Name: The 4th High-Pressure Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Summer School, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2026
Start: 2026-07-05T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-07-10T15:00:00+01:00
Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building

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

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