NEWSLETTER TO ASIAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHERS
Number
1, December 1985
MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN
It gives me great pleasure to see the dawn of the
activities of the Asian Crystallographic Association (ASCA).
The first newsletter is now at hand. We have now a powerful means to
disseminate crystallographic information which undoubtedly will stimulate scientific
activity and serve to enhance crystallography in this region.
Thanks should go to the good offices
of colleagues of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia (SCA), the
Crystallographic Society of Japan (CSJ) and all the delegates at the Hamburg
meeting.
MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHERS IN AUSTRALIA
This
newsletter is the start of a new era in cooperation and information-exchange
between Crystallographers of our region. I am sure it is the forerunner of
newsletters that will, as the Asian Crystallographic Association (ASCA) becomes
established, include contributions from all member countries. Its main purpose
at this time is to keep us abreast of meetings and research activities in the
region. Cooperation in other ways is certain to evolve as our research becomes
increasingly specialized, sophisticated and expensive. Sharing resources is
clearly an important objective. In future it may be possible to promote the concept
of joint educational and research facilities, and the exchange of scientific
personnel. This already exists, to a limited extent, but can be increased and
improved.
These activities follow from last
years' exploratory ASCA meeting at Hamburg. As a firm supporter of this
concept, the Society of Crystallographers in Australia looks forward to the
establishment and future growth of the Association.
EDITORIAL
REMARKS
Preliminary discussions concerning
the proposed formation of an Association of Crystallographers in the Asian
Region were held during the 1984 lUCr Congress in Hamburg. The meeting was
convened by the Society of Crystallographers in Australia (SCA) and was
attended by a total of 27 delegates representing 6 countries. Eight countries
contacted by the SCA prior to the meeting sent their apologies ; a further four
did not respond to correspondence.
The formation of an Asian Crystallographic Association was
given unanimous support by the delegates at the Hamburg meeting. The major
decisions made by this meeting were that the SCA should proceed with the
drafting of a Constitution for the Association, that this draft should be
circulated to delegates of the 14 foundation member countries for their
amendments and recommendations, and that a newsletter be produced for the dissemination
of Crystallographic information in the Asian region. All three resolutions have
now been acted upon, and we hope that a constitution will be available for
final consideration at the 1987 lUCr Congress in Perth.
This
inaugural newsletter has been produced by the Japanese and Australian Crystallographic
Societies and, as a result, contains news items originating primarily from
these two countries. As the Association grows we trust that both the
contributions and the circulation of the newsletter will expand to include all
of the member countries. Any person wishing to make comments on, or
contributions to, future newsletters is invited^to contact either :
Prof. J. Harada
Dr R. J. Hill,
Department of Applied Physics, CSIRO,
Faculty of Engineering,
Division of Mineral Chemistry,
Nagoya University,
P. 0. Box 124,
Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464
Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207
JAPAN.
AUSTRALIA.
CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
OF JAPAN
( i ) Organization
The
Crystallographic Society of Japan (CSJ) was established in 1950 by the late
Professor Seiji Nishikawa who was its first president. Since then the CSJ has
been managed by a president and a fixed number of councillors, with normal
terms of two years. The membership numbers about 800 at present but active
members are limited to roughly 300.
Officers for the 1984/1985
terms are :
1984
1985 President S.
Nagakura
Y. litaka
(Tokyo Institute of
Technology) (Tokyo Univ.) General
Secretary 0. Nittono
I. Ohsumi
(Tokyo Institute of
Technology) (Tokyo Univ.)
Treasurer K. Yagi
A. Itai
(Tokyo Institute of Technology) (Tokyo Univ.) Secretary for J.
Harada
T. Uragami Foreign Affairs (Nagoya Univ.)
(Okayama Univ. of Science) Secretary for F. Iwasaki
F. Iwasaki Annual Meetings (Univ. of Electro-Communications) Editor of
the
S. Kikuta
S. Kikuta
|
T. Ashida |
Journal of CSJ (Tokyo Univ.) Computing T. Ashida
(Nagoya Univ.)
(ii) Activities
The
annual meeting of the CSJ is usually held in the period from October to
November. During the meeting the CSJ prize is offered to one or two young
scientists and a special invited general talk is given as the Seiji Nishikawa
commemorative lecture. The CSJ issues the Journal of the Crystallographic
Society of Japan (in Japanese, with English titles and abstracts) six times a
year.
