Name: PALSA 2023
Start: 2023-07-11T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-07-14T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Cornell University

PALSA 2023

from Tuesday, July 11, 2023 (8:00 AM) to Friday, July 14, 2023 (5:00 PM)

Monday, July 10, 2023
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower

9:20 AM

9:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
9:30 AM Introduction to Advanced X-ray Methods
Introduction to Advanced X-ray Methods
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:30 AM Modern X-ray Methods: X-ray spectroscopy - Chris Pollock (CHESS)

10:00 AM Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Fundamentals - Amanda Byer (Cornell University)

11:00 AM Synchrotron x-ray imaging methods - Carla Cristina Polo (The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-Brazil))

11:30 AM Full-Field and Scanning Probe X-ray Microscopy as Tools for Elemental and Chemical Imaging - Carlos Pérez (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM))
12:00 PM

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
1:00 PM Facilities and Methods
Facilities and Methods
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

1:00 PM Sponsored Talk: Decentralization of Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy: Recent Advances in Lab Based μXRF - Mandi Hellested (IXRF Systems, Austin, TX)

1:45 PM Mogno, A Versatile Micro and Nano X-ray Imaging Beamline: Applications in Agrigultural Sciences - Talita Rosas Ferreira (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM) )

2:05 PM Agriculture research at the Advanced Photon Source: Current activities and future opportunities - Zou Finfrock (Argonne National Laboratory)

2:50 PM Chemical Imaging of Plant-Soil-Microbe Systems at SSRL: Resources and Capabilities - Jocelyn Richardson (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

3:10 PM Micron-Scale Confocal X-ray Fluorescence Imaging - Arthur Woll (CLASSE)
3:30 PM Extended Q&A and Informal Discussion
Extended Q&A and Informal Discussion
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower

5:30 PM

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

8:30 AM PALSA 2023 Check in. Coffee and light breakfast fare provided.
PALSA 2023 Check in. Coffee and light breakfast fare provided.
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:15 AM Directors' Welcome - Joel Brock (Cornell University)

9:20 AM Welcome, Acknowledgements, Announcements - Arthur Woll (CLASSE) Louisa Smieska
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:30 AM Outlook and Opportunities -- The School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell - Rebecca Nelson (Associate Director of Research, SIPS, Cornell University)

10:00 AM Delivering Cassava modified with RNAi technology for Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease to Benefit East African Smallholder Farmers - Nigel Taylor (Donald Danforth Center Plant Science Center)

11:00 AM Shedding Light on Metal Uptake, Distribution and Storage in Plants - Mary Lou Guerinot (Dartmouth College)

11:30 AM Synchrotron-based techniques as powerful tools for addressing fundamental issues on Soil and Food Security - Luiz Roberto Guimaraes Guilherme (Federal University of Lavras)
12:00 PM Lunch (provided)
Lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
1:30 PM Facility Update - CHESS
Facility Update - CHESS
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

1:30 PM Facility Update - CHESS: Progress and Opportunities - Louisa Smieska Arthur Woll (CLASSE)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

2:00 PM Developing (field-relevant) synchrotron techniques to support agricultural innovation - Casey L. Doolette (Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Australia) Enzo Lombi (University of South Australia) Peter M. Kopittke (School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Australi)

2:30 PM µ-SXRF reveals the role of Arabidopsis Oligopeptide Transporter 3 (AtOPT3) in shoot-to-root copper signaling and copper-iron crosstalk - Ju-Chen Chia (Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University)

2:45 PM Plant metallomics: Are metal distribution patterns a cause or a consequence of plant tissue fate? - Gabriel Montanha (University of São Paulo)

3:30 PM XRF Imaging as a Tool for the Study of Regulation of Metal Homeostasis in Plants: Implications to Food Security and Nutritional Quality. - Olena K Vatamaniuk (Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University)

4:00 PM CARNAÚBA: a Multi-analytical X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline of Sirius with Applications in Agro-environmental Sciences - Carlos Pérez (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM))
4:30 PM Wednesday
Wednesday
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

4:30 PM Zn2+ ions are concentrated in the Euphorbia peplus laticifer network - Arielle Johnson (Cornell University)

4:30 PM High throughput mail-in operations for soft x-ray analysis of soils - James Dynes (Canadian Light Source)

4:30 PM Preparation of fresh and dry plant tissue samples for Synchrotron-based XRF analysis - Eduardo Santos (University of Sao Paulo)

4:30 PM Unique capabilities of the BioXAS-Imaging beamline to investigate the distribution of elements in plants - Viorica Bondici (Canadian Light Source Inc.)

