Joint Meeting of PSRS Members and SOLARIS Centre Users

List of lectures

7. Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society – supporting the Polish photon-science community (O-01)

Agnieszka Witkowska (Institute of Nanotechnology and Materials Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology)

14/09/2026, 14:00

Session I – Information and support for synchrotron users (session chair: Marek Stankiewicz)

8. Update from SOLARIS Centre - accelerators, beamlines, cryo-electron microscopy facility (O-02)

Adriana Wawrzyniak (SOLARIS) , Artur Biela (NSRC SOLARIS, Jagiellonian University) , Marcin Sikora (NCPS Solaris, Jagiellonian University)

14/09/2026, 14:15

Session I – Information and support for synchrotron users (session chair: Marek Stankiewicz)

9. Support for Polish Users of EuXFEL (O-03)

Ryszard Sobierajski (INSTYTUT FIZYKI POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK)

14/09/2026, 15:00

Session I – Information and support for synchrotron users (session chair: Marek Stankiewicz)

10. New grant for Poland’s participation in the ESRF (O-04)

Anna Wolska (Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences)

14/09/2026, 15:15

Session I – Information and support for synchrotron users (session chair: Marek Stankiewicz)

11. ATP-dependent DNA damage recognition by UvrA: The use of Cryo-EM in the study of protein conformational changes (I-1)

Mariusz Czarnocki-Cieciura

14/09/2026, 16:00

Session II - Cryo-microscopy and structural biology (session chair: Artur Biela)

19. Ribosomes at work: Visualizing translational dynamics directly in cells via cryo-electron tomography (O-05)

Magdalena Schacherl

14/09/2026, 16:30

Session II - Cryo-microscopy and structural biology (session chair: Artur Biela)

20. Building beyond the icosahedron: novel virus-like particles and the structural basis of their assembly (O-06)

Joanna Śliwiak

14/09/2026, 16:50

Session II - Cryo-microscopy and structural biology (session chair: Artur Biela)

21. The enigma of NIF3. structure without the function (O-07)

Elżbieta Wątor-Wilk

14/09/2026, 17:10

Session II - Cryo-microscopy and structural biology (session chair: Artur Biela)

12. From static structures to molecular movies: time-resolved serial crystallography of light-sensing receptors (I-2)

Przemysław Nogły

15/09/2026, 09:00

Session III – Soft matter and biomedical research (session chair: Wojciech Kwiatek)

22. CryoEM-Guided Engineering of Extracellular Vesicles for Regenerative Medicine and Precision Genome Editing (O-08)

Sylwia Bobis-Wozowicz

15/09/2026, 09:30

Session III – Soft matter and biomedical research (session chair: Wojciech Kwiatek)

23. Capturing “Protein Spaghetti”: Biosaxs And Frap Analysis Of Phase-Separated Plant Cwc22 (O-09)

Marta Gapińska

15/09/2026, 09:50

Session III – Soft matter and biomedical research (session chair: Wojciech Kwiatek)

24. Scientific capabilities of the s-SNOM/AFM-IR endstation (O-10)

Maciej Roman (SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre)

15/09/2026, 10:10

Session III – Soft matter and biomedical research (session chair: Wojciech Kwiatek)

13. Measurement Approaches In Solid Oxide Cell Technology: From Ex Situ To Operando Characterization (I-3)

Bartłomiej Lemieszek (Gdańsk University of Technology)

15/09/2026, 11:00

Session IV – Materials chemistry and engineering (session chair: Marcin Klepka)

25. Structural divergence in ferrite-silica nanocomposites (O-11)

Adam Czempik (Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach)

15/09/2026, 11:30

Session IV – Materials chemistry and engineering (session chair: Marcin Klepka)

26. X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation of pressure-driven spin crossover in a two-dimensional Hofmann clathrate (O-12)

Wojciech Sas (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland)

15/09/2026, 11:50

Session IV – Materials chemistry and engineering (session chair: Marcin Klepka)

27. Enhancing the power density of a multinuclear Cobalt (II) cluster by the addition of a redox active electrolyte (O-13)

Javed Shah

15/09/2026, 12:10

Session IV – Materials chemistry and engineering (session chair: Marcin Klepka)

14. Studying low-dimensional antiferromagnets with synchrotron radiation (I-4)

Michał Ślęzak

15/09/2026, 12:30

Session IV – Materials chemistry and engineering (session chair: Marcin Klepka)

