3rd Announcement
The 72nd Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference
October 26 - 28, 2014
Georgia Hotel & Conference Center
Athens, GA,
Organized by John Rose and B.C. Wang
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Deadlines (more information below)
Hotel reservations: Deadline September 29, 2014
Conference Registration: Deadline October 15, 2014
Sidhu Award: Deadline October 1, 2014
Abstract Deadline: Deadline October 15, 2014
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Reception: Sunday October 26 7:00 pm
Opening Remarks: Monday October 27 8:45 am
Banquet: Monday October 27 7:00 pm
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Scientific Sessions I
Scientific Sessions begin at 9:00 am and 1:30 pm
Oct 27 AM Session: 100 years of X-ray Diffraction
Chair John Rose (University of Georgia)
Brian Matthews (University of Oregon)
Bi-Cheng Wang (University of Georgia)
Charles Campana (Bruker-AXS)
Aina Cohen(Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory)
Larry DeLucas (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
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Oct 27 PM Session: Structure Elucidation, Refinement and Interpretation
through Powder Diffraction Crystallography
Chair Charles Lake (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Brian Toby (APS, Argonne National Laboratory)
Bob von Dreele (APS, Argonne National Laboratory)
Ashfia Huq (SNS,Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Angus Wilkinson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Clarina dela Cruz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Scott Speakman (PANalytical)
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October 27: Poster Session
Posters on all topics related to X-ray diffraction are invited. The C.S. Yoo
Poster award ($400) will be given for the best poster presented by a student in
the areas of macromolecular crystallography, small molecule crystallography and
diffraction based material science).
Please see the PDC website (pdc14.bmb.uga.edu) for information about abstract
preparation.
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Scientific Sessions II
Scientific Sessions begin at 9:00 am and 1:30 pm
Oct 28 AM Session: Crystallographic Education
Chair Joe Ng (University of Alabama, Huntsville)
Cora Lind-Kovacs (University of Toledo)
Joe NG (University of Alabama, Huntsville)
Leighton Coates (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Larry DeLucas (University of Alabama, Birmingham)
Bill Duax (Hauptman-Woodward Institute)
Claudia Rawn (University of Tennessee)
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Oct 28 PM Session: Advances in Neutron Crystallography
Chair Paul Langan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Irene Weber (Georgia State University)
Don Ronning (University of Toledo)
Andrey Kovalevsky (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Daniel Unruh (Texas Tech University)
Mayank Aggarwal (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Conference Workshop
Sunday October 26
9:00 - 5:00
Georgia Hotel & Conference Center
Powder Diffraction Structure Solution with GSAS-II
Robert B. Von Dreele and Brian Toby
X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
The new GSAS-II package is believed to be the only general-purpose
crystallographic analysis package to be started in the current century. It is
also the only package written in a modern scientist-friendly language, such as
Python. GSAS-II performs structural analysis from x-ray and neutron diffraction
data, which may be single-crystal and/or powder diffraction data. It is hoped
that by the time of the PDC, work will have begun on extending GSAS-II to
include TOF data from the neutron spallation source. Beyond structural
analysis, GSAS-II can be used for powder diffraction data reduction, texture
and stress analysis as well as pattern indexing and structure solution.
This workshop will highlight these latter capabilities of GSAS-II: indexing and
structure solution from powder diffraction, although all features of the
package will be introduced. Participants should bring a laptop (Windows, Mac or
Linux) with the GSAS-II software installed. To download GSAS-II see
subversion.xray.aps.anl.gov/trac/pyGSAS.
Contact the authors in advance for help with software installation. Limited
assistance will also be available before the workshop start time.
Registration $65.00 (includes lunch)
Space is limited to 30 participants so register now
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Important Deadlines
Conference Registrations – Deadline October 15, 2014
Everyone must register for the meeting including invited speakers.
$150 Conference registration for professionals (non students)
$ 50 Conference registration for students
$ 65 GSAS-II Workshop registration only
Reservations can be made via the conference web page
pdc14.bmb.uga.edu (REGISTRATIONS)
Hotel reservations – Deadline September 29, 2014
The PDS has reserved a block of 40 rooms at the UGA Hotel & Conference Center
at the conference rate of $104.00 per night.
Hotel reservations may be made via HOUSING link on the PDC web page or by
telephone (800-884-1381). Please reference the hotel block code 83280 when
making your reservations.
Abstracts – Deadline September 29, 2014 (See the ABSTRACTS link on the PDC web
page).
Sidhu Award – Deadline October 1, 2014 (See the SIDHU AWARD link on the PDC web
page).
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For more information please see the PDC Web Site: PDC14.bmb.uga.edu
John Rose Ph.D.
John Rose Ph.D.
Associate Professor
B204B, The Fred C. Davison Life Sciences Complex
120 Green Street
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7229
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Phone: 706-542-1750
Fax: 706-542-3077