(iii) Annual Meeting of
the CSJ
in 1985
The
annual meeting of the CSJ was held at the Tsukuba Research Center Agency of
Industrial Science and Technology last Novemer. There were more than 250
participants with 91 poster papers being presented and two symposiums
(entitled "A feature view of the protain crystallography" and
"Crystal growth under special environments") being held. The JSC
prizes were given to Dr. Sumio IIJIMA (Research Development Co., c/o Dept. of
Physics, Meijo University) for his development of high resolution electron
microscopic method to the studies of crystal surface and defect structures, and
also to Professor Hiroo HASHIZUME (Tokyo Institute of Technology) for his developement
of X-ray position sensitive detector to the study of dynamic structure. The
Seiji Nishikawa commemorative talk was given by Professor Mineo KUMAZAWA (The
University of Tokyo) and was entitled "Earth Science and
Crystallography". The meeting was a great success.
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS (JAPAN)
Aug. 26-30, 1986 : Int. Conf. Martensitic
Transformation (ICOMAT-86).
(Cultural
Center of Nara Prefecture)
Contact
: Prof. A. Nagasawa, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's
University, Nara 630 Aug. 31-Sept.
7, 1986 : XI th International Congress on Electron Microscopy.
(Kyoto)
Contact
: Dr. H. Harada, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of
Medicine,
Kyoto University, Kyoto 606 Nov., 1986 : The 1986
meeting of CSJ.
(Nagoya)
Contact : Prof. J. Harada
THE PHOTON FACTORY OF THE
NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (JAPAN)
The Photon Factory (PF) is a
synchrotron radiation laboratory that provides
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abundant photons from the ultraviolet through to hard
X-rays for users from Universities, research laboratories and industry.
Construction of the 2.5 GeV electron linear accelerator and 2. 5 GeV electron
storage ring was approved by the Japanese government in April, 1977, and
was commenced in April 1978 at the site of the National Laboratory for High
Energy Physics. The facility was completed in February 1982, and the first
electron beam was stored in the storage ring in March 1982. The PF was opened
for public use in June of 1983. Since then, significant improvements have been
made in the quality of the beam.
The establishment of the Photon Factory owes greatly
to the leadership and enthusiasm of Professor Kazutake Kohra who was the first
director of the PF until he retired on April 1, 1984. The present director is
Professor Junichi Chikawa who was appointed to the position on April 1, 1985,
following the retirement of Professor Taizo Sasaki.
The
radiation source is now operating normally, with a maximum current of 150 mA.
The life-time at 100 mA is typically 15 to 20 hrs (March 1985). There are nine
main beam lines with 25 branch lines. Three beam lines are now under
construction, and an additional four beam lines are expected to be constructed
within fiscal year 1985. About two hundred proposals have been admitted by the
Program Advisory Committee (PAC) and more than eight hundred users were
registered in connection with the proposals in June 1984. Details of the
facilities available at the PF and the general activities of the facility are
summarized in the Photon Factory Activity Reports (1982/ 1983 and 1983/1984). A
PF user's meeting is held in early November every year.
The Activity Reports are available on request from
the Technical Information Office, KEK at the address :
Technical
Information Office,
National
Laboratory For High Energy Physics,
Oho-machi,
Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 305 Japan.
Telex
(0) 3652-534 (International)
Cable : KEKOHO.
The easiest way for overseas users to work at the PF
is to be involved in a collaborative project with Japanese scientists.
Therefore, it is recommended that an intending user contact a scientist at a
Japanese University to become his or her host.
SOCIETY OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHERS IN
AUSTRALIA
The first documented meeting of Australian Crystallographers
took place at the University of Sydney in May 1961. Since then, fifteen
"Crystal" meetings have been held, the most recent occurring in
Adelaide in May 1985 (see below).
The Society of Crystallographers in Australia came
into existance as a formally constituted body only after the Crystal 10 meeting
in Hawksbury, New South Wales in February 1976.
The management of the Society is vested by its
Articles and Rules in a Council
comprising of a President, Vice-president, Secretary,
Treasurer, three Ordinary Council Members and the President of the previous
term. The membership of the SCA currently stands at approximately 180.
