<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Please remember the <b>deadline (April 30) for the submission of grant applications </b>for the</div><div><br></div><div>*** 11th PSI Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics ***</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><b>Registration is open for the 11th PSI Summer School on Condensed Matter Research!</b></div><div><br></div><div>This year the school's topic will be <b>"Imaging Life and Matter - using photons, neutrons and muons"</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>The school will take place between <b>August 11-17, 2012</b> at the Institut Montana, Zug, Switzerland </div><div>followed by a hands on training course at the PSI large scale facilities on <b>August 18-20, 2012</b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Detailed information and online registration is available on the web: <a href="http://www.psi.ch/summerschool">http://www.psi.ch/summerschool</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scope:</b></div><div>The PSI summer school 2012 is dedicated to the fascinating and growing field of imaging experiments </div><div>at large scale facilities. International experts and PSI staff members will introduce and deepen </div><div>your knowledge about real space imaging from life to materials sciences. Not only methods like tomography, </div><div>phase contrast imaging or image processing but also diffractive and spectroscopic imaging and reflectometry </div><div>will be covered. Evening lectures will draw the attention to applications of imaging techniques in further high-impact </div><div>fields of science like medicine, cultural heritage or paleontology.</div><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Practical training:</b></div><div>Following the school a practical training is offered at PSI. It will allow a limited number of participants </div><div>to get hands-on experience with state-of-the-art instrumentation using the photon (SLS), neutron (SINQ) </div><div>and muon (SMuS) facilities at PSI.</div><div>More information: <a href="http://indico.psi.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=7&confId=1386">http://indico.psi.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=7&confId=1386</a></div><div><br></div><div>The school is addressed mainly to the education of PhD and postdoctoral students without prior knowledge of neutron, </div><div>X-ray and muon techniques. It is fully open to the national and non-national public and the language of the school is English.</div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><b>general registration deadline: June 30, 2012</b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></span><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Grants:</b></div><div>A limited number of grants will be available to cover accommodation and the fee for both the school </div><div>and the practical training for selected PhD students and postdocs. In order to apply for a grant </div><div>please send your application electronically to the school secretariat <b>before April 30, 2012:</b></div><div><ul><li>letter of recommendation from your supervising professor</li><li>short CV</li><li>list of publications</li></ul></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">l</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ">More information: <a href="http://indico.psi.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=12&confId=1386">http://indico.psi.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=12&confId=1386</a><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Further information:</b></div><div>Renate Bercher (conference secretary)</div><div>Paul Scherrer Institut</div><div>5232 Villigen PSI</div><div>Switzerland</div><div>phone:+41 56 310 3402</div><div>email: <a href="mailto:zug2012@psi.ch">zug2012@psi.ch</a></div><div><br></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span></span></body></html>