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December ...

Date: Wednesday December 14, at 10:45 AM
Title: Towards Quantitative Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules Using Classical Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy
Speaker: Joseph Curtis, NCNR
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Tuesday December 13, at 10:45 AM
Title: Neutron Scattering Studies of Short-Range Order and Atomic Displacements in a Null Matrix 62Ni0.52Pt0.48 Crystal.
Speaker: José Rodriguez, University of Houston
Contact: Collin Broholm, x 5179
  

November ...

Date: Wednesday November 23, at 10:45 AM
Title: Retroviral proteases as targets for drug design
Speaker: Alex Wlodawer, Chief, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, NCI-Frederick
Contact: David Worcester, x 5798
  
Date: Friday November 18, at 10:45 AM
Title: Design, synthesis and characterization of artificial proteins for biomolecular materials
Speaker: Ting Xu, University of Pennsylvania and CNBT, NIST
Contact: Susan Krueger, x 6734
  
Date: Thursday November 17, at 10:45 AM
Title: Science and politics -- tales from the trenches
Speaker: Francis Slakey, APS Associate Director of Public Affairs, and Georgetown University
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Tuesday November 15, at 11:00 AM (note the unusual time)
Title: Thin films at interfaces
Speaker: Andrew Nelson, ANSTO
Contact: Paul Butler, x 2028
  
Date: Tuesday November 8, at 10:45 AM
Title: Determination of the Structures of Colloidal Suspensions by Scattering: Structural Arrest Transitions, Equilibrium Clusters and Attraction between Like-Charged Colloids
Speaker: Wei-Ren Chen, University of Tennessee
Contact: Boualem Hammouda, x 3961
  

October ...

Date: Thursday October 20, at 10:45 AM
Title: Spin dynamics of antiferromagnetic molecular rings probed by inelastic neutron scattering
Speaker: Tatiana Guidi, University of Ancona and NCNR
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  
Date: Monday October 17, at 10:45 AM
Title: A New Approach to Determine Nucleic Acid Structures from Small Angle Neutron Scattering Profiles in Solution
Speaker: Sue Gregurick, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Contact: Susan Krueger, x 6734
  
Date: Tuesday October 11, at 10:45 AM
Title: Real-Time Observations of Long-Range Strains on 180° Ferroelectric Domain Walls in Lithium Niobate using X-ray Topography
Speaker: Terry Jach, NIST Surface and Microanalysis Science Division
Contact: Julie Borchers, x 6597
  
Date: Wednesday October 5, at 10:45 AM
Title: Bridging simulations and experiments in microstructure evolution: modeling of microstructural evolution and texture development
Speaker: Anthony Rollett, Carnegie Mellon University
Contact: Vladimir Luzin, x 5303
  

September ...

Date: Tuesday September 20, at 10:45 AM
Title: Polarized Neutron Reflectometry in specular and off-specular mode: some results looking at magnetic thin films and interfaces
Speaker: Dr. Saibal Basu, SUNY Stonybrook
Contact: Joe Dura, x 6251
  
Date: Thursday September 8, at 10:45 AM
Title: Light in the dark; the new German neutron source FRM-II for science, medicine and industry
Speaker: Winfried Petry, Scientific Director, FRM-II, Munich, Germany
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Tuesday September 6, at 10:45 AM
Title: New Model Systems for Studying Highly Frustrated Magnetism
Speaker: Ovidiu Garlea, Ames Laboratory
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  
Date: Friday September 2, at 10:45 AM
Title: Fullerenes and PEO-modified Fullerenes: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of Self-Association in Aqueous Solution and Interaction with Lipid Bilayers
Speaker: Grant Smith, University of Utah
Contact: Mathias Lösche, x 8128
  

August ...

Date: Tuesday August 30, at 10:45 AM
Title: Strain engineering and the ferroelectric properties of perovskite thin films grown on Si
Speaker: Joseph C. Woicik, Ceramics Division
Contact: Peter Gehring, x 3946
  
Date: Tuesday August 16, at 10:45 AM
Title: Update on the ICE instrument control software
Speaker: Mathieu Doucet and Richard Azuah, NCNR
Contact: Nick Maliszewskyj, x 3171
  
Date: Tuesday August 9, at 10:45 AM
Title: Spectroscopy of Electronic States in Atomic Chains
Speaker: Jason Crain, NIST Electron Physics Group
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  
Date: Tuesday August 2, at 10:45 AM
Title: Novel polymeric magnets based on copper(II) halides and pyrazine ligands
Speaker: Jamie Manson, Eastern Washington University
Contact: Craig Brown, x 5134
  

July ...

