Users' Conference Program

SSRL 26^TH ANNUAL USERS' CONFERENCE October 11-12, 1999

Program

MONDAY, October 11

8:00 Registration / Check-In

Session 1: Introduction (Chair: B. Clemens / Stanford U.)

9:00 Welcome

9:05 SLAC Director’s Welcome (J. Dorfan / SLAC)

9:15 SSRL Director’s Report (K. Hodgson / SSRL)

10:00 Report from Washington D.C. (I. Thomas / DOE-BES)

10:15 SSRLUO Report (P. Allen / LLNL)

10:30 BREAK

Session 2: Current and Future Science (Chair: J. Stöhr / IBM)

10:50 Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Studies of DNA-Membrane Self-Assemblies: from
Physics to Biomedical Applications (Cyrus Safinya / UCSB)

11:30 Tuning in to Structural Biology in the Millenium; Prospects and Barriers (R. Stroud / UCSF)

12:10 LUNCH

1:25 Atmospheric Aerosols via Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence (T. Cahill / UCSD)

2:05 Single Molecule Imaging (J. Hajdu / Uppsala)

2:45 X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (M. Cornacchia / SSRL)

3:25 BREAK

Session 3: SSRL Facility Reports (Chair: P. Allen / LLNL)

3:45 SPEAR Performance and Plans (J. Safranek / SSRL)

4:15 SPEAR3 Status (T. Elioff / SSRL)

4:45 Beamline Updates (T. Rabedeau / SSRL)

5:15 Poster Session / Judging by SSRLUO-EC

6:30 Evening Program - Onsite Barbecue
Presentation of the Lytle Award and Student Poster Awards

TUESDAY, October 12

8:00 Late Registration / Check-in

Session 4: Materials Science Session (Chair: Z. Rek / SSRL)

9:00 Electronic Structure and Energy Gap of Nd_1.85Ce_0.15CuO₄: Evidence for Disparity between Hole and Electron Doped Cuprate Superconductors (N.P. Armitage /
Stanford University)

9:25 Site Specific Mn Valences by Powder Diffraction in Mn Oxides (A. Mehta / SSRL)

9:50 Anti-Wetting Polymer Coatings (J. Lüning / IBM)

10:15 BREAK

Session 5: Environmental Session (Chair: J. Bargar / SSRL)

10:40 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Soils and Aquatic Systems: Are they Formed by the Natural Biogeochemical Processes? (S. Myneni)

11:05 Investigation of Uranium Sequestration Mechanisms by Apatite Materials for Remediation of Contaminated Ground Water by Permeable Reactive Barriers (C. Fuller / U.S. Geological Survey)

Session 6: Protein Crystallography (Chair: H. Bellamy / SSRL)

11:30 Structure of the C-terminal Domain of FliG, a Component of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor
(F. Whitby / University of Utah)

11:55 Arsenite Oxidase, a New Molybdenum Protein Structure from BL 9-2 (P. Ellis / SSRL)

12:20 Bacterial Invasion of Mammalian Cells: The Crystal Structure of Invasin (Z. Hamburger / California Institute of Technology)

12:45 LUNCH

Workshop Sessions 1:30 - 5:00

Fundamentals of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Data Analysis

Small-angle X-ray Scattering Studies at SSRL

1:30-2:00 SAXS as a Tool for Studying Structure and Ordering in Diblock Copolymer Solutions (A. Gast / Stanford University)

2:00-2:30 The Structure and Conformation of Novel Dendrimer-like Star Polymers (J. Hedrick

3:10 BREAK

8:00	Registration / Check-In
Session 1: Introduction (Chair: B. Clemens / Stanford U.)
9:00	Welcome
9:05	SLAC Director’s Welcome (J. Dorfan / SLAC)
9:15	SSRL Director’s Report (K. Hodgson / SSRL)
10:00	Report from Washington D.C. (I. Thomas / DOE-BES)
10:15	SSRLUO Report (P. Allen / LLNL)
10:30	BREAK

Session 2: Current and Future Science (Chair: J. Stöhr / IBM)
10:50	Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Studies of DNA-Membrane Self-Assemblies: from Physics to Biomedical Applications (Cyrus Safinya / UCSB)
11:30	Tuning in to Structural Biology in the Millenium; Prospects and Barriers (R. Stroud / UCSF)
12:10	LUNCH
1:25	Atmospheric Aerosols via Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence (T. Cahill / UCSD)
2:05	Single Molecule Imaging (J. Hajdu / Uppsala)
2:45	X-ray Free-Electron Lasers (M. Cornacchia / SSRL)
3:25	BREAK

Session 3: SSRL Facility Reports (Chair: P. Allen / LLNL)
3:45	SPEAR Performance and Plans (J. Safranek / SSRL)
4:15	SPEAR3 Status (T. Elioff / SSRL)
4:45	Beamline Updates (T. Rabedeau / SSRL)
5:15	Poster Session / Judging by SSRLUO-EC
6:30	Evening Program - Onsite Barbecue Presentation of the Lytle Award and Student Poster Awards

Session 4: Materials Science Session (Chair: Z. Rek / SSRL)
9:00	Electronic Structure and Energy Gap of Nd_1.85Ce_0.15CuO₄: Evidence for Disparity between Hole and Electron Doped Cuprate Superconductors (N.P. Armitage / Stanford University)
9:25	Site Specific Mn Valences by Powder Diffraction in Mn Oxides (A. Mehta / SSRL)
9:50	Anti-Wetting Polymer Coatings (J. Lüning / IBM)
10:15	BREAK

Session 5: Environmental Session (Chair: J. Bargar / SSRL)
10:40	Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Soils and Aquatic Systems: Are they Formed by the Natural Biogeochemical Processes? (S. Myneni)
11:05	Investigation of Uranium Sequestration Mechanisms by Apatite Materials for Remediation of Contaminated Ground Water by Permeable Reactive Barriers (C. Fuller / U.S. Geological Survey)

Session 6: Protein Crystallography (Chair: H. Bellamy / SSRL)
11:30	Structure of the C-terminal Domain of FliG, a Component of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor (F. Whitby / University of Utah)
11:55	Arsenite Oxidase, a New Molybdenum Protein Structure from BL 9-2 (P. Ellis / SSRL)
12:20	Bacterial Invasion of Mammalian Cells: The Crystal Structure of Invasin (Z. Hamburger / California Institute of Technology)
12:45	LUNCH

Workshop Sessions 1:30 - 5:00
Fundamentals of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Data Analysis
Small-angle X-ray Scattering Studies at SSRL
1:30-2:00	SAXS as a Tool for Studying Structure and Ordering in Diblock Copolymer Solutions (A. Gast / Stanford University)
2:00-2:30	The Structure and Conformation of Novel Dendrimer-like Star Polymers (J. Hedrick
3:10	BREAK