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, 11 July 2023 (08:00) to Friday, 14 July 2023 (17:00)
Cornell University (Vet Research Tower)

: Sessions

: Talks

: Breaks

11 Jul 2023

12 Jul 2023

13 Jul 2023

14 Jul 2023

08:30	PALSA & Workshop Check in: Coffee and light breakfast fare provided. (until 09:20) (Vet Research Tower)
09:20	Workshop Welcome (until 09:30) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	X-ray Methods & Resources for Agricultural Science - Louisa Smieska Dean Hesterberg (LNLS-CNPEM) (until 12:00) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Modern X-ray Methods: X-ray spectroscopy - Chris Pollock (CHESS) (Vet Research Tower)
10:00	Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Fundamentals - Amanda Byer (Cornell University) (Vet Research Tower)
10:30	--- Break ---
11:00	Synchrotron x-ray imaging methods - Carla Cristina Polo (The Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-Brazil)) (Vet Research Tower)
11:30	Full-Field and Scanning Probe X-ray Microscopy as Tools for Elemental and Chemical Imaging - Carlos Pérez (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM)) (Vet Research Tower)

08:30	--- PALSA 2023 Check in. Coffee and light breakfast fare provided. ---
09:15	PALSA & Workshop Check in: Coffee and light breakfast fare provided. (until 09:30) (Vet Research Tower)
09:15	Directors' Welcome - Joel Brock (Cornell University) (Vet Research Tower)
09:20	Welcome, Acknowledgements, Announcements - Louisa Smieska Arthur Woll (CLASSE) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Grand Challenges in Agricultural Science - Arthur Woll (CLASSE) Olena K Vatamaniuk (Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University) (until 12:00) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Outlook and Opportunities -- The School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell - Rebecca Nelson (Associate Director of Research, SIPS, Cornell University) (Vet Research Tower)
10:00	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) (Vet Research Tower)
10:30	--- Break ---
11:00	Shedding Light on Metal Uptake, Distribution and Storage in Plants - Mary Lou Guerinot (Dartmouth College) (Vet Research Tower)
11:30	Synchrotron-based techniques as powerful tools for addressing fundamental issues on Soil and Food Security - Luiz Roberto Guimaraes Guilherme (Federal University of Lavras) (Vet Research Tower)

08:30	--- Coffee and light breakfast fare provided. ---
09:00	Facility Updates - Rob Lamb (University of Melbourne) (until 09:30) (Vet Research Tower)
09:00	Facility Update - LNLS - Dean Hesterberg (LNLS-CNPEM) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Focus on Food: Security, Toxicity, Sustainability - Louisa Smieska (CHESS) Rob Lamb (University of Melbourne) (until 12:00) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Edible synchtrotron science: cheese, chocolate and meat - Mr Jarvis Stobbs (Canadian Light Source Synchrotron) (Vet Research Tower)
10:00	Tuning C-phycocyanin properties via pressure-driven assembly-disassembly - Alireza Abbaspourrad (Cornell University) (Vet Research Tower)
10:30	--- Break & Group Photo ---
11:00	The Periodic Table of Food: Metadata Harmonization from Point-of-Production to Plate - Sarah Brinkley (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT) (Vet Research Tower)
11:30	Chemical Imaging of Plant-Soil-Microbe Systems: Examples from SSRL - Jocelyn Richardson (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) (Vet Research Tower)
11:45	Foliar absorption of calcium by tomato plants: Effects of calcium source & adjuvant - Dr Eduardo Santos (University of Sao Paulo) (Vet Research Tower)

08:30	--- Coffee and light breakfast fare provided. ---
09:00	Facility Updates -Dr Chithra Karunakaran (Canadian Light Source) (until 09:30) (Vet Research Tower)
09:00	Facility Update - CLS - Prof. Gianluigi Botton (CLS) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Agricultural Engineering & Systems Modeling -Prof. Gianluigi Botton (CLS) Dean Hesterberg (LNLS-CNPEM) (until 12:15) (Vet Research Tower)
09:30	Multiscale Image Based Modelling of Plants and Soil - Tiina Roose (University of Southampton) (Vet Research Tower)
10:00	Quantifying water fragmentation within soil pores by dual-energy X-ray CT - Prof. Andrey Guber (Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI USA) (Vet Research Tower)
10:15	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) (Vet Research Tower)
10:30	--- Break ---
11:00	Achieving global food security by tracing nanoparticle transformations in terrestrial crops using synchrotron techniques - Dr Jorge Gardea-Torresdey (University of Texas at El Paso) (Vet Research Tower)
11:30	Inorganic Nanomaterials: Their Applications and Implications in Agriculture and Food Safety - Om Parkash Dhankher (Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003) (Vet Research Tower)
11:45	Micro- to Nano-scale Soil and Rhizosphere Processes Analyzed Using Multiple Beamlines at the Sirius Synchrotron - Dean Hesterberg (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM)) (Vet Research Tower)
12:00	Visualization and quantitative evaluation of functional structures of soybean root nodules using synchrotron-based X-ray mCT and X-ray fluorescence - Alireza Nakhforoosh (Vet Research Tower)

