Between ANSTO and the Australian Synchrotron, Australia now boasts some of the very best tools available to help scientists come up with exciting new discoveries.
ANSTO’s OPAL research reactor and Melbourne’s Australian Synchrotron are two of the newest facilities in the world dedicated to exploring the world at the molecular level. However, scientists from around the world are beating a path to the facilities, and gaining access to them can be a challenge for young Australian scientists.
ANSTO and the Australian Synchrotron came together recently to talk to young scientists about pathways to using these facilities at the Synchrotron and Neutron New Users Symposium. No fewer than 220 potential new users from Australia and New Zealand attended the symposium at the University of New South Wales on July 8.
The free event had a mix of speakers from ANSTO, ANSTO’s Bragg Institute, the Australian Synchrotron, CSIRO and university users of the facilities.
The program offered opportunities for participants to learn about the facilities and equipment available as well as the user access programs.
The participants included undergraduate students, postgraduates and PhD candidates, with 36 given travel support by the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
The Synchrotron and Neutron New Users Symposium 2011 was sponsored by ANSTO, the Australian Synchrotron, AINSE, University of New South Wales, Monash University Biomedical Imaging, CSIRO, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne and La Trobe University.
Published: 18/07/2011