Monday, 30th November Crystal36-AXAA Conference 2026

Invited Speaker: Helen E Maynard-Casely

• Rapid texture measurements with the Wombat neutron diffraction instrument, applications on Earth and beyond.  - Helen E Maynard-Casely
• Advances in microsecond time-resolved photocrystallography  - Rosemary Young
• The litharge to massicot phase transformation pathway from Rietveld analysis of high temperature neutron powder diffraction - Roderick J Hill
• Pharmaceutical Solid-Form Screening by 3D Electron Diffraction - Shuting Li
• High-pressure X-ray diffraction on pillared metal-organic frameworks - Carmen Zhou

Invited Speaker: Jessica Hamilton

• Developing carbon-negative nickel and cobalt production from ultramafic tailings using synchrotron X-ray techniques - Jessica L Hamilton
• High resolution X-ray diffraction technologies for quantum material research - Tian Zhang
• Design and use of a compact energy dispersive x-ray diffraction analyser - Marcus A.P. Miljak
• Application of a liquid metal jet x-ray source for multiscale materials characterisation - Peter A Lynch
• In-situ observation of alpha recoil induced radiation damage in rare-earth phosphate nanocrystals - Mohamed Ruwaid Rafiuddin

Invited Speaker: Colin Jackson

• Molecular insights into the recognition mechanism of a headless lipid by Natural Killer T cell receptor - Praveena Thirunavukkarasu
• Influence of sequence on MLKL oligomer stoichiometry across orthologues - Katherine Davies
• Structures of antibodies recognising apoptotic heterodimers: how conformational flexibility influences specificity - Michelle S Miller

• Air pollutants as MR1 ligands: structural and functional basis of MAIT cell modulation. - Ahmed Sayed
• In situ XRD study of thermochemical formation of sodium borohydride - Ainee Ibrahim
• Calculations on calcite - Chris J Howard
• Identification of Designer Drug Powders Using Microcrystal Electron Diffraction (MicroED) - Christopher Ross
• Understanding electrochemical lithium ion-exchange mechanism of NaNi_1/3Fe_1/3Mn_1/3O₂ - Govardhan Reddy Sontam
• Role of surface structure and crystal morphology in the performance of all-solid-state magnesium battery anodes - Hanyu Deng
• Advancing the capture of perfluoroalkyl substances using metal organic cages - Isabelle D Kameron
• Quasi spin crossover metalloligands as building blocks to engender magnetism in extended architectures - James JF Flood
• Aromatic cis-capping ligands reconfigure a cage system for remote controlled anion-mediated BODIPY uptake and release - Jemma Virtue
• Structural basis of immune modulation by the poxvirus cytokine-sequestering protein M-T7 - Jordan Cohen-Ronen
• Coordination Polymers of flexible Amino-carboxylated Linkers - Khuong Ho
• Uncovering the behaviour of a new class of Truchet-tile-like, topologically aperiodic materials. - Matthew J McKay
• In-situ laboratory X-ray diffraction study of sinter phase formation in synthetic iron ore analogues for hydrogen direct reduction - Matthew Thomas
• Structural Phase Behaviour of Caesium Periodate, CsIO₄: Complementary X-ray and Neutron Powder Diffraction Investigation - Muneerah MA Almohareb
• Engineering the Oxidation Pathway of Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXenes through Defect and Cation Modification - Roy Alvin Malenab
• Understanding the Liquid-Crystalline Behaviour of Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene through Onsager’s theoretical Framework - Rufus Mart Ceasar R Ramos
• GOT2, gotcha: exploiting a cryptic dimer-interface pocket in cancer metabolism. - Sophie Schoensee
• Structural Validation and Nanoparticle Engineering of the Lactoferrin C-Lobe for Enhanced Antimicrobial Drug Delivery - Surabhi Pandit
• A Solid-Gas-Aqueous Wet Cement Carbonation Reaction Cell for In Situ XRD - Tian Zhang
• RSstitcher: A Powerful Tool for Wide-Range Reciprocal Space Mapping (WR-RSM) Reconstruction - Tony Wang
• Exploration of Sodium-based Zirconate Solid State Electrolytes - Zhuocheng Huang

Invited Speaker: Fred Marlton

• Hierarchically Porous Aluminium Metal-organic Frameworks Derived from Sacrificial Macroporous Templates - Tyla S Jones
• Spin vs. orbital ordering as the driver of giant negative thermal expansion in bismuth 4d/5d oxides - Chris Ling
• Understanding the Nanoscale Assembly of 2D Ti₃C₂T_x MXene Nanosheets Using XPS and SAXS/WAXS Techniques - Kim Marie Sisican
• Mechanisms of negative thermal expansion in empty NaSICON-type phosphates - Kaylee R Clark

Invited Speaker: Thanh Ha Nguyen

• Quantitative Phase Analysis in Multi-phase Ceramic Wasteforms - Thanh Ha Nguyen
• Results of the 13th Biennial Reynolds Cup Quantitative Mineralogy Round Robin - Mark D Raven
• Redefining Laboratory Crystallography: High-Intensity Silver Radiation and Advanced Detection for Precision Structural Analysis - Prathapa Siriyara Jagannatha
• A Validated GEANT4 Framework for Accurate Modelling of X‑ray Tube Emission and Angular Output - Yves Van Haarlem
• Characterising plastic defects in a glass using Burger's vector measurements from small-beam diffraction. - Amelia CY Liu

Invited Speaker: Alastair Stewart

• Structural basis of sodium ion-dependent carnitine transport by OCTN2 - Alastair G Stewart
• Targeting the R-loop resolving enzyme RNase HI in Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Kate Pennycuick
• Biochemical and structural insights into the MNT:SIN3 interaction - Bhagya Mendis
• Opening and closing HisG: structural snapshots of allostery in histidine biosynthesis - Emily J Parker

Awardees:

Vanessa Peterson

Brianna Ganly

• Understanding reactions & processes using in situ powder diffraction: Mending & modernising materials - Vanessa K Peterson
• Identifying the origin of coherent scatter peaks in micro-XRF data from the PIXL instrument on Mars - Brianna Ganly