<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; border-spacing: 0px; "><div><b>Registration is open for the 12th PSI Summer School on Condensed Matter Research!</b></div><div><br></div><div>This year the school's topic will be "Materials - Structure and Magnetism".</div><div><br></div><div>The school will take place between August 17-23, 2013 at the Lyceum Alpinum in Zuoz, Switzerland </div><div>followed by a hands on training course at the PSI large scale facilities on August 24-26, 2013.</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 2013 is dedicated to some of the main topics addressed at large scale user facilities </div><div>such as neutron, muon or synchrotron photon sources: Materials - structure and magnetism. </div><div>International experts and PSI staff members will introduce and deepen your knowledge not only about these </div><div>scientific topics but also about the main methods applied to understand the phenomena, </div><div>which are presently at the forefront of modern solid state physics and chemistry. </div><div>The school is fully open to the national and non-national public and the language of the school is English.</div><div><br></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 to get </div><div>hands-on experience with state-of-the-art instrumentation using the photon (SLS), neutron (SINQ) and muon (SMuS) facilities at PSI.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Registration deadline:</b> </div><div>June 30, 2013</div><div><br></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 and the practical training for </div><div>selected PhD students and postdocs. In order to apply for a grant please send your application electronically to the </div><div>school secretariat before April 30, 2013. More information: <a href="http://indico.psi.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=11&confId=1975">http://indico.psi.ch/internalPage.py?pageId=11&confId=1975</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>General 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:zuoz2013@psi.ch">zuoz2013@psi.ch</a></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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