What’s New? USNC/IUCr at the 2008 ACA Conference XXI IUCr Congress & General Assembly August 24 – 30, 2008, Osaka, Japan Five members of the USNC/Cr represented the U.S. delegation at the XXI IUCr General Assembly in Osaka, Japan. The USNC/Cr awarded eleven travel grants to young crystallographers to participate and present their research at the XXI IUCr Congress. A working dinner held in Osaka not only introduced the young crystallographers to USNC/Cr members, but also established a mentoring relationship between them. David Sayre Awarded the Ewald Prize The Osaka congress commenced with the 60th anniversary ceremony and the presentation of the Ewald Prize to David Sayre from the Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Dr. Sayre was awarded the eighth Ewald Prize for the unique breadth of his contributions to crystallography, which range from seminal contributions to the solving of the phase problem and the complex physics of imaging generic objects by X-ray diffraction and microscopy. Dr. Sayre was member of the USNC/Cr in 1982-83, vice-chair in 1984-86, and a U.S. delegate to the 13th IUCr General Assembly. IUCr Newsletter The IUCr Newsletter is available online and is distributed quarterly to 587 libraries and individuals in 39 countries.		Who We Are… The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in crystallography at the international level. The U.S. National Committee for Crystallography (USNC/Cr) furthers the interests of the U.S. crystallography community in IUCr and promotes the intellectual vigor and diversity of the crystallographic community. It supports activities and issues in: Interdisciplinary Research, Research Resources and Facilities, Education and Travel Support, Crystallographic Databases, and Publication Standards and Ethics. Committee Activities Travel Fellowship Program The USNC/IUCr, in cooperation with the American Crystallographic Association (ACA), provides partial travel support for participation in the triennial Congresses of the International Union of Crystallography. To be eligible, applicants must be graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, or untenured faculty members in any of the Crystallographic, Diffraction, and Imaging Sciences affiliated with the IUCr. 2008 Travel Fellowships Recipients Congratulations to the 2008 Recipients: Wen Bian James Ciston Anna Gardberg Ronny Hughes Medora Huseby Pavol Juhas Karah Knope Jeffrey Lee Alexander Smith Shiho Tanaka Vladimir Zhurov The 2011 travel grant competition for the XXII IUCr Congress and General Assembly in Madrid, Spain from August 22-29, 2011 will open in late 2010. View past IUCr activities…			Upcoming Meetings October 25, 2008 Washington, DC The USNC/Cr will hold its annual meeting at The Keck Center of The National Academies this month. July 25 – 30, 2009 Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada will host the 2009 Annual Crystallographic Association. Obtain information about workshops, poster sessions, and meeting registration… ACA 2010 July 22 – 31, 2010 Chicago, IL International Visitors Office Scientists and students traveling to the United States for professional activities can obtain information from the International Visitors Office, a program operated by the BISO. Contact Us U.S. National Committee for Crystallography The National Academies Board on International Scientific Organizations Keck Center, WS 1013 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Tel: (202) 334 2807 Fax: (202) 334 2231 Ana Ferreras, Program Officer Sponsor The USNC/IUCr is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. MPS-0650065. The National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences is the U.S. adhering body to IUCr. The USNC operates within the National Research Council's Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO).
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