15. Mapping Out Element-Specific Carrier Relaxation Pathways in Double Perovskite Nanocrystals with Femtosecond X-ray Absorption (I-5)

Łukasz Kłopotowski

15/09/2026, 14:00

Session V – Nanotechnology and quantum materials (session chair: Agnieszka Witkowska)

28. Mapping magneto-chemical heterogeneity in laser-synthesized bimodal colloids via synchrotron XAS and STXM (O-14)

Mohammad Sadegh Shakeri (Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences)

15/09/2026, 14:30

Session V – Nanotechnology and quantum materials (session chair: Agnieszka Witkowska)

29. Analysis of Ti and TiO2 nanolayers irradiated with HCI Xeq+ using SR-GIXRF and SR-XRR methods (O-15)

Regina Stachura

15/09/2026, 14:50

Session V – Nanotechnology and quantum materials (session chair: Agnieszka Witkowska)

30. First demonstration of X-ray ptychography at the SOLARIS STXM (O-16)

Krzysztof Matlak (SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, Jagiellonian University)

15/09/2026, 15:10

Session V – Nanotechnology and quantum materials (session chair: Agnieszka Witkowska)

16. Exploring Earth’s earliest ecosystems with synchrotron-based techniques: implications for the search for life on Mars (I-6)

Keyron Hickman-Lewis

15/09/2026, 16:00

Session VI – Geoscience, space science and applied research (session chair: Anna Wolska)

31. Experimental validation of a CMOS-based Bragg crystal spectrometer at the SOLARIS synchrotron (O-17)

Żaneta Szaforz

15/09/2026, 16:30

Session VI – Geoscience, space science and applied research (session chair: Anna Wolska)

32. Autonomous Sampling α-Fe2O3 Hollow Microspheres with Carbon-Stabilized Defects: Calcination-Tuned Humidity Sensor Performance (O-18)

Islam Gomaa

15/09/2026, 16:50

Session VI – Geoscience, space science and applied research (session chair: Anna Wolska)

33. Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory at NCPS Solaris (O-19)

Michał Silarski

15/09/2026, 17:10

Session VI – Geoscience, space science and applied research (session chair: Anna Wolska)

1. General presentation of CERIC-ERIC (O-20)

Ornela De Giacomo

16/09/2026, 09:00

Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC (session chair: Marcin Sikora)

2. Towards Elettra 2.0: new challenges and opportunities for Science at CERIC (O-21)

Lisa Vaccari

16/09/2026, 09:20

Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC (session chair: Marcin Sikora)

3. Small-Angle Scattering at TU Graz: Facilities and Scientific Highlights (O-22)

Heinz Amenitsch

16/09/2026, 09:35

Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC (session chair: Marcin Sikora)

4. NMR Spectroscopy in Structural Studies (O-23)

Janez Plavec

16/09/2026, 09:50

Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC (session chair: Marcin Sikora)

5. PPR@CERIC: An Integrated Research Infrastructure for Pathogen Research Including Advanced Genomics, Single-Cell Multi-Omics and Virology Unit (O-24)

Federica Mantovani

16/09/2026, 10:05

Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC (session chair: Marcin Sikora)

6. 10 years of SOLARIS at CERIC-ERIC (O-25)

Marek Stankiewicz

16/09/2026, 10:20

Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC (session chair: Marcin Sikora)

17. Towards Understanding the Beneficial Impact of SOFC Anode Catalytic Layers through Complementary Studies at SOLARIS and ESRF (I-7)

Beata Bochentyn

16/09/2026, 11:10

Session VIII – CERIC supported research and featured talks (session chair: Ryszard Sobierajski)

34. The Cecomec Project: Ceria-Based Compounds As Effective Catalyst For Electrochemical Cells (O-26)

Simone Amatori

16/09/2026, 11:40

Session VIII – CERIC supported research and featured talks (session chair: Ryszard Sobierajski)

35. AI-Driven Automation and Assistance at Synchrotron Facilities (O-27)

Maciej Jankowski

16/09/2026, 12:00

Session VIII – CERIC supported research and featured talks (session chair: Ryszard Sobierajski)

18. TBA (I-8)

Juraj Krempasky

16/09/2026, 12:20

Session VIII – CERIC supported research and featured talks (session chair: Ryszard Sobierajski)