Biological Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Workshop
Day 1: November 19, 2026
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Schedule (EST) |
Activity |
Lead(s) |
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9:30-9:45 am |
Introductions |
Hugh O’Neill |
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9:45-10:00 am |
Bio-SANS Overview |
Hugh O’Neill |
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10:00-10:30 am |
Introduction to Small-Angle Neutron Scattering - Part 1 |
Volker Urban |
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10:30-11:00 am |
Demonstration 1: Data reduction and Background subtraction Break out rooms 1, 2, 3 |
Wellington Leite/ Sai Venkatesh Pingali/Alan Hicks |
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11:00-11:15 am |
Break |
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11:15-11:30 am |
Virtual tour of Bio-SANS |
Recorded video |
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11:30-11:45 am |
Virtual Tour of Biology Laboratories |
Qiu Zhang |
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11:45 am-12:45 pm |
Lunch |
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12:45-1:15 pm |
Introduction to Small-Angle Neutron Scattering -Part 2 |
Volker Urban |
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1:15-1:45 pm |
Demonstration 2: Neutron scattering length density and match point calculations Break out rooms 1, 2, 3 |
Wellington Leite/ Sai Venkatesh Pingali/Alan Hicks |
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1:45 -2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:00-2:30 pm |
Demonstration 3: Guinier analysis Break out rooms 1, 2, 3 |
Wellington Leite/ Sai Venkatesh Pingali/Alan Hicks |
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2:30-3:15 pm |
Experiment Set-up and Data Acquisition |
Sai Venkatesh Pingali |
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3:15-4:15 pm |
Attendee Lightning Talks |
Hugh O’Neill |
Day 2: November 20, 2026
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Schedule (EST) |
Activity |
Lead |
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9:30-11:00 am |
Breakout and hands-on Session 1.0: Data analysis for solution scattering of biomacromolecular complexes Breakout and hands-on Session 2.0: Data analysis for hierarchical biosystems |
Wellington Leite/ Pingali/Alan Hicks |
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11:00-11:15 am |
Break |
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11:15 am-12:00 pm |
Sample Preparation and Experiment Planning |
Wellington Leite |
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12:00-1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 - 1:30 am |
Bio- and chemical deuteration |
Kevin Weiss/ Honghai Zhang |
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1:30-2:20 pm |
Breakout and hands-on Session 1.1: Data analysis for solution scattering of biomacromolecular complexes Breakout and hands-on Session 2.1: Data analysis for hierarchical biosystems (Free discussion)
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Wellington Leite/ Sai Venkatesh Pingali/Alan Hicks |
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2:20-2:30 pm |
Break |
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2:30-3:00 pm
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Q&A and Closing Remarks |
Wellington Leite |
Software required for Session 1
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Software |
Source |
Application |
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BioXTAS |
Program for analysis of Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) data - https://bioxtas-raw.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html |
Software required for Session 2
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Software |
Source |
Application |
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SASView 5+ |
SASView for small-angle scattering analysis - https://www.sasview.org |