Agenda of the JOINT MEETING 2026 | ||
Date | Time range |
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14.09.2026 | 13:00 – 14:00 | Registration and welcome lunch |
14:00 – 15:30 | Session I – Information and support for synchrotron users | |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
16:00 – 17:30 | Session II - Cryo-microscopy and structural biology | |
17:30 – 20:00 | Poster session | |
15.09.2026 | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session III – Soft matter and biomedical research |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
11:00 – 13:00 | Session IV – Materials chemistry and engineering | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 15:30 | Session V – Nanotechnology and quantum materials | |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
16:00 – 17:30 | Session VI – Geoscience, space science and applied research | |
19:00 – 23:00 | Networking dinner | |
16.09.2026 | 9:00 – 10:30 | Session VII – Research offer of CERIC-ERIC |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break with 10th anniversary cake | |
11:10 – 12:50 | Session VIII – CERIC supported research and featured talks | |
12:50 – 14:00 | Concluding remarks and goodbye lunch | |
Invited talks:
I-1, Mariusz Czarnocki-Cieciura, ATP-dependent DNA damage recognition by UvrA: The use of Cryo-EM in the study of protein conformational changes (Mon, 16:00)
I-2, Przemysław Nogły, From static structures to molecular movies: time-resolved serial crystallography of light-sensing receptors (Tue, 9:00)
I-3, Bartłomiaj Lemieszek, Measurement Approaches In Solid Oxide Cell Technology: From Ex Situ To Operando Characterization (Tue, 11:00)
I-4, Michał Ślęzak, Studying low-dimensional antiferromagnets with synchrotron radiation (Tue, 12:30)
I-5, Łukasz Kłopotowski, Mapping Out Element-Specific Carrier Relaxation Pathways in Double Perovskite Nanocrystals with Femtosecond X-ray Absorption (Tue, 14:00)
I-6, Keyron Hickman-Lewis, Exploring Earth’s earliest ecosystems with synchrotron-based techniques: implications for the search for life on Mars (Tue, 16:00)
I-7, Beata Bochentyn, Towards Understanding the Beneficial Impact of SOFC Anode Catalytic Layers through Complementary Studies at SOLARIS and ESRF (Wed, 11:10)
I-8, Juraj Krempasky, TBA (Wed, 12:20)
Oral presentations:
O-01, Agnieszka Witkowska, Polish Synchrotron Radiation Society – supporting the Polish photon-science community
O-02, Marcin Sikora, Adrianna Wawrzyniak, Artur Biela, Update from SOLARIS Centre - accelerators, beamlines, cryo-electron microscopy facility
O-03, Ryszard Sobierajski, Support for Polish Users of EuXFEL
O-04, Anna Wolska, New grant for Poland’s participation in the ESRF
O-05, Magdalena Schacherl, Ribosomes at work: Visualizing translational dynamics directly in cells via cryo-electron tomography
O-06, Joanna Śliwiak, Building beyond the icosahedron: novel virus-like particles and the structural basis of their assembly
O-07, Elżbieta Wątor-Wilk, The enigma of NIF3. structure without the function.
O-08, Sylwia Bobis-Wozowicz, CryoEM-Guided Engineering of Extracellular Vesicles for Regenerative Medicine and Precision Genome Editing
O-09, Marta Gapińska, Capturing “Protein Spaghetti”: Biosaxs And Frap Analysis Of Phase-Separated Plant Cwc22
O-10, Maciej Roman, Scientific capabilities of the s-SNOM/AFM-IR endstation
O-11, Adam Czempik, Structural divergence in ferrite-silica nanocomposites
O-12, Wojciech Sas, X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation of pressure-driven spin crossover in a two-dimensional Hofmann clathrate
O-13, Javed Shah, Enhancing the power density of a multinuclear Cobalt (II) cluster by the addition of a redox active electrolyte
O-14, Mohammad Sadegh Shakeri, Mapping magneto-chemical heterogeneity in laser-synthesized bimodal colloids via synchrotron XAS and STXM
O-15, Regina Stachura, Analysis of Ti and TiO2 nanolayers irradiated with HCI Xeq+ using SR-GIXRF and SR-XRR methods
O-16, Krzysztof Matlak, First demonstration of X-ray ptychography at the SOLARIS STXM
O-17, Żaneta Szaforz, Experimental validation of a CMOS-based Bragg crystal spectrometer at the SOLARIS synchrotron
O-18, Islam Gomaa, Autonomous Sampling α-Fe2O3 Hollow Microspheres with Carbon-Stabilized Defects: Calcination-Tuned Humidity Sensor Performance
O-19, Michał Silarski, Neutron Activation Analysis Laboratory at NCPS Solaris
O-20, Ornela De Giacomo, General presentation of CERIC-ERIC
O-21, Lisa Vaccari, Towards Elettra 2.0: new challenges and opportunities for Science at CERIC
O-22, Heinz Amenitsch, Small-Angle Scattering at TU Graz: Facilities and Scientific Highlights
O-23, Janez Plavec, NMR Spectroscopy In Structural Studies
O-24, Federica Mantovani, PPR@CERIC: An Integrated Research Infrastructure for Pathogen Research Including Advanced Genomics, Single-Cell Multi-Omics and Virology Unit
O-25, Marek Stankiewicz, 10 years of SOLARIS at CERIC-ERIC
O-26, Simone Amatori, The Cecomec Project: Ceria-Based Compounds As Effective Catalyst For Electrochemical Cells
O-27, Maciej Jankowski, AI-Driven Automation and Assistance at Synchrotron Facilities
