SESAME 19th Users' Meeting
from
Sunday 13 September 2026 (07:30)
to
Tuesday 15 September 2026 (23:30)
Monday 7 September 2026
Tuesday 8 September 2026
Wednesday 9 September 2026
Thursday 10 September 2026
Friday 11 September 2026
Saturday 12 September 2026
Sunday 13 September 2026
09:30
09:30 - 10:00
10:00
10:00 - 11:15
11:15
Coffee break and group photo
Coffee break and group photo
11:15 - 11:45
11:45
11:45 - 13:15
Sunstone
Sunstone
11:45 - 12:15
12:15
IAEA–SESAME Collaboration: Expanding Access to Synchrotron Research and Strengthening Scientific Capacity
IAEA–SESAME Collaboration: Expanding Access to Synchrotron Research and Strengthening Scientific Capacity
12:15 - 12:45
12:45
European-Palestinian laboratory
European-Palestinian laboratory
12:45 - 13:15
13:15
Lunch
Lunch
13:15 - 14:30
14:30
14:30 - 18:00
Contributions
16:30
HESEB beamline updates
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Mustafa Genisel
IR Beamline
IR Beamline
14:30 - 15:00
15:00
XAFS/XRF Beamline
XAFS/XRF Beamline
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
MS/XPD Beamline
MS/XPD Beamline
15:30 - 16:00
16:00
Afternoon tea
Afternoon tea
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
HESEB Beamline
HESEB Beamline
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
TXPES Beamline
TXPES Beamline
17:00 - 17:30
17:30
BEATS beamline
BEATS beamline
17:30 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 19:30
Monday 14 September 2026
09:00
09:00 - 13:30
TBA
TBA
09:00 - 09:25
09:25
Shining synchrotron light on heterogeneous catalytic reactions: new tools to decipher dynamic structure-activity relationships
Shining synchrotron light on heterogeneous catalytic reactions: new tools to decipher dynamic structure-activity relationships
09:25 - 09:50
09:50
Tomography
Tomography
09:50 - 10:15
10:15
Accessing hidden text on papyri – An example for cultural heritage
Accessing hidden text on papyri – An example for cultural heritage
10:15 - 10:40
10:40
SESAME Synchrotron tomography for cultural heritage: structural diagnostics of Roman mosaics mock-ups
SESAME Synchrotron tomography for cultural heritage: structural diagnostics of Roman mosaics mock-ups
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Soft X-ray absorption and XMCD
Soft X-ray absorption and XMCD
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
TBA
TBA
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
IR experiments
IR experiments
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Not all teeth are created equal: How Variations in Enamel Crystallography and Protein Content Affect Tooth Optical and Mechanical Properties
Not all teeth are created equal: How Variations in Enamel Crystallography and Protein Content Affect Tooth Optical and Mechanical Properties
13:00 - 13:30
13:30
Lunch and poster session
Lunch and poster session
13:30 - 15:15
15:15
Sunstone panel discussion
Sunstone panel discussion
15:15 - 16:00
16:00
Archaeology
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Keyron Hickman-Lewis
(
The Natural History Museum
)
Manijeh HADIAN DEHKORDI
(
Research for Conservation of Cultural Relics (RCCCR) in Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism
)
Samah Khasawneh
(
Sela for Training and Protection Heritage
)
Yuko Miyauchi
(
SESAME
)
Mohammad Ali Haddad
(
Yazd University
)
Archaeology
Keyron Hickman-Lewis
(
The Natural History Museum
)
Manijeh HADIAN DEHKORDI
(
Research for Conservation of Cultural Relics (RCCCR) in Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism
)
Samah Khasawneh
(
Sela for Training and Protection Heritage
)
Yuko Miyauchi
(
SESAME
)
Mohammad Ali Haddad
(
Yazd University
)
16:00 - 17:40
Preservation of organic compounds in non-adult and adult bones: A case study from 3,500-year-old Cyprus (Yuko Miyauchi) From Petra to SESAME: Using Synchrotron-Based Techniques to Better Understand and Preserve Cultural Heritage (Samah Khasawneh) Innovative Analytical Approaches for the Study of Natural Dyes in Historical Wool Fibers: Insights from Synchrotron IR Spectroscopy (Manijeh Hadian)
