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December 2025 ESRFnews

Explore ESRF beamlines

Various dates

“Explore ESRF beamlines” is a series

of webinars open to the ESRF user

community, especially (but not restricted

to) doctoral students and postdocs who are

interested in the enormous possibilities

offered by the Extremely Brilliant Source.

They last for about 20 minutes, and are

followed by a moderated discussion of

about 15 minutes in which users can pose

questions they have always been too afraid

to ask. Tune in via Zoom or YouTube at esrf.

fr/home/events/Seminars/webinars.html:

• ID31 (high-energy X-rays for buried

interfaces and materials processing):

20 November 2025, 2pm.

• ID15B (diffraction and imaging

under extreme conditions): 26 February

2026, 2pm.

2D materials and interfaces of

tomorrow: synthesis and

characterisation

10–11 December 2025

This two-day workshop at the ESRF

brings together the regional and European

community working on 2D materials

and device-relevant interfaces – that is,

scientists at ESRF beamlines and local labs

alongside Graphene Flagship collaborators,

students, postdocs and users.

Delivered as tutorial-style talks, the

programme links synthesis routes (CVD,

MBE and LMCat) with in situ/operando

characterisation and quantitative

metrology, aligning experimental needs

towards joint proposals and shared

workflows. Cross-cutting themes include

epitaxy and interface physics; growth

templating, strain and defects; beyond-

graphene semiconductors and van der

Waals heterostructures multiscale

surfaceinterface scattering nanomicro

diffraction and strain imaging high

energy and buriedinterface studies and

operando sample environments

Subject to interest and availability

guided tours of ID01 ID10 ID31

BM32 ID32 and the LMCat

lab will showcase relevant ESRF

capabilities Registration open until 10

November See esrffrhomeevents

conferences20252DMaterialshtml

School and conference on Analysis

of Dif fraction Data in real space

11–16 January 2026

Co-organised by the ESRF and the ILL on

the EPN campus, ADD2026 combines a

2½-day school with a 2½-day conference

to advance real-space analysis of total-

scattering diffraction data. The programme

introduces the pair-distribution function as

a model-independent probe of local atomic

and magnetic correlations, complementary

to Rietveld refinement in Q-space.

Lecture sessions run in the ESRF

amphitheatre, with hands-on tutorials

hosted in smaller rooms at the ESRF

and ILL. Participants choose two of ten

software tutorials (including DiffPy-CMI,

PDFgui, RMCProfile, Topas and others),

then move to a conference programme

featuring invited and contributed talks

alongside a poster session. Note: access to

some ILL rooms may require prior security

clearance; details are provided during

registration (deadline 23 November).

See workshops.ill.fr/event/509/.

ESRF User Meeting

2–4 February 2026

The annual User Meeting convenes the

ESRF’s community in Grenoble for three

days of science, training and exchange.

The programme combines hands-on

tutorials for experiment planning and data

processing, a plenary session spotlighting

science enabled by the Extremely Brilliant

Source, and user-dedicated microsymposia

for researchers to present new work and

compare methods. The plenary also

features a facility report and keynote talks.

A poster session provides a further forum

for discussion and networking, with posters

grouped by scientific field.

Running alongside the meeting a

oneday commercial exhibition on the

plenary day 3 February gives suppliers

and providers a chance to meet users and

beamline teams Exhibitors benefit from

visibility including logo placement on the

Exhibitors Sponsors webpage the

ebooklet and an A0 panel in the ESRF

entrance hall sponsorship options are

available for companies unable to attend in

person All exhibitors must register

Whether you are a firsttime visitor

seeking practical guidance or an

experienced user planning proposals,

the format is designed to help you make

the most of ESRF capabilities and

community expertise. Practical

information, including accommodation

suggestions, administrative details and

further updates, are available on the

event page. (Note: the onsite guesthouse

is unavailable. A list of downtown hotels

with negotiated rates is provided.) See

esrf.fr/home/events/conferences/2026/

user-meeting-2026.html.

HERCULES European School

22 February–29 March 2026

Coordinated by the Université Grenoble

Alpes, HERCULES is a five-week intensive

course in Grenoble for PhD students and

early-career researchers using synchrotron

and neutron techniques. The programme

blends lectures, labs and tutorials with

visits to large-scale facilities (the ESRF,

ILL and partners), and includes a poster

session where participants can present their

work. Teaching spans X-ray and neutron

scattering, imaging and spectroscopy

across physics, chemistry, biology, materials

science and even cultural heritage, with a

partner-facility week outside Grenoble.

Full-time participants will be asked to

create ESRF/ILL user accounts and

complete safety training ahead of arrival.

See esrf.fr/home/events/conferences/2026/

Hercules26.html.

School on High Pressure Techniques

at the ESRF–EBS

23–27 March 2026

This five-day school introduces high-

pressure research at synchrotron

facilities and the opportunities enabled

by the ESRFEBS upgrade Morning

lectures cover fundamentals of high

pressure and synchrotron techniques

afternoon practicals small groups offer

handson training with diamond anvil

cells resistively heated laserheated

and cryogenic autoclaves triaxial and

ParisEdinburgh presses and large

volume presses Participants are invited to

present a poster See esrffrhomeevents

conferences2026schoolon

highpressuretechniqueshtml

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