2025 CHESS User Meeting

Tuesday Jun 3, 2025, 2:25 AM → 6:30 PM America/New_York

Physical Sciences Building (Cornell University)

The CHESS User meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, June 3rd. 

Theme: Cultivating Community

The selection of "Cultivating Community" as the theme for the 2025 User Meeting reflects CHESS's deep understanding of the role community plays in our collective success. By focusing on this theme, we aim to highlight the importance of forging meaningful connections, sharing knowledge, and supporting each other in endeavors great and small. This emphasis on community empowers us to drive innovation, foster growth personally and professionally, and shape the future together, ensuring an enriching and impactful experience for all. Please join us in celebrating at the 2025 CHESS User Meeting.

Updates from CHESS:

CHESS leadership, along with program directors and staff, will provide updates on the latest developments within the lab and its surrounding ecosystem.

User Science Talks:

We have extended invitations to experts from diverse scientific domains to share insights into their research endeavors and explain CHESS's role in their respective fields, aligning with the overarching theme of "Cultivating Community.

Student Paper Prize:

Every year, we recognize the best publication by a student published during the past year with the CHESS Student Paper Award. The award includes an invited presentation at the User Meeting. Please consider nominating an outstanding student for the Student Paper Award.

Poster Session:

We encourage you to present your research at CHESS by presenting a poster during the poster session.  More details on the format and submission process TBD here.

Special Viewing Opportunity:

While the 2025 CHESS User Meeting is virtual, Cornell affiliates are welcome to join us in the Physical Sciences Building. Please note that no food, refreshments, or handouts will be provided, but we are delighted to offer a space for gathering and viewing the talks.

In-Person Workshops following the 2025 CHESS User Meeting:

CHESS will be hosting two in-person workshops following this years virtual User Meeting. The X-CITE and DIALS workshops will both be held on Wednesday, June 4th. Please visit their respective pages for more information.

8:30 AM → 8:55 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: Director Welcome & CHESS Overview - Joel Brock, Director of CHESS

8:55 AM → 9:20 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: CESR Accelerator Update - Jim Shanks, CESR Staff Scientist

9:20 AM → 9:45 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: CHEXS Update with Jacob Ruff, Director of CHEXS

9:45 AM → 10:00 AM Break

10:00 AM → 10:25 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: MSN-C Update with Arthur Woll, Director of MSN-C

10:25 AM → 10:50 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: MacCHESS Update with Jeney Wierman, Director of MacCHESS

10:50 AM → 11:05 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: High Magnetic Field (HMF) beamline update with Louise Debefve

11:05 AM → 11:20 AM CHESS Overview & partner program update: X-rays for Life, Environmental, Agricultural, and Plant Sciences (X-LEAP) beamline update from Louisa Smieska

11:20 AM → 11:30 AM Break

11:30 AM → 12:00 PM Recognition: Student Paper Prize Award and Presentation

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Break for Lunch (Not Provided)

1:00 PM → 1:25 PM Science Talks: Where Materials Meet Mission: SMB’s Evolution for Defense and Industrial Measurements - Kelly Nygren - Lead Scientist SMB, CHESS and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

1:25 PM → 1:50 PM Science Talks: Long-standing Collaboration Between CHESS and the NIST-led Additive Manufacturing Benchmark Test Series (AM Bench) - Lyle Levine - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

1:50 PM → 2:00 PM Reception: Break

2:00 PM → 2:25 PM Science Talks: Critical Structural Parameter Determining Magnetic Phases in the Fe2Mo3O8 Altermagnet System - Trevor Tyson - New Jersey Institute of Technology

2:25 PM → 2:50 PM Science Talks: Large moiré superstructure of stacked incommensurate charge-density waves - Alfred Zong, Stanford University

2:50 PM → 3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM → 3:25 PM Science Talks: Revealing Functional Hotspots: Temperature-Dependent Crystallography of K-RAS Highlights Allosteric and Druggable Sites - Sam Deck - Cornell University

3:25 PM → 3:50 PM Science Talks: Small Angle X-ray Scattering of Interactions of Monoclonal Antibodies at High Concentration for Drug Discovery and Development - Keith Johnston - University of Texas at Austin

3:50 PM → 4:00 PM Break

4:00 PM → 4:40 PM Flash Talk: Flash Talks in lieu of Poster Session

4:40 PM → 4:50 PM Break

4:50 PM → 5:30 PM Flash Talk: Flash Talk in lieu of Poster Session