LhARA Collaboration Meeting #9

Session

Plenary session

29 Apr 2026, 10:45

Conveners

Plenary session: Radiobiology programme

• Jason Parsons (University of Birmingham)

Plenary session: Source and capture

• Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)
• Robbie Wilson (University of Strathclyde)

Plenary session: Instrumentation

• Kenneth Long (STFC)

Plenary session: PPD outreach day, Caversham, Glasgow Science Festival and Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

• Kenneth Long (STFC)

Plenary session: Building the third pilar: co-creation, outreach and engagement

• Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)
• Kenneth Long (STFC)
• Pat Price (Imperial)

Plenary session: LhARA Beamline Design and Integration

• William Shields (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Plenary session: Planning, goals for the September 2026 collaboration meeting

• Kenneth Long (STFC)

1. Radiobiology Update and Future Plans

Emma Melia (University of Birmingham)

29/04/2026, 10:45

23. Beamline instrumentation

Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)

29/04/2026, 11:15

3. Beamline Improvements

Josie McGarrigle (Imperial College London)

29/04/2026, 11:30

4. Open Discussion

29/04/2026, 12:00

7. Overview of EPAC

James Green (STFC)

29/04/2026, 13:30

8. Experimental progress on the plasma lens

Poram Ruksasakchai (Swansea University)

29/04/2026, 13:50

9. Simulations of the plasma lens

Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)

29/04/2026, 14:10

10. Discussion on future R&D

29/04/2026, 14:30

11. Intro

Kenneth Long (STFC)

29/04/2026, 15:30

12. High-resolution cell imaging

Prof. Christopher Dunsby (Imperial)

29/04/2026, 15:35

13. Time-of-flight ion diagnostics

Nicholas Dover (Imperial College London)

29/04/2026, 15:55

14. End Station Beam Monitoring: Gas Jet Profile Monitor and Air Fluorescence Monitor

Milaan Patel

29/04/2026, 16:15

15. Review of instrumentation for PoPLaR and progress on space-fibre development

Calvin Dyson (Imperial College London)

29/04/2026, 16:35

16. Discussion

29/04/2026, 16:55

25. Update on status of Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition planning

Kenneth Long (STFC), Dr Paul Jurj (Imperial)

30/04/2026, 09:30

27. Glasgow Science Festival

Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)

30/04/2026, 09:50

28. Caversham Science Fair

30/04/2026, 10:05

26. Discussion

30/04/2026, 10:15

18. Business case; outline and proposed time line

Kenneth Long (STFC)

30/04/2026, 11:00

19. Programme planning, exploitation of synergies, and routes to resource

Colin Whyte (University of Strathclyde)

30/04/2026, 11:15

20. Discussion

30/04/2026, 11:30

6. Stage 1 Modelling

Matt Pereira (Royal Holloway, University of London)

30/04/2026, 12:00

21. Improving beam tracking using a hybrid code strategy

Marie Mannie-Corbisier

30/04/2026, 12:15

5. Future studies and discussion

Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial College London/RAL-STFC), Jaroslaw Pasternak (Imperial Coll.)

30/04/2026, 12:20