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 ++++ 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 ++++ Reception: Sunday October 26 7:00 pm Opening Remarks: Monday October 27 8:45 am Banquet: Monday October 27 7:00 pm ++++ 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) ++++ 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) ++++ 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. ++++ 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) ++++ 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) ++++ 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 ++++ 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). ++++ 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 ========================================= Phone: 706-542-1750 Fax: 706-542-3077