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The HZB X-ray Corelab kindly offers the 3rd X-ray school for Master and PhD students at Lise-Meitner-Campus.

The aim of the course is to train participants in various X-ray diffraction methods that they can apply them in their current scientific project. The school will focus on phase analysis applying crystallographic databases, crystal structure analysis at ambient and non-ambient conditions. Thin film analysis like depth profiling, reflectivity, and texture will be introduced as well. For further details please have a look to the preliminary programme.

As an outcome from the first X-ray school we expanded the 3rd school to have more time for general introduction and hands-on experiments as well as for detailed evaluation and discussions. For effectiveness, the school will be offered in the way of modules. It will start with a mandatory general module. Afterwards the school will be split into a powder diffraction and a thin film analysis module which separately or both can be attended.

Solar modules could also cover a considerable proportion of the energy requirements in cities - especially if the surfaces on the facades are also used in future. For this purpose, there are now a large number of aesthetically attractive facade solutions that also convert scattered light into electricity and are available in many colors and shapes. More and more solutions are emerging from research that enable even higher efficiencies and even lower module costs. The technologies are there and the kilowatt hour of solar power is no more expensive than coal-fired power. Yet the expansion is not getting off the ground. What is the reason for this? Photovoltaics researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will meet with representatives from politics and industry in a panel discussion. They will discuss research successes, economic aspects, market strategies, political incentives, construction challenges and what is needed to ensure that more solar power soon finds its way into living rooms.

This cost-free workshop is aimed at providing a platform for scientific exchange between research and industry in the field of direct hydrogen production from sunlight. The project partners will report on their results and in addition, renowned experts in the field will give presentations. Registration is open from now until 2 nd November 2020 17:00 CET

Proteins are the building blocks of life - whether in humans, animals, plants, bacteria or viruses - every cell needs many different proteins to function. These are huge molecules with a complex three-dimensional structure characterized by cavities, loops and branches. Some proteins cause damage in the organism, so it would be good to block them. This can be achieved by active ingredients, chemical compounds that fit "like a key in a lock" into certain regions of the protein. In the search for active ingredients, it is extremely helpful to know the structure of the protein. To do this, the experts first grow crystals of protein molecules and then screen them with extremely intense X-ray light. At BESSY II, this X-ray light is available at three beamlines for protein crystallography. More than 3,000 structures of important proteins have already been decoded at BESSY II, including proteins that play a role in cancer, malaria or the multiplication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Mit der Energiewende findet in der Bundesrepublik eine Zäsur statt: Ein beispielloser Strukturwandel in der Energiewirtschaft und eine Neuausrichtung von Industriezweigen stehen neben der Aufgabe von Politik, die Partizipation der Bevölkerung am Projekt Energiewende zu integrieren. RSBK begleitet den Prozess mit der Konferenz "Energie-Dialog" seit sechs Jahren. Mit renommierten wissenschaftlichen Partnern bringen wir Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik zusammen, um Trends und aktuelle Entwicklungen der Energiewende zu diskutieren. 2020 wird der "Energie-Dialog" in Kooperation mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin stattfinden.

Im Juni dieses Jahrs hat sich die Bundesregierung, mit der Verabschiedung der Nationalen Wasserstoffstrategie, erstmals auf die langfristige Förderung von Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologien verständigt.

Vor welchen Herausforderungen und Chancen stehen Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und auch Politik bis 2030? Welche Bedeutung wird die Wasserstofftechnologie im zukünftigen Energiesystem spielen und ist die Bundesrepublik bereit in allen Bereichen einzusteigen?

Diese Fragen möchten wir gerne mit Ihnen am Donnerstag, den 5. November 2020 diskutieren. Der Energie-Dialog 2020 findet als Onlinekonferenz statt.

ANMELDUNG: https://www.rsbk.de/deu/anmeldung/

We are happy to announce the first HZB Machine Learning Summer School & Hackathon 2020, which will be held virtual. We want to bring together master and PhD students from computer science/informatics with early career scientists (Ph.D. to early Postdoc) from large-scale facility-based research centers. Use cases range from multi-parameter optimization of highly complex state-of-the-art research instruments up to applications of high-intensity free-electron lasers.

The Summer School consists of two-day lecture series on machine learning basics and a three-day hackathon with projects from the area "AI at large research facilities".

IW-CISTech has been an important annual international workshop focusing on CIGS solar cell technology since 2010, combining scientific and technological aspects with their industrial applications. The program is made of invited talks, discussions, poster presentations and lab tours and lots of discussion and networking opportunities. It will take place on 22^nd and 23^rd June 2020 at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Berlin-Adlershof.

Dear Chalcogenide Experts,

We hope that you are in good health. Due to travelling restrictions, almost all Chalcogenide PV related meetings planned in spring and summer had to be cancelled.

To keep scientific discussions and knowledge exchange in our community alive we have decided to organize the first

Virtual Chalcogenide PV Conference (vCPVC 2020) from 25^th to 29^th May 2020. The sessions will take place at CET business times.

We would like to cover various topics within the conference such as:
 • Progress in research and manufacturing of CIGS and related compounds • CdTe • Kesterite • New chalcogenide materials such as for example Sb2S(e)3 • Wide bandgap chalcogenide materials • Tandem devices  • Buffer layers

In addition, the program will cover important advancements in characterization, modelling and theory.
We also look forward to contributions from industry in the field.

The program will be posted shortly on the conference website.

The conference will be free of charge, however pre-registration is mandatory as the number of participants is limited. Registration will be available soon. We will keep you updated.

Please save the date and feel free to spread the word in the chalcogenide community.

Best regards,

The vCPVC 2020 Organizing Committee

Welcome to the HZB Photon School 2020, to be held in the Wilhelm-Conrad-Röntgen-Campus (Berlin-Adlershof) from 9^th to 20^th March, 2020.

This school is primarily aimed at master students and early stage researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, life or environmental sciences. Students will be introduced to synchrotron and laboratory-based methods that probe the molecular structure, function and dynamics of complex material systems.

The two-week program consists of basic and specialized lectures including exercises, given by experienced teachers , who are HZB scientists or BESSY II super-users from our partner universities and research centers. The second week is dedicated to hands-on training at several BESSY II experimental stations and X-ray laboratories . Participants will get a vivid experience by joining up to two experiments to work in small groups. The second week's activities will teach participants how to collect, analyze, interpret and present own data amongst peers and specialists.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!

Exchange and information event in the field of "New Materials

Adlershof start-ups, companies and research institutions from the industry as well as interested students, specialists and scientists are invited to exchange suggestions and ideas and to develop interest in new fields of knowledge and products. Potential cooperation or recruitment of specialists among the start-ups, students, young scientists and young experts can also develop from this.

The Campus Club is an initiative of WISTA Management GmbH, Humboldt Innovation, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences of HU (IRIS) and Oreltech.
The following start-ups have confirmed their participation: Oreltech, INURU, Nano-Join, Tiwari, Solaga, PSC.

This year's Young and Senior Investigators Exchange Workshop takes place from March 22-27, 2020, at Brauhaus Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Germany.  The 2020  workshop focuses on both experimental and theoretical complexities: Adding the dimension of time to the selectivity of X-rays is bringing new impetus to many longstanding scientific questions. We encourage especially PhD student and postdoctoral investigators to apply for the Wittenberg workshop. Successful applicants will present and discuss their research results in an informal atmosphere. Each participant is requested to give a talk.