Dear PSSA members, colleagues, and friends,

This 5th PSSA circular is a call for Registration and Abstracts.

The dates for the conference are 8 – 13 September 2024. So far four circulars have been sent out and are available on the PSSA Website.

Dear PSSA members, colleagues, and friends,

This 4th PSSA circular is to update you on Progress for the 22nd PSSA Conference.

The dates for the conference are 8 – 13 September 2024. So far three circulars have been sent out and are available on the PSSA Website.

Dear PSSA members, colleagues, and friends,

The dates for the conference are 8 – 12 September 2024.
So far two circulars have been sent out and are available on the PSSA Website.

In December 2023 a list of accommodation options was sent out with the 2nd circular. This is reattached here. We recommend booking accommodation sooner rather than later as prices will inevitably rise this year. ​

​The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is a joint research facility situated in Grenoble, France. This facility is the first-of-a-kind, generating low-emittance, high-energy X-rays (synchrotron light), enabling researchers to 3D image materials and living matter at exceptionally high resolutions. The ESRF allows researchers from member and associate countries to apply for beam time. These applications go through various review committees and are scored. The highest-scoring applications are accepted and allocated beam time shifts (1 shift = 8 hours). The ESRF funds the entire trip to and from the facility and the scanning itself for three users. With South Africa being an associate member of the ESRF, researchers can apply for scanning time at no cost to the researcher or institutes they work at. This gives South African researchers access to the best synchrotron facility in the world with no financial burden.