Synchrotron X-ray Science for Life Sciences, Agriculture, Sustainability Sciences and Technology Innovation at CALS

Thursday May 8, 2025, 11:15 AM → 5:30 PM America/New_York

Room 401 (Physical Sciences Building)

Olena Vatamaniuk

Discover how CHESS’s powerful X-ray techniques can advance research in life sciences, agriculture, and sustainability. This workshop explores metal dynamics in living systems and responses to environmental stimuli, introducing researchers to new synchrotron-based approaches for studying plants, microbes, and more. Ideal for those new to CHESS’s capabilities.

 

Below is a PDF version of the agenda for full schedule details, and a Zoom link for virtual participation.

CHESS-CALS Synchrotron X-ray Science - Final Agenda.pdf

Virtual Participation Zoom Link

12:20 PM → 12:25 PM Welcome

Speakers: Jocelyn Rose, Olena Vatamaniuk, Xingen Lei

12:30 PM → 1:00 PM Session I: Metals in Life Sciences: Introduction to CHESS X-ray Facility Techniques

From soils and microbes to plants and humans

Convener: Jenny Wierman (CHESS)

1:00 PM → 1:30 PM Session I: Metals in Life Sciences: Synchrotron X-ray Techniques in Advancing Studies in Plant Sciences

From soils and microbes to plants and humans

Convener: Louisa Smieska (CHESS)

1:30 PM → 2:00 PM Session I: Metals in Life Sciences: Novel In Vivo Application of Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging to Assess Zinc Distribution in Duodenal Tissue

From soils and microbes to plants and humans

Convener: Elad Tako (Food Science)

2:00 PM → 2:30 PM Session I: Metals in Life Sciences: Current Review of Contaminant Risks in Baby Food Raw Materials

From soils and microbes to plants and humans

Convener: Amber Morey-Lanza (Principal Scientist, Beech-Nut)

2:30 PM → 2:45 PM Coffee Break

2:45 PM → 3:15 PM Session II: Living Systems Under External Stimuli: Synchrotron applications to study organic carbon and nutrients in soil

Environmental conditions and pathogens

Convener: Johannes Lehmann (Soil and Crop Science Section, SIPS)

3:15 PM → 3:45 PM Session II: Living Systems Under External Stimuli: Water Quality Applications of Synchrotron Techniques

Environmental conditions and pathogens

Convener: Matt Reid (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering)

3:45 PM → 4:15 PM Session II: Living Systems Under External Stimuli: Sharing public goods and regulating gene expression within syncytial cells

Environmental conditions and pathogens

Convener: Lori Huberman (Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, SIPS)

4:15 PM → 4:45 PM Session II: Living Systems Under External Stimuli: Managing Manganese in Bacillus subtilis

Environmental conditions and pathogens

Convener: John Helmann (Department of Microbiology)

4:45 PM → 4:50 PM Concluding Remarks

Speakers: Olena Vatamaniuk, Joss Rose, Xingen Lei

4:50 PM → 5:30 PM Discussion and Reception