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.

Over the last decade synchrotron light has developed into one of the most valuable scientific tools for the investigation of new materials, bio-medical samples, and biological and chemical processes. To strengthen existing programs, joint development of new programs and techniques, a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) and the Canadian Light Source (CLS). The technical and scientific collaboration agreement aims to promote knowledge exchange to advance research in synchrotron science and its applications, especially in the field of agriculture. 

In 2021, the LNLS Users Group (LNLSUG) organized the first LNLSUG PhD Thesis Award to recognize outstanding research work using LNLS facilities.

Submissions were received by the LNLS Users Committee. Eligibility of the PhD thesis and candidate required that (i) the research performed by the candidate at LNLS facilities must be key for the main conclusions of the PhD thesis, and (ii) the thesis must have been successfully defended between January 1^st 2019 and July 31^st 2021.

The Sirius project has reached another milestone in commissioning its accelerators and beamlines. Five new beamlines are entering the scientific commissioning stage, completing the number of six beamlines available for the user community. In addition to the beamlines, we have officially also opened two support laboratories and the scientific computing center. These facilities were officially inaugurated during a ceremony on October 8th.

LNLS is developing courses with a focus on fundamental aspects for the use of the new beamlines. Topics cover several areas: physical concepts, sample preparation, and especially processing and analysis of acquired data.

The classes were planned in order to help the user to solve their questions, making their experience on the beamline more effective. Classes are in video format, in Portuguese with English subtitles, and include assimilation exercises. Questions about the classes can be sent by email and will be answered by the beamline team.