-Ray Science
- Time: 9 am - 5 pm
- Location: Panofsky Auditorium
- Organizers: William Schlotter, Anders Nilsson (SLAC) and Wilfried Wurth (University of Hamburg)
Day 1: Experimental Opportunities and Outlook
9:00 am Welcome and Workshop Mission - William Schlotter (SLAC)
9:05 am Overview of the SXR Program - Anders Nilsson (SLAC)
9:15 am Coherent Imaging - Henry Chapman (CFEL, Hamburg)
10:00 am Liquid Jet Experiments - Simone Techert (Max Planck Institute)
10:45 am Surface Science Experiments - Wilfred Wurth (University of Hamburg)
11:30 am RIXS Experiments - Zahid Hussain (ALS/LBNL)
12:30 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm Collaborations and Proposal Writing - Uwe Bergmann (SLAC)
2:30 pm SXR Instrument Overview & Update - William Schlotter (SLAC)
3:00 pm CFEL-ASG Multi-purpose (CAMP) End Station - Daniel Rolles (Max Planck Institute ASG, Hamburg)                                                                              
3:15 pm Liquid Jet End Station - Alexander Föhlisch (HZB, Berlin)
3:30 pm Surface Chemistry End Station - Hirohito Ogasawara (SLAC)
3:45 pm Resonant Imaging End Station - Andreas Scherz (SLAC)
4:00 pm Momentum Resolved X-ray Scattering ES - Wei-Sheng Lee (SLAC)
4:15 pm Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) End Station - Joachim Ullrich (Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg)
4:30 pm Closeout
Day 2: Technical Experiment Preparation (SXR Experiment Training)
9:00 am SXR Experiment Preparation Cycle and the Expectations of Experimenters - William Schlotter (SLAC)
9:30 am From FEE to SXR Beamline Exit Flange - Michael Rowen (SLAC)
10:00 am FEL Operation at Soft X-ray Energies - Paul Emma (SLAC)
10:30 am Control Systems Software FEL and Beamline - Amedeo Perazzo (SLAC)
11:00 am DAQ Setup and Data Extraction - Christopher O'Grady (SLAC)
11:30 am Online Software for Monitoring Online Data Quality - Matt Weaver (SLAC)
12:00 pm Pump Laser Systems - Ryan Coffee (SLAC)
12:30 pm Safety for SXR - Zoe Van Hoover (SLAC)
1:00 pm Lunch Break

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
- Workshop 4: X-ray Pump Probe Instrument at LCLS - Experiment Preparation Workshop
- Time: 9 am - 12 pm
- Location: Bldg. 40, Orange Conference Room
- Organizer: David Fritz (SLAC)
9:00 am Overview of XPP Capabilities and Status of the Instrument - David Fritz (SLAC)                                                                                                                    
10:00 am Question/Answer/Discussion Session
12:00 pm Adjourn