Date: Friday July 29, at 10:45 AM
Title: Results from Disk Chopper Spectrometer (DCS) measurements of local order and atomic displacements in a 62NiPt crystal.
Speaker: Simon Moss, University of Houston
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Thursday July 21, at 10:45 AM
Title: 3D chemical imaging at the nanoscale
Speaker: John Henry J. Scott, NIST Microanalysis Research Group
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  
Date: Thursday July 21, at 9:30 AM (note the unusual time)
Title: Studies of Polymer Structure at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Using IR-Visible Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
Speaker: Hasnain Rangwalla, University of Akron
Contact: Joe Dura, x 6251
  
Date: Friday July 8, at 2:00 PM
Title: Creating usable software using "Human-Computer Interaction" (HCI)
Speaker: Scott McCrickard, Virginia Tech
Contact: Paul Kienzle, x 4727
  

June ...

Date: Thursday June 30, at 10:45 AM
Title: Non-stoichiometric ordered niobate and tungstate perovskites for microwave applications
Speaker: Hui Wu, U. Pennsylvania
Contact: Terry Udovic, x 6241
  
Date: Tuesday June 28, at 10:45 AM
Title: Structure and dynamics of comb polymers in the melt
Speaker: Annie Brulet, Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Saclay, France
Contact: Boualem Hammouda, x 3961
  
Date: Wednesday June 22, at 4:00 PM
Title: Alzheimer's: A Proposed Mechanism for Amyloid Beta Toxicity
Speaker: James Hall, UC Irvine
Contact: Mathias Lösche, x 8128
  
Date: Thursday, June 2, at 10:45 AM
Title: A time lens for high resolution neutron time of flight spectrometers
Speaker: R. Gähler, Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France
Contact: Jeremy Cook, x 6403
  

May ...

Date: Friday, May 27, at 10:45 AM
Title: Recent developments in R&D at SwissNeutronics
Speaker: Christine Rehm, SwissNeutronics
Contact: Charlie Glinka, x 6242
  
Date: Monday, May 23, at 10:45 AM
Title: A Molecular View of Hydration Dynamics Near a Model Peptide
Speaker: Teresa Head-Gordon, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Wednesday May 18, at 10:45 AM
Title: Neutrons in periodic media
Speaker: Vladimir Ignatovich, JINR, Dubna
Contact: Jeff Nico, x 4663
  
Date: Wednesday, May 11, at 10:45 AM
Title: Predicting the impact of the environment on the structure, chemistry, and electronic properties of metal oxide surfaces
Speaker: Anne M. Chaka, Physical and Chemical Properties Division
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Thursday, May 5, at 10:45 AM
Title: The surface and solution properties of complex mixed surfactant systems
Speaker: Jeff Penfold, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
Contact: John Barker, x 6732
  
Date: Wednesday, May 4, at 10:45 AM
Title: The ISIS Second Target Station Project
Speaker: Jeff Penfold, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  
Date: Tuesday, May 3, at 10:45 AM
Title: Spin and Charge Degrees of Freedom in the Copper Oxide Superconductor La2-xBaxCuO4
Speaker: Sarah Dunsiger, McMaster University
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  

April ...

Date: Thursday, April 28, at 10:45 AM
Title: Relaxation, structure and transport in nanocomposite polymer electrolytes
Speaker: Marie-Louise Saboungi, CRMD Orléans, France
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Wednesday, April 27, at 4:00 PM
Title: Supported Lipid Bilayers as Models for Biological Membranes: From Membrane Domains to Membrane Fusion
Speaker: Prof. Lukas Tamm, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia
Contact: Mathias Lösche, x 8128
  
Date: Tuesday, April 19, at 10:45 AM
Title: Neutron Scattering Studies of a Multiferroic: Spin-Waves and Magnetic Order in HoMnO3
Speaker: Owen Vajk, NCNR
Contact: Jeff Lynn, x 6246
  
Date: Thursday, April 14, at 10:45 AM
Title: Evolution of local dynamics and mechanical aging in soft solids
Speaker: James Harden, The Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Wednesday, April 13, at 4:00 PM
Title: Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRRAS) at the Air/Water Interface
Speaker: Andreas Kerth, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Contact: Ursula Perez-Salas, x 8395
  
