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<div align="CENTER"> <font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>High Spatial Resolution Neutron Reflection Methods for the Study of Gold Supported Biomembranes </b></span></font> </div><div> <font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> <br> Venue: The Cosener’s House <br> Abingdon<br> Oxfordshire<br> <br> Date: January 19 - 20 2009<br> <br> We have recently been developing the application of magnetic contrast reflectometry to gold supported biomolecular films. This method is especially applicable where deuteration of the component molecules is either intractable or prohibitively expensive. The method takes advantage of the requirement to incorporate a binder layer between the gold and the silicon substrate. We replace the standard binders with a magnetic layer usually an Fe/Ni alloy. When magnetised this layer presents a different scattering power to polarised neutrons. We are therefore able to collect two datasets relative to an external reference from <i>exactly</i> the same sample. <br> <br> The meeting will outline the method, present results from a number of systems studied and explore future possibilities of this method.<br> <br> Invited Speakers: <br> Dr Chuck Majkrzak, NIST Centre for Neutron Research, USA.<br> Prof. Jeremy Lakey, The Medical School University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.<br> Dr Chris van der Walle. SIPS, University of Strathclyde, UK.<br> <i><br> </i><br> <i>Contact: Stephen Holt </i><a href="stephen.holt@stfc.ac.uk">stephen.holt@stfc.ac.uk</a><br> <i> +44 1235 446081<br> <br> </i>Further information can be found at the following website. <br> </span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/largescale/LSS/mcm/mcm_intro.htm">http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/largescale/LSS/mcm/mcm_intro.htm</a><br> </span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br> Registration will be available by mid September.<br> </span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br> ************************************************************************<br> Dr Stephen A. Holt<br> ISIS<br> Science and Technology Facilities Council <br> Rutherford Appleton Laboratory <br> Harwell Science and Innovation Campus <br> Didcot Office: + 44 (0)1235 446081<br> OX11 0QX SURF: + 44 (0)1235 446894<br> United Kingdom Mobile: + 44 (0)7753 845113<br> <br> <a href="http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/LargeScale/index.htm">http://www.isis.rl.ac.uk/LargeScale/index.htm</a><br> ************************************************************************<br> <br> </span></font> </div></body></html>