I am pleased to announce that this year's ACA meeting (Chicago, IL, July
24-29, 2010) will include a return of the highly popular session on
radiation damage. We all know that damage can be a problem, but the
interesting developments over the last few years are that there are
finally some accurate ways to predict what you can expect from your
sample and that new experimental strategies and even new machines are
being developed to push the limits even farther.
Janet Smith and I are organizing, and we have already managed to obtain
Elspeth Garman, Ed Stern and Bob Fischetti as speakers, but all
remaining lectures must be selected from submitted abstracts. So, I
strongly encourage all those who do radiation damage research as well as
those who are tired of struggling with data that just won't solve to
submit an abstract and register for the meeting! The deadline for
abstract submission is March 31, 2010, and the advanced registration
deadline is May 31, 2010. A preliminary meeting program with all
session topics is available on the ACA website:
http://www.amercrystalassn.org/content/pages/2010-program
I think it will be a good meeting this year, and I hope to see you all
in Chicago,
-James Holton
MAD Scientist, ALS 8.3.1
-Janet Smith
Director, GM/CA CAT
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