Date: Friday, April 8, at 10:45 AM
Title: Novel Concepts in Interfacial Reaction and Engineering for the Template Synthesis of Nanomaterials, and Dynamic Control of Cell-Biomaterial Interfaces
Speaker: Prof. Carlos Co, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati
Contact: Boualem Hammouda, x 3961
  
Date: Monday, April 4, at 1:30 PM (note the unusual time)
Title: Visualizing Fourier Maps, Crystal Structures and Magnetic Structures with DRAWxtl
Speaker: Larry Finger, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington (retired)
Contact: Brian Toby, x 4297
  
Date: Monday, April 4, at 10:45 AM
Title: High field investigations of the inelastic response in the antiferromagnetic superconductor UPd2Al3
Speaker: Elizabeth Blackburn, ILL Grenoble
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  

March ...

Date: Wednesday, March 23, at 2:00 PM (note the unusual time)
Title: Neutron Scattering Investigation of the Structure and Dynamics of Propylene Oxide Clathrate Hydrate
Speaker: Camille Jones, NCNR
Contact: Brian Toby, x 4297
  
Date: Wednesday, March 23, at 10:45 AM
Title: Nuclear Physics meets Biophysics: New Insights into Macromolecules
Speaker: Frank Heinrich, Institut für Experimentelle Physik II, Universität Leipzig
Contact: Mathias Lösche, x 8128
  
Date: Wednesday, March 16, at 10:45 AM
Title: A Neutron Scattering Investigation of the Crystalline Structure of Ettringite with In Situ Observation of Its Formation and Thermal Decomposition
Speaker: Mike Hartman, NCNR
Contact: Jack Rush, x 6231
  
Date: Wednesday, March 9, at 10:45 AM
Title: Condensation of bosons and fermions in spin chains and ladders
Speaker: Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
Contact: John Copley, x 5133
  

February ...

Date: Wednesday, February 23, at 4:00 PM
Title: Membrane Protein Crystallography: Issues and Examples
Speaker: Michael C. Wiener, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia
Contact: Mathias Lösche, x 8128
  
Date: Wednesday, February 23, at 10:45 AM
Title: Applications of Combinatorial Materials Science in Silicon Microelectronics
Speaker: Martin Green, Ceramics Division
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Friday, February 18, at 10:45 AM
Title: High throughput crystallization of membrane proteins in lipidic mesophases
Speaker: Vadim Cherezov, Chemistry department, Ohio State University
Contact: Ursula Perez-Salas, x 8395
  
Date: Wednesday, February 16, at 10:45 AM
Title: Self-assembly of amphiphilic polymers for formulation of nanostructured fluids and synthesis of nanomaterials
Speaker: Paschalis Alexandridis, SUNY Buffalo
Contact: Boualem Hammouda, x 3961

January ...

Date: Friday, January 28, at 10:45 AM
Title: Electronic competing phases and their magnetic field dependence in electron-doped Pr0.88LaCe0.12CuO4±x (PLCCO)
Speaker: Hye Jung Kang, University of Tennessee
Contact: Jeff Lynn, x 6246
  
Date: Thursday, January 27, at 10:45 AM
Title: SANS studies of interfacial polymer layers and liquid crystal dendrimers
Speaker: Terence Cosgrove and Robert Richardson, University of Bristol, UK
Contact: Boualem Hammouda, x 3961
  
Date: Wednesday, January 26, at 4:00PM
Title: Applications of Light Scattering: From Micro-Rheology in Networks to Conformation of Dendrimers to Protein Aggregation.
Speaker: Dr. Grigor Bantchev, Louisiana State University:
Contact: Mathias Loesche, x 8128
  
Date: Wednesday, January 26, at 10:45 AM
Title: At the limit of source brilliance: Advanced Nondispersive Focusing Optics For Thermal Neutrons
Speaker: Gene Ice, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contact: Dan Neumann, x 5252
  
Date: Thursday, January 13, at 10:45 AM
Title: Anisotropic particles in anisotropic fluids
Speaker: Bob Leheny, Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Julie Borchers, x 6597
  
Date: Wednesday, January 12, at 4:00 PM
Title: Probing Membrane Protein Dimerization in the Native Bilayer Environment
Speaker: Kalina Hristova, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Johns Hopkins University
Contact: Mathias Loesche, x 8128
  
Date: Friday, January 7, at 10:45 AM
Title: Orbital effects in cobaltites and vanadates
Speaker: Despina Louca, University of Virginia
Contact: Seung-Hun Lee, x 4257
  

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