Current news from IMRI facilities
//While I am away from April 5th to 16th, Mai Ng will be available to help with training. However, she will only be available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please contact Mai for an appointment at mai.ng@uci.edu.
For emergency support, Mai can be contacted by phone – cell phone number in lab.
//TEM double tilt sample holder needs repair because its age. I need to buy some parts and try to fix it by myself. Before this is done, please use the single tilt specimen holder. I have left an instruction for the single tilt holder operation on the table. Please let me know if you have any questions.
//The XRD stage was stuck. Bruker engineer has been contacted. Waiting for response…New updates will be posted as comments.
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Congratulations to Mercè Dalmau (Prof. Szu-Wen Wang’s group). She published a paper “pH-Triggered Disassembly in a Caged Protein Complex” in Biomacromolecules in Oct 2009 (vol 10, iss 12, p3199-3206), where MC2 CM-20 TEM was used to reveal the structure and disassembly of the caged protein complex (see figures above). The results are significant progress toward the use of the caged protein complex as a drug delivery vehicle. This paper and related TEM images have been featured recently in “Research Highlights” of Biopolymers (Vol. 93, no. 2, 2010).
This has been her third paper since Dec 2008. Other two papers are “Thermostability and Molecular Encapsulation within an Engineered Caged Protein Scaffold” published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering in Oct 2008 (vol 101, iss 4, p554-664) and “Design of a pH-Dependent Molecular Switch in a Caged Protein Platform” in Nano Letters in Jan 2009 (vol 9, iss 1, p160-166). The former was highlighted in B&B’s “Spotlight” Feature and TEM images were selected as cover photo in December 2008 (see picture below).
It is a great achievement to publish three high quality papers in such a short period of time!
//An ODP problem was reported this afternoon. I will contact service engineer on Monday
//Our EBSD camera is back from repair and will be reinstalled today. Training sessions will begin as soon as we are back up to speed.
//Regrettably, all training is postponed. Hopefully we will get back to normal next week.
//Be there! More details at www.scsmm.org
Beckman Institute
California Institute of Technology
Schedule
08:00 – 12:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast
Selection bagels, sweet rolls, mini croissants and mini-muffins along with tea, coffee, and juice
08:25 Welcome
08:30 – 09:00 Analytical Electron Microscopy of Zeolite Nucleation and Growth From Amorphous Gels
Krassimir Bozhilov, University of California, Riverside
09:00 – 09:30 Root Cause Analysis of Tungsten-Induced Protein Aggregation in Pre-filled Syringes
Gianni Torraca, Amgen
09:30 – 10:00 Failure Analysis of Semiconductor Laser Diodes
Brendan Foran, Aerospace Corp.
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
All participants are invited to visit the Vendor Display tables
10:30 – 11:00 Nano-Mineralogy by Advanced Electron Microscopy: Discovering New Minerals in the Early Solar System
Chi Ma, California Institute of Technology
11:00 – 12:00 Four (Under) Graduate Student Presentations:
Novel Nanostructures for Enhanced Endotheliazation on Bare-Metallic Stent Wire
Marianna Loya, University of California, San Diego
EBSD Investigation of Texture Development in Layer-grown Ti 6Al 4V
Brandon Saller, University of California, Irvine
Phase Transition Mechanism in Bulk Iron Oxide Nanocomposites
Sohanazaman Tanju, University of California, Riverside
Unshell the Potential Magic Bullet – Vesicular Stomatitis Virus in 3D
Peng Ge, University of California, Los Angeles
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:20 SCSMM Business Meeting
13:20 – 13:50 Measuring Transport Into Artificial Cells With Confocal Microscopy
Noah Malmstadt, University of Southern California
13:50 – 15:00 Vendor Presentations:
EDS Analysis of Sub-Micron Structures Using Large Area Silicon Drift Detectors
Scott Sitzman, Oxford Instruments
Nanocone Chemical Analysis with Scanning Auger Microscopy
Ken Bomben, Physical Electronics
Advances in High Resolution Imaging with Helium Ion Microscopy
Arno Merkle, Carl Zeiss Co.
TEAM EDS Smart Features; Change the Way You Do Analysis Forever
Jack Rosek, EDAX
15:00 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30 Nicholas Ritchie (NIST, MAS Tour Speaker): “Standards-based Analysis – When and How?”
16:30 – 17:00 Tour of Caltech microscopy facility
17:00 Meeting adjourns
Poster Presentations
Title to be Announced
Mai Ng, University of California, Irvine
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Composite Cathode Performance and Morphology: Effects of Particle Size Distribution
Anh Duong, University of California, Irvine
Evaluating Thermally Grown Oxide in TBC Materials Under Humid Atmosphere
Matt Sullivan, University of California, Irvine
Directed Assembly of Nanoparticle Superstructures
Seth Taylor, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Title to be Announced
Matt Weeks, University of California, Irvine
The SCSMM acknowledges and thanks our vendors for their financial support of our All-day Symposium.
Registration and other details are posted
on the SCSMM website at:
www.scsmm.org.