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<a name="OLE_LINK95"></a><a name="OLE_LINK98"></a><a name="OLE_LINK96"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK95"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#307B88">LENS Webinars on New Directions in Instrumentation</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK95"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="OLE_LINK91"></a><a name="OLE_LINK92"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK91"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">Progress in instrumentation is key to the advancement of scientific knowledge and the development
of new and improved technologies. Sophisticated instrument concepts enable scientists to perform experiments with greater precision or higher sensitivity and to answer increasingly complex questions.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK91"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">LENS</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">, the League of Advanced European Neutron Sources,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">is
running<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://www.lens-initiative.org/2020/06/02/lens-webinars/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#007A85">a webinar series</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">on
New Directions in Instrumentation.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a name="OLE_LINK93"></a><a name="OLE_LINK97"></a><a name="OLE_LINK94"></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK93">The webinars feature live presentations of novel instrument concepts
by leading experts from LENS member facilities, followed by an interactive Q&A session. The aim is to generate discussion, to develop new and existing contacts, and to disseminate the current capabilities and developments.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK93"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">This is the third LENS Webinar, and will feature Gøran Nilsen from the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
in the UK. Nilsen will introduce some concepts behind polarized neutron time-of-flight spectroscopy, using its recent implementation on the LET spectrometer at ISIS as an example.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#347B87">Thursday 20<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of August, 11.00am CET:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#007A85">Polarized Neutron Time-of-Flight Spectroscopy<br>
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</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#347B87">Gøran Nilsen,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#347B87">ISIS Neutron and
Muon Source, Didcot, UK</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#347B87">Chair: Christof Niedermayer, PSI</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#007A85"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">To participate in the Q&A, please join via Zoom:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://ill.zoom.us/j/99877481390"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#007A85">https://ill.zoom.us/j/99877481390</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">The webinar will also be streamed live</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#007A85"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://www.lens-initiative.org/2020/08/04/lens-webinar-3/"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#007A85">on
the LENS website,</span></b></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">where
a recording will be available afterwards.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">A LENS webinar series on Global Health Threats runs in parallel with the New Directions in Instrumentation
series.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://www.lens-initiative.org/2020/06/02/lens-webinars/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#007A85">The next webinars</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">include:<br>
<b>10 September</b>: Cancer-related research using neutrons, with Gerhard Gröbner (Umeå U.) and Jean-Michel Jault (CNRS)<br>
<b>8 October</b>: Microbial resistance and novel antibiotics with Jeremy Lakey (U. of Newcastle) and Martin Malmsten (U. of Copenhagen)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">LENS, </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://www.lens-initiative.org/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt">the League of
Advanced European Neutron Sources</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#212121">is
a non-profit initiative of European neutron facilities with the aim of strengthening European science by developing a coherent strategy to meet current and future demands of the scientific communities. To ensure excellence, LENS places emphasis on the relationship
between user communities and funding organizations, and the continuous improvement of LENS facilities as well as optimizing resources and aligning policies among the partners.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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