30 & 31 May 2024, Maastricht University
DACG & NVK Spring Symposium
We are pleased to join forces with the Dutch Crystallography Society (NVK) for the Spring Symposium. The event will be hosted by Maastricht University on May 30 & 31, 2024.
This event aims to provide ample opportunity for fruitful discussion and dialogues between experts from different fields of crystallization and to incite collaborations at the international level between the different disciplines on the area of nucleation, crystallization, crystal growth and self-assembly.
An early career event will be hosted on May 30, focusing on MSc, PhD and post-docs future career opportunities. All participants to the early career gathering are kindly invited to bring a poster about their research. Please send the title of your poster before April 30, 2024 at info@dacg.nl. We will have two poster sessions dedicated to networking and brainstorming. Please indicate in your registration if you will be taking up this opportunity. The posters will remain in display throughout May 31st.
The DACG & NVK Spring Symposium will take place on May 31 featuring invited talks by renown researchers from the Netherlands and neighboring countries, contributed talks.
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Registration for this event is now available via this website. Please fill in the registration form and proceed with the payment.
Deadline:
Title poster submission deadline: 15/05/2024
Registration deadline: 15/05/2024
Event fee:
The early career event lasts half day and takes place in the afternoon, on May 30, 2024. There will be a poster session and possibility to network. This half day event is meant for students, but if regular participants would like to join, they are welcomed to join.
The Spring Symposium lasts 1 day (31 May 2024). The registration fee includes refreshments, lunch and access to all talks.
The registration fee is €25 for members (DACG, NVK, DGKK, DGK, BGK)/ €40 for non-members per person. Please make sure you specify your affiliation (DACG, NVK, DGKK, DGK, BGK). If you are a member of multiple affiliations, please specify only one to which you would like to be associated with.
If you are a student (master or PhD), the registration fee is €25. There is a possibility for accommodation overnight ( 30 to 31 May 2024) in a subsidized Stayokay hostel. This accommodation is subsidized and facilitated by Maastricht University. For more details on accommodation please contact us at info@dacg.nl. There will be no additional fee for the attendees joining the Early Career Event on 30 May.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be made in writing.
Full details can be found in our terms and conditions. Submission of a registration is regarded as a firm booking (subject to availability) and acceptance of these terms and conditions.
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Remarks: DACG/NVK Spring symposium 2024
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Program day 1 - Early Career Event
13:00 – 13:00 Welcome, coffee/tea and registration
13:30 – 14:00 My experience working in academia and industry
Dr Jacco van de Streek (Avant-garde Materials Simulation, Germany)
14:00 – 15:00 Posters
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee/tea break
15:30 – 16:30 Posters
16:30 – 17:00 Shedding light on the added functionality and function of bio(macro)molecular materials during processing and in-operando
Dr Jules Harings (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
18:00 Drinks in the city center Maastricht
Program day 2 - Spring symposium
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome, registration and coffee
10:30 – 11:15 Keynote 1: to be announced
Prof dr Ken Haenen (Hasselt University, Belgium)
11:15 – 12:00 Exploring the world of atoms: recent advances in 3D atomic structure quantification using scanning transmission electron microscopy
Prof dr Sandra Van Aert (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
12:00 – 12:30 Structure and properties of low dimensional epitaxial oxides; interfaces and superlattices
Prof dr ir Gertjan Koster (Twente University, The Netherlands)
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch & posters
13:15 – 14:00 Keynote 3: Structural studies shed light on ciliary trafficking and implications in disease
Dr Shehab Ismail (KU Leuven, Belgium)
14:00 – 14:30 Using advanced crystallographic approaches to resolve how lazy photoreceptors work
Dr Olga Chukhutsina (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
14:30 – 15:00 Vitamin B12 scavenging and processing in bacteria
Prof dr Albert Guskov (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee/tea break & posters
15:30 – 16:00 The road to high-entropy: sequential doping study of Ba2In2O5
Dr Giuditta Perversi (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
16:00 – 16:30 The perfect mirror materials for exploring our Universe
Dr Jessica Steinlechner / Dr Sebastian Steinlechner (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
16:30 – 18:00 Visit to Pathfinder / drinks & nibbles
30 &31 May at Maastricht University
How to get there
details coming soon
Time:
30 May 2024 (afternoon) – early career event
31 May 2024 – DACG& NVK Spring Symposium
Location:
Maastricht University
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1
6229 EN Maastricht
