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Towards a Lightsource for the African Continent

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March 5, 2025 Lawrence NorrisLeave a comment

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AfLS In the news

  1. The Calendar from Lightsource.org has AfLS on July .
  2. African Light Source at APS Physics Matters Forum on International Physics: Momentum Grows for an African Light Source, Sep 29, 2022.
  3. African Light Source aims for science with ubuntu
  4. The event 75 Years of Science with Synchrotron Light by lightsources.org held on 28th April 2022
  5. Ghana will champion the African Light Source (AfLS) Ghana Business News Jan 30 (2019).
  6. The University of Ghana has hosted the Joint 2nd African light source (Afls2) and Pan African Conference on Crystallography (Pccr2) - News section of the website of the Un iversity of Ghana
  7. African Light Source Garners Critical Political Backing APS News 28/3 March 2019 : International News
  8. Via PhysicsWorld Physicists urged to back plans for Africa's first synchrotron
  9. Via BBC Science & Technology African synchrotron bid gathers pace
  10. Via Research Africa  First African synchrotron light source proposed
  11. Via La Dauphine Libere Vers un synchrotron africain

Links

  1. Worldwide Lightsources
  2. European Lightsources
  3. IUCr Crystallography in Africa
  4. LAAAMP Programme
  5. Usage Survey for Africa
  6. SA Synchrotron Users

Funding Flash

  1. APS International Research Travel Programme.
    Contact Dr Tabbetha Dobins for further details

Upcoming Events

  1. The African Calling Stick is Calling all stakeholders to the virtual 8th AfLS-2025 Conference from 17-21 November 2025.
  2. The  9th AfLS-2026 Conference from 16-20 November 2026 in Zimbabwe.

Previous Events

  1. 40th Anniversary of the African Academy of Science - at the Africa Week 2025 Conference, 30 May 2025 in Pretoria, see presentation and video
  2. The AfLS at the AAS GA and Conference in Abuja, 9-12 Dec 2024   see session 4 on page 15.
  3. The AfLS at Science Forum South Africa, SFSA, 3-6 Dec 2024, see the programme of 5th Dec 2024.
  4. The African Calling Stick is Calling all stakeholders to the 7th AfLS-2024 Conference from 18-23 November 2024 in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica
  5. 6th International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures (ICTMS)  1-5 July 2024, Cape Town, South Africa.
  6. ICTP School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications Virtual event, 15 Jan - 26 Feb 2024
  7. AfLS-2023 Virtual Conference from 13-17 November 2023 hosted virtually.
  8. Souther African Powder Diffraction Conference 2023, SAPDC2023, 16-22 April 2023, Namibia
  9. ICTP School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications Virtual event, 23 Jan - 17 Dec 2023
  10.  AfLS-2022 Virtual Conference from 14-18 November 2022 hosted virtually by BIUST, Botswana.
  11. Training Workshop on Synchrotron Technologies and Techniques and their Applications from 25-29 July 2022.
  12. Hands- on training in Structural Biology, a tool for sustainable development in Africa Malaria Research and Training Centre (MRTC) in Bamako, Mali from 25 to 28 April 2022
  13. SESAME High School Teachers Workshop  Sessions: 17-27 January 2022
  14. ICTP School on Synchrotron Light Sources and their Applications Virtual event, 6-17 Dec 2021
  15.  AfLS 3 Virtual Conference from 15-20 November 2021 hosted virtually by X-TechLab, Semi City, Benin.
  16. AfLS CDR Town Hall Virtual Event 11 Oct 2021 – Reviewing the CDR Process
  17. The ASFAP Town Hall Meeting of the African Strategy for Physics and Fundamental Applications (ASFAP) 12-15 July 2021
  18. BioStructAfrica Workshop at 11th African Congress of  Immunology, Federation of African Immunological Societies, 29 November - 3 December 2020, Lilongwe,  Malawi
  19. AfLS2020 Virtual Workshop, 18-20 Nov 2020 (15:00 - 17:20 CAT).
  20. Gordon conference : Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, July 12 - 17, 2020 at Les Diablerets, Switzerland (Africa is a strong candidate for the cradle of human cultur,e too)
  21. 2nd SA-BrightnESS2 workshop on Neutron Scattering, 23 - 24 June 2020 at a location close to Necsa SOC Ltd
  22. ASNAEM-2020 Workshop : African Synchrotron Network for Advanced Energy Materials, 11-12 June 2020 in Johannesburg South Africa
  23. School : Advanced Light Sources: Principles, Designs, Developments and Multidisciplinary Applications: ICTP, Trieste from 4 to 15 May 2020,
  24. CCP4 Crystallographic School from 31 March - 8 April 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa.
  25. SA-ESRF Light Source Conference, 11-13 November 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  26. Workshop on design of synchrotron light sources: 28-30 October, 2019 in Mexico City.
  27. African Neutron and Synchrotron Data Analysis Competency (ANSDAC) Workshop, 16- 24 of October 2019, Cape Town.
  28. IAEA General Conference: Side Event: Light, the Way Forward: Advanced Light Sources for Peace and Development. Tuesday, 17 September 2019, IAEA Headquarters in Vienna.
  29. School on Biophysical Approaches to Macromolecules and Cells: Integrated Tools for Life Sciences and Medicine, 9 - 20 September 2019 NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania.
  30. START Launch Event 27-28 Mar 2019
  31. AflS 2 Accra, Ghana 28 Jan - 2 Feb 2019
  32. Biophysics & Structural Biology at Synchrotrons 17-24 Jan 2019
  33. Full Session at Science Forum SA 12-14 Dec 2018
  34. Full Session at the World Science Forum 7-11 Nov 2017
  35. AfLS1 Grenoble, France 16-20 Nov 2015

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