<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="47B158C1-9161-46C4-BDE1-FF23FEFEC332" src="cid:EA47C2A0-321D-4615-9ED0-1BB2CC877291" class=""></b></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">MLZ Conference 2023, Neutrons for Biomaterials</b></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">Munich, May 22nd to 25th 2023</b></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Dear colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The next MLZ Conference will be held in a beautiful baroque palace, the Schloss Fürstenried in Munich (Germany) from May 22nd to 25th 2023 and it will focus on the topic „Neutrons for Biomaterials“. The event <span class="" style="background-color: white;">is meant to </span>bring together materials experts from universities and industry with experts in neutron methods<span class="" style="background-color: white;"> with the aim</span> of showcasing how neutrons, and other scattering techniques, can contribute to the further advances in this interdisciplinary research area.</div><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: white;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: white;">We have already outlined a very exciting program with following topics</span></div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Peptides, polymers and gels</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Hybrid biomaterials</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Food</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Lipids and membranes</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Nanomedicine</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Biomimetics and alive systems</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">AI for biomaterials</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Proteins</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Biomaterials for sustainability</span></li></ul></blockquote><div class="">And we can already mention the confirmed participation of renowned experts both from research and industry: </div><blockquote class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><ul class=""><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Hermis Iatrou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Regine Willumeit-Römer, hereon</span><span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 12px;">Peter Fischer, ETH Zurich</span></span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Emanuel Schneck, TU Darmstadt</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Heinrich Haas, Biontech</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Peter Olmsted, Georgetown University</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;">Sophie Combet, Laboratoire Léon-Brillouin</span></li><li class=""><span class="" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="text-indent: 0px;" class="">Felix Roosen-Runge, Malmö University</span></span></li></ul></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Registration will open on January 20th along with the opportunity to submit an abstract for a contribution. We hope to welcome you to the MLZ Conference in May 2023 and we encourage you to contribute to the scientific success of this event!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Save the date! We will keep you posted for further information.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On behalf of the MLZ directors and of the organizing committee</div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt;"><br class=""></span></div></div></div><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class="">Yours sincerely </span><div class="">Dr. Stefano Pasini</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>Jülich Centre for Neutron Science JCNS<br class="">at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ)<br class="">Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH<br class="">Lichtenbergstraße 1<br class="">85748 Garching<br class="">Germany<br class="">Phone: +49 89 158860-810<br class="">Fax: +49 89 158860-799<br class="">E-mail: <a href="mailto:s.pasini@fz-juelich.de" class="">s.pasini@fz-juelich.de</a></div><div>E-mail: <a href="mailto:mlz-conference@mlz-garching.de" class="">mlz-conference@mlz-garching.de</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>