Name: LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9
Start: 2026-04-29T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-30T17:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9

from Wednesday, 29 April 2026 (09:30) to Thursday, 30 April 2026 (17:30)

Monday, 27 April 2026
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Wednesday, 29 April 2026

09:30 Arrivals and coffee
Arrivals and coffee
09:30 - 10:30
10:30
10:30 - 10:45
Contributions

10:30 Welcome and introduction - Kenneth Long (STFC)
10:45 Radiobiology programme
Radiobiology programme
10:45 - 12:30
Contributions

10:45 Radiobiology Update and Future Plans - Emma Melia (University of Birmingham)

11:15 Beamline instrumentation - Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)

11:30 Beamline Improvements - Josie McGarrigle (Imperial College London)

12:00 Open Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Source and capture
Source and capture
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Overview of EPAC - James Green (STFC)

13:50 Experimental progress on the plasma lens - Poram Ruksasakchai (Swansea University)

14:10 Simulations of the plasma lens - Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)

14:30 Discussion on future R&D
15:00 Tea
Tea
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Instrumentation
Instrumentation
15:30 - 17:00
Contributions

15:30 Intro - Kenneth Long (STFC)

15:35 High-resolution cell imaging - Christopher Dunsby (Imperial)

15:55 Time-of-flight ion diagnostics - Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)

16:15 End Station Beam Monitoring: Gas Jet Profile Monitor and Air Fluorescence Monitor - Milaan Patel

16:35 Review of instrumentation for PoPLaR and progress on space-fibre development - Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)

16:55 Discussion
18:30 Dinner
Dinner
18:30 - 21:30
Thursday, 30 April 2026
09:30 PPD outreach day, Caversham, Glasgow Science Festival and Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
PPD outreach day, Caversham, Glasgow Science Festival and Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Update on status of Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition planning - Kenneth Long (STFC) Paul Jurj (Imperial)

09:50 Glasgow Science Festival - Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)

10:05 Caversham Science Fair

10:15 Discussion
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Building the third pilar: co-creation, outreach and engagement
Building the third pilar: co-creation, outreach and engagement
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 Business case; outline and proposed time line - Kenneth Long (STFC)

11:15 Programme planning, exploitation of synergies, and routes to resource - Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)

11:30 Discussion
12:00 LhARA Beamline Design and Integration
LhARA Beamline Design and Integration
12:00 - 12:45
Contributions

12:00 Stage 1 Modelling - Matt Pereira (Royal Holloway, University of London)

12:15 Improving beam tracking using a hybrid code strategy - Marie Mannie-Corbisier

12:20 Future studies and discussion - Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC) Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial Coll.)
12:45 Planning, goals for the September 2026 collaboration meeting
Planning, goals for the September 2026 collaboration meeting
12:45 - 13:15