The Second Mexican Synchrotron Radiation Users Meeting will take place from June 6-8, 2012, at the University of Guanajuato. This event aims to facilitate collaboration among Mexican scientists and provide a platform for presenting research utilizing synchrotron techniques. Additionally, the meeting will address the development of synchrotron facilities in Mexico and the creation of a Mexican users committee.

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June 6‐8th,
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anajuato
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anajuato
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The Mexican Synchrotro Radiatio Users As
on on ssociation is pleased to announce the 201 Mexican
12 Official language will b
O be English.
Synchrotron Radiation Users’ Meeeting (MESY
YRUM) to be held fro 6 to 8 of June 20
om 012, at the
Sci
ience and E
Engineeringg Division of the Unive
ersity of Guanajuato, CCampus Leó ón. For updat
ted informa
ation please
e visit the w
website: htt
tp://www.fisica.ugto.mx/~mesy
yrum/ .
Synchrotrons s are facilities where e extremely in
ntense and d highly focused beam ms, are prodduced. This Yo
ou can cont
tact the Loc mail writing to: mesyru
cal Organizing Committee by e‐m um@fisica.
.ugto.mx .
light is used to study a diversity o materials from me
of etals to soil plants, biomolecules, human
ls, b
tissue, etc. Ac cademy and industry have taken n advantage of these facilities too, for example, create
neew drugs ag gainst disea ases, and im mprove a vvariety of in
ndustrial pr rocesses. However, much of this
Local Organiz
zing Committee:
ressearch is do one in deve eloped cou f these facilities is not
untries and the use of y spread in
t yet widely
Mé éxico. Dra. Guadalupe de la Ro osa (Depto. Ing. Química Electrón nica y Bioméédica, DCI‐U
UG‐CL).
Dr. Mauro Na apsuciale M
Mendívil (Deepto. de Física, DCI‐UG G‐CL).
The first Editi
ion of this m
meeting gat thered 74 rresearchers s with the p
presence of ternational
f several int
Dr. Jesús Bern DCI‐UG‐CL).
nal Alvarado (Depto. Ing. Física, D
spe
eakers, all of them e experts in different syn nchrotron techniqu ues (see
Dr. Juan Carloos Fierro Go
onzález (Deepto. Ing. Q
Química, Ins stituto Tecn
nológico de Celaya).
htt
tp://indico..nucleares.unam.mx/c conferenceDisplay.py? ?confId=541). As an outcome, a Mexican
Dr. Gustavo C Cruz Jiméneez (Depto. d
de Farmacia a, DCNE‐UG G‐CG).
Us
sers Comm mittee was created with the aim of strengthenin the collaboration of users’
ng
Dr. Teodoro C Córdoba (DDepto. Ing. F
Física, DCI‐U
UG‐CL).
community a and participating in c
current and future a wards the design and eventual
actions tow d
Dr. Modesto Sosa (Depto. Ing. Físic ca, DCI‐UG‐CL).
construction of a Mexic can Synchro otron Facilitty. Further information on the Mexican Sy ynchrotron
M. o Gutiérrez Vázquez (Depto. de I
. F. Gilberto Ing. Física, U
UG‐CL).
Radiation Users’ Associatioon can be found in the
e official site:
M..F. Huetzin Pérez Olivaas (Depto. d
de Ing. Físic
ca, UG‐CL).
htt
tp://www.s sciencechiaapas.net/SR Rmexusers/ /index.html l .
OB
BJECTIVE
Na
ational Organizing Com
mmittee:
The main pur rpose of this Second m meeting is tto provide Mexican sccientists with an oppoortunity for
r
preesenting th he results oof their rese
earch wher re synchrottron techniques have been used d as well as Dra. Guadalupe de la Ro osa (Universsidad de Gu
uanajuato).
.
to strengthe collabor
en ration with colleague in othe Instituti
h es er ions in Mexico and overseas. Dr. Marcos Delgado Ríos s (Universid
dad Autónooma de Ciud
dad Juárez)
).
Reesearchers n not using s synchrotron n technique es are also welcome a ortunity to
as this will be an oppo Dr. Daniel He
ernández Cr ruz (Universsidad Autón
noma de Chhiapas).
ide
entify poten ntial applic
cations in th
heir own innvestigationns and to in aborations. A selected
nitiate colla Dr. Enrique Rudiño (UNA AM).
sett of revision
n talks by in
nvited spea akers will be
e presentedd. Dr. Erick Adrián Juarez‐A
Arellano (Universidad del Papaloa
apan, Oaxaaca).
Dr. Jose Musttre (Cinvest
tav‐ Mérida a).
IM
MPORTANT DATES
Co
onference d dates: June 6‐8, 2012
Call for paper
rs Febru
uary 14, 2012
Re
egistration o
opens Febru
uary 20
Re Deadline
egistration D May 21
De
eadline for s n of abstracts
submission May 28
Th s a F T CALL !!
his is FIRST Th s a F T CALL !!
his is FIRST