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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