The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), an organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), has just released the list of scientific projects scheduled to utilize the research facilities at Sirius (https://lnls.cnpem.br/sirius/), Brazil's largest and most complex research infrastructure.

The first official call to conduct experiments at Sirius was made late last year, incorporated new more inclusive and collaborative evaluation criteria, and received 334 proposals; most came from Brazilian institutions, but also from Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia. Roughly a quarter of the proposals were received from new users, in other words, researchers who have never used the open facilities in any of the four national laboratories that comprise the CNPEM.

The first call for proposals for experiments to be conducted at Sirius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source, yielded 334 submissions from researchers in 15 countries and 17 Brazilian states. Sirius was planned and is operated by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), and is the largest and most complex research infrastructure in the country. During November and December 2022, researchers in Brazil and around the world interested in conducting experiments at Sirius were invited to submit proposals to use the six research stations, which are known as beamlines. Of the 334 proposals that were received, 298 came from Brazilian institutions and 36 from abroad, mainly from Argentina, Great Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Switzerland.

The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) established a new deadline for receiving research proposals for the six beamlines of Sirius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source. The postponement occurs due to instability in the internet network that serves research institutes in Campinas-SP and Region.

POSTPONED: New deadline for research proposal submissions is 19 December 2022, 12:00 (UTC/GMT-3).

Sirius, the Brazilian synchrotron light source, designed and operated by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a private non-profit organization under the supervision of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovations (MCTI), opens a regular call for research proposals for six beamlines. From November 8 to December 15, those researchers interested in performing experiments at Sirius can submit a proposal. 

The registration modalities are: participant, participant with abstract submission, virtual or online and masters thesis submission for the Master’s Thesis Award 2022. See the deadlines for each category!

Registration with abstract submission for the AgroEnviro Workshop is open. The deadline is August 28th. Registration without abstract submission go until September 5th. Both can be done in the event website.  The third edition of the AgroEnviro Workshop will be hold on October 5th and 6th, 2022, on site at Sirius, on the CNPEM campus in Campinas-SP. 

Registration with abstract submission for the H2MAT - International Sirius Workshop on Heterogeneous and Hierarchical Materials is now open. The event will happen on October 3 and 4 and will be entirely online.   The deadline for registrations is August 30 , at the event website.

Registrations are open until 30 June for the Biophysics Latin America Mini-Course: In-situ SRCD, mciro-FTIR and Coherent X-Ray diffraction as new experimental tools for Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, promoted by the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) jointly with the Brazilian Biophysical Society (SBBf).

The course will be held in person from 1-3 September at CNPEM campus in Campinas-SP, and is aimed at students and early career scientists enthusiastic in biophysics.

The Biophysics Latin America Mini-Course is a satellite event of the scientific activities of the 46th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Biophysics (SBBf)/Latin American Federation of Biophysical Societies (Lafebs) co-organized with the 51th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SBBq).

The fourth edition of the Sirius School for High School Teachers (ESPEM) will be held in virtual format from July 25 to 29, 2022 by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), an institute supervised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI), in partnership with the Brazilian Society of Physics (SBF).

Promoted by the LNLS/CNPEM, the 7th SAXS School will take place at Sirius, located at CNPEM campus in Campinas-SP, from September 17-20, 2022.