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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">First announcement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">HANDS 20</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">20<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">HFIR/SNS Advanced Neutron Diffraction and Scattering Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Oak Ridge, TN. June 1 – June
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">5<span style="color:black">, 20</span>20<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Detailed information can be found on the workshop web page:</span><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://conference.sns.gov/event/217/">https://conference.sns.gov/event/217/</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Application deadline: April </span>
24<span style="color:black">, 20</span>20<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Fellowships to support travel and accommodation are available</span> (subject to availability of funds)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The workshop aims at enabling structural biologists to fully exploit the latest instrumentation and software development at the SNS and HFIR facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
<span style="background:white">Participants of HANDS 2020 will become familiar with neutron techniques with
<i>hands-on experiments</i> in sample preparation, crystallography, small angle </span>
</span><span style="color:#444444;background:white">scattering, reflectometry and neutron spin echo.
</span><span style="color:black">The workshop is designed for <i>graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty</i>
</span><span style="color:#444444;background:white">with limited to no experience with neutron sciences.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Flora Meilleur, Ph. D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neutron Scattering Scientist, <span style="color:black">Neutron Scattering Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Oak Ridge National Laboratory</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Associate Professor, Molecular and Structural Biochemistry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">North Carolina State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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