X-ray Interaction with Biomolecules in Gas Phase (XiBiGP) Workshop

The 3rd workshop on X-ray and VUV Interaction with Biomolecules in Gas Phase – XiBiGP will be organized in the frame of the 29th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases (SPIG). The XiBiGP workshop is principally related (but not exclusively) to the Section 1 of the SPIG topics.

There has been a large interest in recent years to study biological systems (small biomolecules, amino acids, peptides, proteins etc.) by using synchrotron-based spectroscopic techniques, such as Photon electron spectroscopy (PES), Photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy (PEPICO), Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), X-ray photoelectron (XPS), X-ray emission spectroscopies etc. Particularly, gas-phase spectroscopy gives the opportunity to investigate isolated targets, under well-defined conditions. However, there has been always a challenge both to bring a large biomolecule intact into the gas phase and to obtain a high-enough sensitivity for a fine structure (and even coincidence) spectroscopy of desired species in a diluted environment. Additionally, it is even more challenging to investigate e.g. solvation effects under well-defined conditions.

The aim of the XiBiGP workshop is to present the most recent cutting-edge techniques used to investigate X-ray interaction with biomolecules in gas phase. The workshop is dominantly dedicated to young scientists, but also to all SPIG participants who might find interesting possibilities and topics regarding the multidisciplinary studies and developments of new experimental techniques. Finally, the aim of the workshop is to initiate a discussion between experts in the field on X-ray spectroscopy that could lead to further improvement of the techniques and important results.

The present 3rd XiBiGP workshop is co-organized by the Synchrotron SOLEIL (France) and will include 4 sessions related to: a) small biologically relevant molecules isolated in the gas phase (coincident spectroscopy); b) bio-functionalized nanoparticles (in vacuo aerosol spectroscopy); c) biomolecules in liquids (in vacuo liquid jet spectroscopy) and d) action spectroscopy of trapped macromolecular ions.  


CHAIRS:

Dr. Aleksandar Milosavljević
Synchrotron SOLEIL,
Saint-Aubin - BP 48,
91192 GIF-sur-YVETTE CEDEX,
France
milosavljevic@synchrotron-soleil.fr

Dr. Sanja Tošić 
Institute of Physics Belgrade
Pregrevica 118
11080 Zemun, Belgrade
Serbia
seka@ipb.ac.rs

SUPPORTED BY:
Synchrotron SOLEIL
L'Orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin
BP 48 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
Program of the workshop can be found here.

LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS:

Session 1 - small biologically relevant molecules isolated in the gas phase / coincident spectroscopy

Gustavo Garcia (SOLEIL synchrotron, France)
"Photoelectron spectroscopy and dichroism of small biomolecules and clusters using electron/ion coincidence techniques"

Oksana Plekan (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy)
Femtosecond time-resolved spectroscopy of some biological molecules

Miloš Milčić (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Serbia) Computational tools for studying X-Ray - Molecule interactions. A Halothane example

Session 2 - bio-functionalized nanoparticles, clusters and large biomolecules / aerosol spectroscopy

Ana Martín Somer (Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias and IadChem, Spain)
"Computational study of the fragmentation dynamics of bare and nanosolvated protonated leucine-enkephaline peptide ion"

Robin Schürmann (University of Potsdam, Institute of Chemistry, Germany)
"Shining (Synchrotron) Light on Nanoparticles"

Jacopo Chiarinelli (ISM-CNR, Italy)
"Photofragmentation of Radiosensitizers"

Session 3 - isolated biomolecular ions / action spectroscopy

Thomas Schlathölter (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
"Interactions of energetic photons and fast ions with gas-phase DNA"

Lucas Schwob (DESY, Germany)
"X-Ray absorption spectroscopy of gas-phase biomolecular ions"

Miloš Ranković (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic)
"Oxigen K-shell spectroscopy of isolated bare and solvated peptide"

Session 4 - biomolecules in liquids / liquid jet spectroscopy

Christophe Nicolas (SOLEIL synchrotron, France)
"Photoelectron spectroscopy of solvated proteins at the PLEIADES beamline"

Johannes Niskanen (University of Turku, Finland)
"Core-hole-state dynamics in aqueous Histidine during resonant inelastic scattering process"

Clara Saak (Uppsala University, Sweden)
"Ions and Molecules at the Water Interface: A Spectroscopist's View of Solvation"

     News

Nov 25 2017
First Announcement

March 19 2018
Second Announcement

April 19 2018
Reduced fees for late registration

June 15 2018
Extended deadline for papers to 1.7.