4:30 PM Characterizing Phosphorus in Agriculture and the Environment at the Nanoscale - Jacob Jones (North Carolina State University)

4:30 PM Effects of humidity and amino acids on the translocation of manganese and zinc applied to the leaves soybean (glycine max) crop. - Vinicius Pires Rezende (University of São Paulo)

4:30 PM Design and Performance of High Frame Rate sCMOS Cameras for Direct and Indirect X-Ray Detection - Adam Wise (Andor Technology)

4:30 PM Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence (SXRF) Microscopy signifies the role of the micronutrient copper in the reproduction of Cu-deficient Arabidopsis thaliana mutants (spl7, citf1, and spl7 citf1) and wild type. - H. Shatokhina (Cornell University)
5:30 PM

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Thursday, July 13, 2023

8:30 AM Coffee and light breakfast fare provided.
Coffee and light breakfast fare provided.
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
9:00 AM Facility Update - LNLS
Facility Update - LNLS
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:00 AM Facility Update - LNLS - Dean Hesterberg (LNLS-CNPEM)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:30 AM Edible synchtrotron science: cheese, chocolate and meat - Jarvis Stobbs (Canadian Light Source Synchrotron)

10:00 AM Tuning C-phycocyanin properties via pressure-driven assembly-disassembly - Alireza Abbaspourrad (Cornell University)

11:00 AM The Periodic Table of Food: Metadata Harmonization from Point-of-Production to Plate - Sarah Brinkley (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT)

11:30 AM Chemical Imaging of Plant-Soil-Microbe Systems: Examples from SSRL - Jocelyn Richardson (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

11:45 AM Foliar absorption of calcium by tomato plants: Effects of calcium source & adjuvant - Eduardo Santos (University of Sao Paulo)
12:00 PM Lunch (provided)
Lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

1:15 PM Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source - Tour #1

2:30 PM Weil Hall Plant Growth Facilities

2:30 PM Stocking Hall Tour (Home of the Cornell Dairy Bar)

2:30 PM Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory

2:30 PM Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source - Tour #2
3:30 PM Thursday
Thursday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

3:30 PM Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy unfolding the pathway of Zn and Mn absorption by coffee leaves - Gabriel Sgarbiero Montanha (University of São Paulo (Brazil), Sapienza University of Rome (Italy))

3:30 PM Enabling PALSA synchrotron users through a unique collaboration: the MAPLE project - Lucia Zuin (Canadian Light Source)

3:30 PM Opportunities for Agricultural Research at the Canadian Light Source Mid-IR Beamline - Kaiyang Tu (Canadian Light Source)

3:30 PM Characterizing Calcium Supply in Tomato Fruit Development Using Sr2+ as a Physiological Marker - Eduardo Santos (University of Sao Paulo)

3:30 PM “Growing” Sulfur and Phosphorus X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Imaging Capabilities at the Canadian Light Source - Alisa Paterson

3:30 PM Phosphorus Spatial Distribution and Speciation in Brassica Oilseeds on the Spectromicrocopy (SM) Beamline at the Canadian Light Source - James Dynes (Canadian Light Source)

3:30 PM Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded animal tissue spatial elementomics using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence - Soon Hon Cheong (Cornell University)

4:30 PM Mogno, A Versatile Micro and Nano X-ray Imaging Beamline: Applications in Agrigultural Sciences - Talita Rosas Ferreira (CNPEM)

4:30 PM Plant cell wall structural studies during thermochemical deconstruction using neutron scattering - Sai Venkatesh Pingali (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

4:30 PM High Resolution Soft X-ray Ptychography at the Cryo STXM endstation, Spectromicroscopy (SM) Beamline, Canadian Light Source. - Venkata Sree Charan Kuppili (Associate Scientist)

4:30 PM Optimizing Nutrient Use Efficiency via Manipulation of Their Reaction Pathways in Soils - Ganga Hettiarachchi (Kansas State University)

4:30 PM Climate vulnerability of iron-associated soil organic matter: insights from synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy - Angela Possinger (Virginia Tech)

4:30 PM Probing the Fate of Siderophores in Soils through Gallium X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy - Anna Evers (North Carolina State University)
5:30 PM Dinner At Stewart Park -- Reservation Required - Transportation Provided
Dinner At Stewart Park -- Reservation Required - Transportation Provided
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Friday, July 14, 2023

8:30 AM Coffee and light breakfast fare provided.
Coffee and light breakfast fare provided.
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
9:00 AM Facility Update - CLS
Facility Update - CLS
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:00 AM Facility Update - CLS - Gianluigi Botton (CLS)
9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower
Contributions

9:30 AM Multiscale Image Based Modelling of Plants and Soil - Tiina Roose (University of Southampton)

10:00 AM Quantifying water fragmentation within soil pores by dual-energy X-ray CT - Andrey Guber (Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA)

10:15 AM Cellular nano-architecture unveiled by tomo-ptychography: perspectives on X-ray coherent imaging to plant biology and agricultural sciences - Carla Cristina Polo (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), National Center of Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Brazil)

11:00 AM Achieving global food security by tracing nanoparticle transformations in terrestrial crops using synchrotron techniques - Jorge Gardea-Torresdey (University of Texas at El Paso)

11:30 AM Inorganic Nanomaterials: Their Applications and Implications in Agriculture and Food Safety - Om Parkash Dhankher (Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003)

11:45 AM Micro- to Nano-scale Soil and Rhizosphere Processes Analyzed Using Multiple Beamlines at the Sirius Synchrotron - Dean Hesterberg (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM))

12:00 PM Visualization and quantitative evaluation of functional structures of soybean root nodules using synchrotron-based X-ray mCT and X-ray fluorescence - Alireza Nakhforoosh
12:15 PM

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower

12:30 PM Lunch (provided)
Lunch (provided)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower

1:00 PM

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Vet Research Tower

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