Chemical Sciences
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Berkan Atman
(
Middle East Technical University
)
Leyla Colakerol ARSLAN
(
Gebze Technical University
)
Inderjeet Singh
(
New York University Abu Dhabi
)
Sara GHAZAL
(
The University of Jordan
)
Omer Suat Taskin
(
Istanbul University
)
Chemical Sciences
Berkan Atman
(
Middle East Technical University
)
Leyla Colakerol ARSLAN
(
Gebze Technical University
)
Inderjeet Singh
(
New York University Abu Dhabi
)
Sara GHAZAL
(
The University of Jordan
)
Omer Suat Taskin
(
Istanbul University
)
16:00 - 17:40
Mechanistic Investigation of Phototoxic Brominated Fluorophores (Sara GHAZAL) Surface Reconstruction and Defect Evolution in Tin Oxide Materials under Sub-bandgap Illumination (Berkan Atman) XAFS Investigation of Carbonation Phases in Mg-Based Binders: Impact of Carbonation Curing on Strength Development (Inderjeet Singh) Electronic and Structural Properties Investigations of InN based on Synchrotron Radiation (Leyla Colakerol ARSLAN)
Life Sciences test
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Murat Kazanci
(
Istanbul Medeniyet University
)
Hassan Hoda (online)
(
Iranian research institute of plant protection
)
Majed Al Holi
(
The University of Jordan
)
Wei Li
(
Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin
)
Zeynep DELEN NIRCAN
(
Sabanci University
)
Murat Kazanci
(
Istanbul Medeniyet University
)
Life Sciences test
Murat Kazanci
(
Istanbul Medeniyet University
)
Hassan Hoda (online)
(
Iranian research institute of plant protection
)
Majed Al Holi
(
The University of Jordan
)
Wei Li
(
Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin
)
Zeynep DELEN NIRCAN
(
Sabanci University
)
Murat Kazanci
(
Istanbul Medeniyet University
)
16:00 - 17:40
Heavy metal uptake in olive trees (Olea europaea L.) in the circum-Mediterranean region (Zeynep DELEN NIRCAN) Comparative study of anatomical structures of the mouthparts of Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae) (Hassan Hoda) Early structural changes in Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease (Wei Li)
Materials and Physical Sciences
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Ali Karatutlu
(
Sivas University of Science and Technology
)
Ahlam Farhan
(
SESAME
)
Itai Mutadza
(
Harare Institute of Technology
)
Sajjad Hussain
(
The Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University
)
Fawad Ehsan
(
Lyallpur Oil Tool
)
Materials and Physical Sciences
Ali Karatutlu
(
Sivas University of Science and Technology
)
Ahlam Farhan
(
SESAME
)
Itai Mutadza
(
Harare Institute of Technology
)
Sajjad Hussain
(
The Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University
)
Fawad Ehsan
(
Lyallpur Oil Tool
)
16:00 - 17:40
Synchrotron-radiation probes utilized for specialty photonic materials (Ali Karatutlu) Geological Characterisation of Depleted Reservoirs for Carbon Capture and Storage in the Niger Delta (Itai Mutadza) Spectroscopy based chemo-metric analysis for high energy radiation damaged quantification in polymers (Sajjad Hussain) Constructing Holocene Climate from Speleothems (Ahlam Farhan) TBA (Fawad Ehsan)
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 15 September 2026
09:00
09:00 - 11:30
Enhancing Experimental Data Visibility
Enhancing Experimental Data Visibility
09:00 - 09:45
09:45
Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity Awareness
09:45 - 10:30
10:30
User and Data Access
User and Data Access
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
TBA
TBA
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
Coffee break
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00
12:00
12:00 - 13:30
How to write a successful proposal
How to write a successful proposal
12:00 - 12:30
12:30
Funding your research
Funding your research
12:30 - 13:00
13:00
Positioning for publication
Positioning for publication
13:00 - 13:30
13:30
Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
15:00
15:00 - 16:00
16:00
16:00 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 18:00
18:00
Dinner
Dinner
18:00 - 20:00