Officers of the SCA for the current term (to August
1987) are :
President
:
S. R. Hall (Univ. WA) Vice President : P. M. Colman (CSIRO,
Protein Chemistry) Secretary :
R. J. Hill (CSIRO Min Chem) Treasurer :
M. F. MacKay (Latrobe Univ.) Council :
F. H. Moore (AINSE, Lucas Heights) R. W. Cheary (NSWIT) J. Graham
(CSIRO, Mineralogy) T. M. Sabine (NSWIT)
(immediate past President) Standing Committees
(*Chairperson)
Electron diffraction : J. R. J. Sellar (ANU)* R. A. Eggleton
(ANU) L. A. Bursill (Univ. Melbourne)
X-ray diffraction : S. W. Wilkins (CSIRO Chem Phys)* J. N.
Varghese (CSIRO Protein Chem) B. H. 0'Connor (WAIT)
Neutron diffraction : T. J. Hicks (Monash Univ.)* C. H. L. Kennard
(Univ. Qld) F. H. Moore (AINSE)
Computing :
A. D. Rae (Univ. NSW)* T. R. Welberry (ANU) M. R. Taylor (Flinders
Univ.)
Nominations : M. R. Snow
(Univ. Adelaide)* J. Epstein (Kodak, Vie) M. Sterns (ANU)
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
While
the SCA is the "grass-roots" body representing Crystallographers in
Australia, official contact with the International Union of
Crystallography is made through the Australian Academy of Science and its
National Committee for Crystallography. The current membership of the NCC is :
H. C. Freeman (Chairman : term expires 1/4/87)
E. N. Maslen (1/4/87)
B. M. Gatehouse (1/4/87)
R. L. Segall (1/4/86)
F. H. Moore (1/4/88)
S. R. Hall (ex-officio SCA
representative)
REPORT
ON CRYSTAL 15 AND THE COMPUTING SCHOOL (AUSTRALIA)
Computing
School
The
inaugural SCA Computing School was held immediately prior to the Crystal 15
Meeting at the Haven Motor Inn, Gleneig, S. A. from Sunday afternoon. May 12,
to Tuesday morning. May 14.
The
school was convened by Neil Isaacs (St Vincent's Inst. Med. Res.) and consisted
of a total of 15 review lectures presented hy 12 different speakers,
interspersed with work sessions and ad hoc seminars. All of the speakers
distributed lecture summary notes to the audience at the beginning of each
talk. The work sessions provided the opportunity to obtain hands-on experience
with the use of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Base, APPLECRYST software,
and the XTAL Program System. Registrants numbered approximately 70.
Crystal
15
Approximately
20 crystallographers not registered for the Computing School arrived during the
morning of May 14, resulting in a total attendance of about 100 for the Crystal
Meeting.
The
meeting continued through Thursday evening, May 16, following the familiar
format of specific-topic sessions opened by review lectures (7 in total), and
continuing with a number of short oral presentations (20). Poster papers (35)
were on display throughout the meeting in two locations in close proximity to
the dining and lecture areas. Wednesday afternoon was left free for sightseeing
and/or discussions, with the SCA Business Meeting at 4. 30 and the Conference
Dinner in the evening. Friday, May 17 was set aside for a post-conference tour
of several wineries in the Southern Vales area.
FORTHCOMING
MEETINGS (AUSTRALIA)
Nov 19-26, 1986 : 56th ANZAAS
Congress, Sydney, NSW. Contact : Executive Officer,
56th ANZAAS Congress, G. P. 0. Box 873, Sydney, NSW, 2001. Aug
12-20, 1987 : 14th General Assembly and Congress of the lUCr, Perth, Western
Australia. Contact : Dr E. N. Maslen, Crystallography Centre, Univ. of WA, Nedlands
6009, Western Australia. Satellites : Neutron Scattering,
Sydney, Aug 5-8. Contact : Trevor Hicks,
Monash
Univ. X-Ray Powder Diffractometry, Perth, Aug 21-22. Contact : Brian
O'Connor,
WAIT. Crystallographic Computing, Adelaide, Aug 22-29. Contact : Max
Taylor,
Flinders Univ. Solid State Properties of Minerals, Sydney, Aug 24-26. Contact :
Prof D.
Haneman, U NSW.