BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Northern Lights on Food Masterclass DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200901T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20200903T100000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260527T024152Z UID:indico-event-167@lindico453.srv.lu.se DESCRIPTION:\n\nDo you want to learn more about neutron and X-ray large sc ale facilities?  Wondering if and how to include these techniques in your food research?\n\nWelcome to the Northern Lights on Food Masterclass\n\nW here: LINXS\, workshop room on the 5th floor (Ideon Delta 5\, Scheeleväge n 19\, Lund)\nWhen: Lund Sept 1-3\, 2020\nWho: All scientists from indust ry and academia new to X-ray and neutron methods\nCost: The course if fre e of charge but with a no-show fee of 1500 SEK.\nCertificate/credits: A ce rtificate will be issued after the course. PhD are recommended to inquire with their institutions about credits.  The recommendation is 5 ECTS  (preparation time + class time and assignment 125 hours)\nApplication dea dline: July 30\n\nUnderstanding food structure that controls storage qual ities\, uptake and nutritional value as well as texture and perception is the key challenge for food scientist and product developers in academia an d food industry. Structural properties of food are multi-dimensional and w e therefore need to understand their structure at various length and time scales. The quality and availability of the product is also subject to con sumer demands and choices made by plant breeder and food producer. We ther efore need to consider the whole production\, from raw material quality\, starting with seed quality and plant breeding\, to food processing and the final product. The latter also includes packaging and how the food intera cts with packaging during storage and consumer handling.\n\nTechniques ava ilable at Large-Scale Research Infrastructure MAX IV Laboratory and the Eu ropean Spallation Source\, ESS\, include spectroscopic\, imaging and scatt ering techniques based on either X-rays or neutrons. These techniques allo w us to obtain detailed compositional maps of food materials and obtain st ructural information ranging from the atomic\, nano- to the micrometer sca le. The high brilliance at such facilities also enables fast in situ exper iments that can help us understand how to control structure formation at d ifferent developmental stages of food products.\n\nWith this two and a hal f day course\, you will acquire basic knowledge of selected techniques acc essed in large scale facilities\, and how to design experiments with parti cular attention to the complexity of food systems. You will be provided wi th the entry point to these exciting new tools\, including developing your own project proposal for beamtime at large scale research infrastructures . Collaborative work between participants will enable you to share experie nce and knowledge of how these powerful techniques could complement lab ba sed advanced chemical and physical techniques routinely used in food resea rch\, such as microscopy\, light scattering\, rheology and processing simu lations.\n\nApplications to be received by July 30\, 2020\nNotification of acceptance by August 15\, 2020\n\nAfter the deadline for registration a c ommittee will decide which applicants are accepted for the Masterclass. Th e selection will be based on the applicants’ letter of motivation (maxim um 1 A4) that must be included in the registration. The motivation letter should declare the applicants’ research focus and what they want to gain from neutron and X-ray based methods. We aim at having a group of selecte d candidates representing a good distribution in food-related research top ics and priority of acceptance will be given to applicants with relevant r esearch questions. \n\nThe Masterclass is organized with funding support f rom Formas and LINXS and is free of charge. The number of participants is limited to 25 students.\n\nA no show fee of 1500 SEK will be imposed.\n\nT he lectures will cover following areas and techniques:\n\n\n Elemental map ping/obtaining chemical information in soft and biological tissues (X-ray absorption spectroscopy)\n 4D imaging of food stuffs at high resolution (d own to 30nm) (X-ray and neutron tomography)\n Structural information on t he atomic scale (X-ray and neutron diffraction) \n Structural information of disordered or partially ordered materials in the nanometer to micromete r range (small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering\, SAXS and SANS)\n Struc tural information of surface properties of materials (grazing incidence SA XS and SANS and neutron reflectometry)\n Complimentary techniques includin g rheology and microscopy\n\n\nThe course will focus on methods\, availabl e instruments and experimental environments\, data evaluation tools and mo delling approaches as well as limitations of the techniques and some compl ementary techniques. The techniques will be explained through general and wide overviews\, as well as specific and detailed examples. The selected a pplicants will be requested to prepare a one slide summary of their resear ch project/interests at the start of the Masterclass as well as a literatu re scan on their project topic in preparation for beamtime application wor k. The applicants will also be requested to design a beamtime proposal bas ed on their own research at the end of the course. \n\nDue to the current Coronavirus pandemic and imposed travel restrictions some of the lectures will be conducted remotely. These lectures will be available for download prior to the course as part of the course preparation. The planned practic al exercises will due to current social distancing recommendations not be possible and therefore focus of the course will be on data analysis on exa mple systems. \n\nList of lecturers:\n\n\n \n Prof. Brent S. Murray\, Univ ersity of Leeds\, United Kingdom\n \n \n Prof. Bill Williams – Massey Un iversity\, New Zealand\n \n \n Prof. Jan Skov Pedersen – Aarhus Universi ty\, Denmark\n \n \n Dr. Richard Campbell – University of Manchester\, U nited Kingdom\n \n \n Dr. Jesper Harholt - Carlsberg Research Laboratory\, Denmark\n \n \n Assoc. Prof. Stephen Hall – Lunds Tekniska Högskola\, Sweden\n \n \n Dr. Ann Terry – MAX IV Laboratory\, Sweden\n \n \n Prof. Niklas Lorén – RISE Research Institutes of Sweden\, Sweden\n \n \n Dr. Kajsa Sigfridsson Clauss – MAX IV Laboratory\, Swede\n \n \n Dr. Judith Houston – European Spallation Source\, ESS\, Sweden\n \n \n Dr. Emanuel Larsson – RISE Research Institutes of Sweden\, Sweden\n \n \n Assist. Pr of. Mads Ry Jørgensen – Aarhus University/MAX IV Laboratory\n \n \n Pro f. Tommy Nylander – Lund University\, Sweden\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nhttps ://lindico453.srv.lu.se/event/167/ LOCATION:LINXS Workshop room\, 5th floor URL:https://lindico453.srv.lu.se/event/167/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR