The 4th High-Pressure Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Summer School, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2026
from
Sunday, 5 July 2026 (17:00)
to
Friday, 10 July 2026 (15:00)
Monday, 29 June 2026
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Friday, 3 July 2026
Saturday, 4 July 2026
Sunday, 5 July 2026
17:00
Registration and Icebreaker
Registration and Icebreaker
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Magnet Cafe
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Monday, 6 July 2026
08:45
Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
08:45 - 09:00
09:00
Basics of the diamond anvil cell (Miriam Pena-Alvarez)
Basics of the diamond anvil cell (Miriam Pena-Alvarez)
09:00 - 09:50
09:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Crystallography refresher (symmetry, space groups) (Leonid Dubrovinsky)
Crystallography refresher (symmetry, space groups) (Leonid Dubrovinsky)
10:10 - 11:00
11:05
X-ray diffraction refresher (Andrey Aslandukov)
X-ray diffraction refresher (Andrey Aslandukov)
11:05 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch (+ Help installing)
Lunch (+ Help installing)
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Live introduction to CrysAlisPro (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
Live introduction to CrysAlisPro (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
13:00 - 13:30
13:30
Hands-on: Getting started with CrysAlisPro
Hands-on: Getting started with CrysAlisPro
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Hands-on: Getting started with CrysAlisPro
Hands-on: Getting started with CrysAlisPro
15:15 - 17:00
17:00
Whisky Tasting
Whisky Tasting
17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
09:00
X-ray diffraction: structure solution and refinement (Dominique Laniel)
X-ray diffraction: structure solution and refinement (Dominique Laniel)
09:00 - 09:50
09:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Acquiring good SCXRD data in DACs (Dominique Laniel)
Acquiring good SCXRD data in DACs (Dominique Laniel)
10:10 - 11:00
11:05
Live introduction to multigrain crystallography (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
Live introduction to multigrain crystallography (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
11:05 - 11:35
11:35
Lab Tours
Lab Tours
11:35 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Hands-on: Simple cases with CrysAlisPro
Hands-on: Simple cases with CrysAlisPro
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Hands-on: Simple cases with CrysAlisPro
Hands-on: Simple cases with CrysAlisPro
15:15 - 17:00
17:00
Posters
Posters
17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
09:00
Processing high pressure data: problems and helpful tools (Simon Parsons)
Processing high pressure data: problems and helpful tools (Simon Parsons)
09:00 - 09:50
09:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Live introduction to Dioptas and sample mapping (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
Live introduction to Dioptas and sample mapping (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
10:10 - 10:35
10:35
Live introduction to Olex2 and Shelx (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
Live introduction to Olex2 and Shelx (Hannah Shuttleworth/Xuejing He)
10:35 - 11:00
11:05
Lab Tours
Lab Tours
11:05 - 11:35
11:35
Lab Tours
Lab Tours
11:35 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Hands-on: Structure solution and refinement
Hands-on: Structure solution and refinement
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Hands-on: Structure solution and refinement
Hands-on: Structure solution and refinement
15:15 - 17:00
17:00
Science talk (Ross Howie)
Science talk (Ross Howie)
17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
20:00
Walking Tour of Edinburgh Old Town
Walking Tour of Edinburgh Old Town
20:00 - 18:00
Thursday, 9 July 2026
09:00
Dealing with complex datasets. Part I: Twinning (Elena Bykova)
Dealing with complex datasets. Part I: Twinning (Elena Bykova)
09:00 - 09:50
09:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Dealing with complex datasets. Part II: Disorder (Elena Bykova)
Dealing with complex datasets. Part II: Disorder (Elena Bykova)
10:10 - 11:00
11:05
Validation of crystallographic data (Andrey Aslandukov)
Validation of crystallographic data (Andrey Aslandukov)
11:05 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch + School Photo
Lunch + School Photo
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Hands-on: Multigrain samples with CrysAlisPro and Olex2
Hands-on: Multigrain samples with CrysAlisPro and Olex2
13:00 - 15:00
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
Hands-on: Multigrain samples with CrysAlisPro and Olex2
Hands-on: Multigrain samples with CrysAlisPro and Olex2
15:15 - 17:00
17:00
Posters
Posters
17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Friday, 10 July 2026
09:00
Limitations of SCXRD and complementary techniques (Leonid Dubrovinsky)
Limitations of SCXRD and complementary techniques (Leonid Dubrovinsky)
09:00 - 09:50
09:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
09:50 - 10:10
10:10
Hands-on: Mapping and analysis of complex samples
Hands-on: Mapping and analysis of complex samples
10:10 - 11:00
11:05
Hands-on: Mapping and analysis of complex samples
Hands-on: Mapping and analysis of complex samples
11:05 - 12:00
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Hands-on: Mapping and analysis of complex samples
Hands-on: Mapping and analysis of complex samples
13:00 - 14:45
14:45
Concluding remarks
Concluding remarks
14:45 - 15:00