The CLS is known for its industrial research[1] [2] and its education progran
Kent Smith-Windsor of the Saskatooon Chamber of Commerce described the CLS as "potential cork in the brain drain"[3].
A further push towards a Canadian synchrotron lightsource started in 1990 with formation of the Canadian Institute for Synchrotron Radiation (CISR), initiated by Bruce Bigham of AECL. AECL and TRIUMF showed interest in designing the ring, but the Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan became prominent in the design phase. In 1991 CISR submitted a propoal to NSERC for a final design study. This was turned down, but in later years, under President Peter Morand, NSERC became more supportive. In 1994 NSERC committee recommended a Canadian synchrotron lightsource and a further NSERC committee was formed to select between two bids to host such a facility, from the Universities of Saskatchewan and Western Ontario. In 1996 this committee recommended that the Canadian Light Source be built in Saskatchewan. [4][5]
Glass and steel expansion built in 2007 to house medical imaging beamline. [6]
Physics professor Josef Hormes of the University of Bonn, former director of the CAMD synchrotron at Louisiana State University was announced as the new director in May 2008 [7]
Construction on the expansion needed to house the Brockhouse beamlines started in July 2011 [8]
Using X-ray crystallography, University of Calgary solved the detailed structure of an enzyme responsible for the Norwalk virus. Ken Ng, associate professor in the U of C's department of biological sciences, led an international team [9]
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- Woodhouse, Howard (2009). Selling Out: Academic Freedom and the Corporate Market. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queens' University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-3580-0.
References
- ^ Woodhouse.
- ^ a b Cutler, J.; Christensen, C.; Kotzer, T.G.; Ogunremi, T; Warner, J. (2007). "The Canadian Light Source – A new tool for industrial research". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B. 261: 859–862. doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.051.
- ^ Woodhouse, p. 163.
- ^ a b Bancroft, G. M. (2004). "The Canadian Light Source — History and scientific prospects". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 35: 25. doi:10.1080/08940886.2012.683354.
- ^ "Commissioning report of the CLS booster synchrotron" (PDF). 2004. Retrieved 2012-22-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Canada's medical imaging "crown jewel" takes shape". 1 December 2007. Retrieved 2012-27-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Canadian Light Source names new executive director". 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2012-27-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "CLS Newsletter". 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2012-27-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "U of C researcher cracks Norwalk code". 20 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-27-07.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Woodhouse, p. 84.
- ^ Guralnik, Gerald; Hagen, C. R.; Kibble, T. W. B. (1964). "Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles". Physical Review Letters. 13 (20): 585–587. Bibcode:1964PhRvL..13..585G. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.13.585.
- ^ Ellis, Thomas (2012). "Canadian Light Source Hitting its Stride". Synchrotron Radiation News. 82: 1028–1042. doi:10.1139/v04-027.
- ^ a b Cutler, Jeffrey; Hallin, Emil; de Jong, Mark; Thomlinson, William; Ellis, Thomas (2007). "The Canadian Light Source: The newest synchrotron in the Americas". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A. 582: 11–13. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.086.
- ^ Bisby, Mark; Maitland, Peter (2005). "CIHR Research: Re-Inventing the Microscope: The Canadian Light Source (CLS)". Healthcare Quarterly. 8: 22–23.