The next Inside Diamond open day will feature stalls and activities, a short introduction to Diamond and a tour of the machine. We expect the visit will last around two and a half hours. Booking for open days opens 6-8 weeks in advance of the event. Click here for more details.
Organiser: Fred Mosselmans and Paul Quinn
Kath Morris - University of Manchester
Tom Scott - University of Bristol
Susanna Direito - University of Edinburgh
Sam Shaw - University of Manchester
Pieter Bots - University of Manchester
John Bridges - University of Leicester
Madeleine Humphreys - University of Durham
Martin Obst - University of Tübingen
Ashley King - Natural History Museum
Mark Hodson - University of York
Stephen Thompson - Diamond Light Source
11:00 | Registration, coffee |
11:30 | Welcome & facility update |
12:15 | Lunch (RAL restaurant) |
12:45 | Poster session |
13:30 | The BIGRAD Consortium – bright light and deep geological disposal Kath Morris, University of Manchester |
14:10 | Lumps, bumps and flammable powders - nuclear waste viewed in a new light Tom Scott, University of Bristol |
14:40 | Geo-Rep-Net Susana Direito, University of Edinburgh |
14:50 | Env-Rad-Net Sam Shaw, University of Manchester |
15:00 | Tea and coffee |
15:30 | The formation of stable uranium(VI) colloidal nanoparticles in radioactive waste geodisposal relevant conditions Pieter Bots, University of Manchester |
16:00 | Comets, asteroids and Mars: microfocus spectroscopy analyses of planetary materials John Bridges, University of Leicester |
16:30 | Iron oxidation state in volcanic rocks, from magma generation to eruption Madeleine Humphreys, University of Durham |
17:00 | Move to lecture theatre |
17:15 | Poster prizes |
17:30 | Keynote speaker |
18:30 | Drinks reception |
19:00 | Conference Dinner (RAL restaurant) |
09:00 | Update on current and future Diamond beamlines used by the geoscience community |
09:30 | Feedback on geoscience opportunities at Diamond |
09:45 | The fate of metals in the environment - mechanisms enlightened by 2D and 3D spectromicroscopy Martin Obst, University of Tübingen |
10:30 | Coffee (Diamond atrium) |
11:00 | Constraining the settings of aqueous alteration in the early Solar System by microfocus X-ray spectroscopy |
11:30 | Earthworm balls - using synchrotron beamlines to map out the distribution of different polymorphs of biogenic calcium carbonate at high resolution Mark Hodson, University of York |
12:00 | Thermal transformations in modified calcium carbonates: when geology meets biology Stephen Thompson, Diamond |
12:30 | Lunch |
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