LhARA Collaboration Meeting #7

7 Apr 2025, 09:00 → 8 Apr 2025, 23:00 Europe/London

Room 1.02, Malet Place Engineering Building (University College London)

Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

The seventh ITRF/LhARA collaboration meeting will take place on the 7th and 8th April 2025.

The meeting will be held in the Malet Place Engineering Building at UCL

The meeting will start on Monday at 09:00 with coffee followed by a welcome and brief introduction to the UCL Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering commencing at 09:30.

Zoom details: TBD

Monday dinner: 

Dinner and drinks shall be at the TCR Bar on Tottenham Court Road which boasts the largest beer garden in Central London: TCR Lounge Bar in London – Finest Cocktails & Vibrant Vibes

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Travel:

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Accommodation: 

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Monday, 7 April

09:00 → 09:30 Arrival, coffee: Arrival, coffee, posters

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

09:30 → 10:00 Welcome and introduction

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

09:30 Welcome

Speakers: Richard AMOS (UCL), Peter Munro (UCL)

09:40 Introduction and goals

Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)

09:50 Project status

Speakers: Dr Chloe Pugh (DL), Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)

10:00 → 12:00 Radiobiology and PoPLaR

Conveners: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham), Richard AMOS (UCL)

10:00 Overview of radiobiology measurement programme: Birmingham, SCAPA, and existing data

Speaker: Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)

10:20 Overview of preparations at SCAPA

Speaker: Ross Gray (Undefined)

10:40 Preparations for SCAPA cell exposures and test measurements in Birmingham

Speaker: Dr Emma Melia (Birmingham)

11:05 Simulation of beam line and expected dose at SCAPA and Birmingham

Speakers: Alfredo Fernandez-Rodriiguez (Institut Curie), Calvin Dyson (Imperial)

11:25 Magnetic measurements of PMQs and status of procurement

Speaker: Dr Hywel Owen (STFC)

11:45 Discussion

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

13:00 → 14:00 WPB: Source

Conveners: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London), Ross Gray (Undefined)

13:00 Progress review and future plans

Speaker: Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)

13:30 Discussion

14:00 → 15:00 WPB: Ion Acoustic

Conveners: Jeffrey Bamber (Institute of Cancer Research), Kenneth Long (STFC)

14:00 LION beam experiment, analysis and results

Speaker: Maria Maxouti

14:20 Simulation of the LION beam

Speaker: Calvin Dyson (Imperial)

14:40 Optical simulation; development of proposal

Speaker: Prof. Peter Hobson (Queen Mary University of London)

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

15:30 → 17:00 WPB: Capture

Conveners: Dr Aled Isaac (Swansea), Will Bertsche (Manchester/City)

19:00 → 21:00 Dinner

TCR Bar

Tuesday, 8 April

09:30 → 10:30 WPB: Novel end station, diagnostics and instrumentation

Conveners: Dr Ruth McLauchlan (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Imperial College London), Tony Price (University of Birmingham)

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee and posters

Conveners: Charlotte Palmer (Queen's University Belfast), Ken Long (STFC)

11:00 → 12:00 Beyond BP1: Taking the initiative forward

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Prof. Pat Price (ICL)

11:00 Taking stock and preparing the future of the LhARA initiative

Speaker: Kenneth Long (STFC)

11:20 Engagement and ground work for securing resource

Speaker: Pat Price (ICL)

11:40 Discussion

12:00 → 13:00 Lunch

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

13:00 → 14:30 WPB: Design and integration

Conveners: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC), William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

13:00 Stage 1 and injection line

Speaker: William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

13:20 Stage 1 beam delivery

Speaker: Matt Pereira (RHUL)

13:30 FFA

Speaker: Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC)

13:50 Engineering

Speaker: Clive Hill (STFC)

14:30 → 15:00 Coffee and posters

15:00 → 16:00 Session 7: Closing session

Conveners: Ken Long (STFC), Richard AMOS (UCL)

15:00 Closing remarks

Speaker: Prof. Amato Giacca (OIRO)

15:20 Discussion

18:00 → 20:00 Optional dinner