NSFCHEMBIO Workshop: Neutron Scattering For Chemistry and the Chemistry/Biology Interface

在化学系化学研究仪器和设备（CRIF）项目和材料研究部国家设备项目的支持下，诺克斯维尔田纳西大学的Linda Magid正在佛罗里达州立大学组织一个为期3天的研讨会。研讨会有以下三个目标：a)告知化学和化学生物社区在橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）的散裂中子源（SNS）和纳米相材料科学中心（CNMS）的机会。c)建立概念团队，负责为仪器、样品环境、支持实验室设施、新用户教育的最佳实践和奖学金计划开发科学案例和资助提案。该奖项将为50名研究生、博士后和/或初级教师以及30名受邀演讲嘉宾提供旅行和生活支持。中子科学联合研究所（JINS）和佛罗里达州立大学的国家强磁场实验室也提供部分支持。橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）的散裂中子源（SNS）的束线应该在2006年投入使用。在那里，化学家和从事化学-生物学界面研究的生物学家对中子散射和光谱学的研究存在着科学进步的机会。然而，在美国，这些社区中活跃的中子用户数量少得可怜。本次研讨会将提供一个机会，吸引这些社区的潜在新用户并向其提供信息。

With support from the Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities (CRIF) Program in the Division of Chemistry and the National Facilities Program in the Division of Materials Research, Linda Magid of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville is organizing a 3-day workshop at Florida State University. The workshop has the following three goals:a) To inform the chemistry and chem-bio communities of opportunities at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and at the Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS), both at Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL). b) To query the community re: needs for instrumentation and sample environment development, among others.c) To develop concept teams that would be responsible for developing science cases and funding proposals for instrumentation, sample environments, supporting lab facilities, best practices for education of new users, and fellowship programs. This award will provide travel support and subsistence for 50 grad students, postdocs and/or junior faculty as well as 30 invited speakers. The Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences (JINS), and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University are also providing partial support. Beamlines at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) should be operational in 2006. Opportunities exist for scientific advances with neutron scattering and spectroscopic investigations there by chemists and by biologists working at the chemistry-biology interface. However, the number of active neutron users in the US among these communities is woefully small. This workshop will provide an opportunity to attract and inform potential new users in these communities.