- "The BSR and MASR meetings were pleased to announce that the joint opening plenary presentation would be given by Prof Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute, Israel. Prof Yonath shares this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz for their work on the structure and function of ribosome, a component of the cell that translates genetic information and synthesizes protein. We are delighted to welcome Prof Yonath to Australia so soon after the award of the prize."
| - The NSW Synchrotron Consortium (AUSyn14) are offering support for students (Honours, Masters, PhD) from a number of universities to attend - see travel grants page for full details.
| - The MASR Organising Committee is pleased to announce that proceedings of the meeting will be published by the American Institute of Physics. All MASR authors are welcome to submit papers for consideration in the proceedings. Papers will be due by the conclusion of the meeting (i.e. 18 February 2010). More detailed information will be available on this website shortly, but author instructions for paper formatting can be found at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/
| - This educational activity has been approved in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons CPD Program. Fellows who participate can claim one point per hour (maximum 24 points) in Category 4: Maintenance of Clinical Knowledge and Skills towards 2010 CPD totals.
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Melbourne was proud to host these two complementary conferences for biological, biomedical and clinical researchers in 2010. Home to the Australian Synchrotron, Melbourne also boasts some of Australia's premier research institutes in these fields, such as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
Located next to Monash University and CSIRO, the Australian Synchrotron is playing a major role in enhancing the reputation of Melbourne’s south-east as an exciting research precinct. By 2010 it is expected that the one hundred and fifty metre long Imaging and Therapy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron will be operational, opening the door to many novel medical advancements. Currently the medical and biological applications of synchrotron radiation in Australia cover a broad range of techniques, from structural characterisation using PX and SAXS, chemical analysis via x-ray and infrared spectroscopies through to functional studies using X-ray imaging and an increasing interest in novel synchrotron based radiotherapy.
2010 offered an opportunity to attend both of these conferences which will overlap, at Melbourne's stunning new Convention Centre. With the ‘Lorne Conference’ scheduled around the same period, February 2010 is a perfect time to visit Melbourne.
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MASR BSR Flyer 2010 (576)