12:00	Lunch (provided) (until 13:00) (Vet Research Tower)
12:00	--- Lunch (provided) ---
13:00	X-ray Methods & Resources for Agricultural Science - Zou Finfrock Dr Chithra Karunakaran (Canadian Light Source) Arthur Woll (CLASSE) (until 15:30) (Vet Research Tower)
13:00	Sponsored Talk: Decentralization of Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy: Recent Advances in Lab Based μXRF - Mandi Hellested (IXRF Systems, Austin, TX) (Vet Research Tower)
13:45	Mogno, A Versatile Micro and Nano X-ray Imaging Beamline: Applications in Agrigultural Sciences - Dr Talita Rosas Ferreira (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM) ) (Vet Research Tower)
14:05	Agriculture research at the Advanced Photon Source: Current activities and future opportunities - Zou Finfrock (Argonne National Laboratory) (Vet Research Tower)
14:25	--- Break ---
14:50	Chemical Imaging of Plant-Soil-Microbe Systems at SSRL: Resources and Capabilities - Jocelyn Richardson (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) (Vet Research Tower)
15:10	Micron-Scale Confocal X-ray Fluorescence Imaging - Arthur Woll (CLASSE) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Extended Q&A and Informal Discussion (Vet Research Tower)
17:30	PALSA 2023 Evening Social - Liquid State Brewery - 620 West Green Street (until 19:30) ()

12:00	--- Lunch (provided) ---
13:30	Facility Updates (until 14:00) (Vet Research Tower)
13:30	Facility Update - CHESS: Progress and Opportunities - Louisa Smieska Arthur Woll (CLASSE) (Vet Research Tower)
14:00	Fundamental research and in vivo studies -Dr Chithra Karunakaran (Canadian Light Source) Carlos Cabrera (University of Texas at El Paso) (until 16:30) (Vet Research Tower)
14:00	Developing (field-relevant) synchrotron techniques to support agricultural innovation - Enzo Lombi (University of South Australia) Casey L. Doolette (Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Australia) Peter M. Kopittke (School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Australi) (Vet Research Tower)
14:30	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) (Vet Research Tower)
14:45	Plant metallomics: Are metal distribution patterns a cause or a consequence of plant tissue fate? - Gabriel Montanha (University of São Paulo) (Vet Research Tower)
15:00	--- Break ---
15:30	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) (Vet Research Tower)
16:00	CARNAÚBA: a Multi-analytical X-ray Nanoprobe Beamline of Sirius with Applications in Agro-environmental Sciences - Carlos Pérez (Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS-CNPEM)) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Poster Session 1 (until 17:30) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Characterizing Phosphorus in Agriculture and the Environment at the Nanoscale - Jacob Jones (North Carolina State University) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Design and Performance of High Frame Rate sCMOS Cameras for Direct and Indirect X-Ray Detection - Adam Wise (Andor Technology) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Effects of humidity and amino acids on the translocation of manganese and zinc applied to the leaves soybean (glycine max) crop. - Mr Vinicius Pires Rezende (University of São Paulo) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	High throughput mail-in operations for soft x-ray analysis of soils - James Dynes (Canadian Light Source) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Preparation of fresh and dry plant tissue samples for Synchrotron-based XRF analysis - Eduardo Santos (University of Sao Paulo) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	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) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Unique capabilities of the BioXAS-Imaging beamline to investigate the distribution of elements in plants - Dr Viorica Bondici (Canadian Light Source Inc.) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Zn2+ ions are concentrated in the Euphorbia peplus laticifer network - Arielle Johnson (Cornell University) (Vet Research Tower)
17:30	Reception (until 19:30) (Vet Research Tower)

12:00	--- Lunch (provided) ---
13:15	Facility Tours (until 15:30) (Vet Research Tower)
13:15	Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source - Tour #1 ()
14:30	Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source - Tour #2 ()
14:30	Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory ()
14:30	Stocking Hall Tour (Home of the Cornell Dairy Bar) ()
14:30	Weil Hall Plant Growth Facilities ()
15:30	Poster Session 2 (until 17:30) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Characterizing Calcium Supply in Tomato Fruit Development Using Sr2+ as a Physiological Marker - Eduardo Santos (University of Sao Paulo) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Enabling PALSA synchrotron users through a unique collaboration: the MAPLE project - Dr Lucia Zuin (Canadian Light Source) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded animal tissue spatial elementomics using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence - Soon Hon Cheong (Cornell University) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Opportunities for Agricultural Research at the Canadian Light Source Mid-IR Beamline - Dr Kaiyang Tu (Canadian Light Source) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Phosphorus Spatial Distribution and Speciation in Brassica Oilseeds on the Spectromicrocopy (SM) Beamline at the Canadian Light Source - James Dynes (Canadian Light Source) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	Synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy unfolding the pathway of Zn and Mn absorption by coffee leaves - Mr Gabriel Sgarbiero Montanha (University of São Paulo (Brazil), Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)) (Vet Research Tower)
15:30	“Growing” Sulfur and Phosphorus X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Imaging Capabilities at the Canadian Light Source - Dr Alisa Paterson (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Climate vulnerability of iron-associated soil organic matter: insights from synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy - Angela Possinger (Virginia Tech) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	High Resolution Soft X-ray Ptychography at the Cryo STXM endstation, Spectromicroscopy (SM) Beamline, Canadian Light Source. - Venkata Sree Charan Kuppili (Associate Scientist) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Mogno, A Versatile Micro and Nano X-ray Imaging Beamline: Applications in Agrigultural Sciences - Talita Rosas Ferreira (CNPEM) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Optimizing Nutrient Use Efficiency via Manipulation of Their Reaction Pathways in Soils - Prof. Ganga Hettiarachchi (Kansas State University) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Plant cell wall structural studies during thermochemical deconstruction using neutron scattering - Dr Sai Venkatesh Pingali (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) (Vet Research Tower)
16:30	Probing the Fate of Siderophores in Soils through Gallium X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy - Anna Evers (North Carolina State University) (Vet Research Tower)
17:30	--- Dinner At Stewart Park -- Reservation Required - Transportation Provided ---

12:15	PALSA Summary and Close Out (until 12:30) (Vet Research Tower)
12:30	--- Lunch (provided) ---
13:00	PALSA Scientific Organizing Committee (Closed) (until 13:30) (Vet Research Tower)