Tuesday, 1st December Crystal36-AXAA Conference 2026

• Shining a Light on Indigenous Australian Cultural Pigments Using Spectroscopic Approaches - Rachel Popelka-Filcoff

• In-situ XRD reveals effects of iron ore sintering variables on SFCA-III formation - Nathan Webster
• Structure determination of new ionic conductors from complex mixtures - Olga Narygina
• Revealing cement hydration transformations through long-term in-situ XRD and complementary techniques - Daniel J Fanna

• Non-Inversion in Enantioselectivity within H₈-BINOL MOF Fluorescent Sensors: The Role of Pore Environment and MOF Topology - Pattara Siripanich
• ALF- the smallest metal organic framework for gas separation - Fengxia Wei
• Metal-organic frameworks as chiral chemical sensors - Carol Hua

Invited Speaker: Matthew Evans

• Reactive main-group reagents: a crystallographic perspective - Matthew J Evans
• Modifying the magnetic properties of Sr_4.5Fe₂(Cr/S)_0.5O₉ layered ferrites with chemical pressure - Daniel McKay
• Highlights of the next edition of International Tables Volume G - James R Hester
• Advances in Chemical Crystallography at the MX Beamlines  - Stephanie Bird
• Electron crystallography for inorganic materials discovery - Katrina A. Zenere

Invited Speaker: Rosemary Cater

• Structural and molecular basis of choline uptake into the brain by FLVCR2 - Rosemary Cater
• Structural studies of human DBHS proteins reveal determinants of preferential heterodimerisation and druggability - Charles S Bond
• Structural basis of selective androgen receptor modulation in AR-positive/ER-positive breast cancer - Manjit Rana
• Towards preventing evolution of therapeutic resistance in cancers: design, synthesis, and structural and functional characterisation of nanomolar non-cytotoxic inhibitors of DNA mutator enzymes APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B - Geoffrey B Jameson

• Complementary Phase Diagram and Controlled Seeding Strategies for High-Quality Small-Molecule Crystal Growth Using Microbatch-under-Oil Crystallisation - Kasun Athukorala Arachchige
• Partial magnetic order in the face-sharing Mn₃O₁₂ trimer family Ba₄MMn₃O₁₂ - Maria M Sanchez Echeverria
• Demonstrating the Radiation Resilience of Perovskite Solar Cells for Space and Nuclear Applications - Bradley Kirk
• Magnetic structure analysis of the polar Grenier phase Ca₃Fe₂TiO₈ - Artem Moskin
• Structural evolution in charge-compensated uranium-doped pyrochlores - Sophie F Fletcher
• MOF-templated synthesis of homogeneously doped SrTiO3:La/Rh for water splitting photocatalysis - Thomas J O'Dea

• Instrumental broadening for large unit cell materials in X-ray diffraction - Aaron J Seeber
• Temperature- and Pressure-Dependent Symmetry-Breaking Transitions in K2IrCl6 - Caleb Bennett
• Lanthanum-doped AgNbO₃ photocatalysts for the degradation of persistent organic pollutants  - Chantelle R Falanga
• AI-driven structure-guided design of peptides targeting PCNA - Dayna L Holroyd
• Structure-function relationships of bacterial cytochrome P450 enzymes involved in selective terpenoid and steroid oxidation   - Delroy Sheng Yu Huang
• Structural characterisation of INPP4B: insights into the final unsolved human phosphoinositide phosphatase family - Gareth Jones
• Advancing Wheat Breeding: AI-Enabled Automated Spike Phenotyping via X-Ray CT 3D-Morphology - Haoyu Lou
• Profex-to-TOPAS: automated conversion of crystallographic structure models for Rietveld refinement - Henry Spratt
• Optimisation and Measurement of Light Elements in Mining Slurries using X-ray Fluorescence - Jack J Webster
• Capture of metal-halides within Pt(II) coordination cages - Jarrod A Donnarumma
• Development of functional gas shuttles for catalysis - Jiapei Liu
• Investigating the mechanism of proton delivery in cytochrome P450 enzymes using variable-temperature X-ray crystallography - Matthew N Podgorski
• High pressure study of Lithium nickel oxide (LiNiO₂) - Megha Reghunathan
• Tailoring AgTaO₃ photocatalysts through La doping and surface-deposited Ag nanoparticles for enhanced PFAS degradation - Rachael K Matthews
• Quantitative Copper Speciation in Industrial Smelter Slags from Quantitative X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy - Rong Fan
• Investigating Structure-Property Relationships in Degradable Pluronic Hydrogels for Controlled Secretome Delivery Using BioSAXS - Shariful Islam
• Micro-CT at CSIRO Clayton: An Introduction to our Capabilities - Sherman Wong
• XRD Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica and Clay Minerals in Industrial Dust - Shu Huang
• GPR137b is a GPCR-like regulator of mTOR signalling at the lysosomal membrane - Thomas R Cotton
• Structural Modification and Characterisation of Freudenbergite-type Sodium Titanates - Yan Zheng

Invited Speaker: William Dichtel

• 2D Mechanically Interlocked Polymers via Polymerizations within Crystals - William R Dichtel
• Developing the geometric principles of supramolecular design - Matthew J Wallis
• Elucidating the capture of perfluoroalkyl substances using a coordination cage host - Witold M Bloch
• Revealing the supramolecular self-assembly pathways of pyridine-containing block copolymer complexes under solvent vapor annealing using multimodal X-ray scattering and advanced microscopy techniques - Nayanathara Hendeniya
• Pyrazole-Carboxylate Functionalised Indium-Based MOFs for Post-Synthetic Metalation - Mei Tieng Yong

Invited Speaker: Nadia Zatsepin

• Room-temperature serial crystallography of the antivirulence drug target DsbA by in-tray serial crystallography - Christopher Szeto
• The molecular bases underpinning activating KIR2DS receptor reactivity towards peptide-HLA-C ligands - Camilla Faoro
• Benchmarking fluctuation X-ray scattering as an indexing-free extension of serial crystallography - Alan G Salek

• Dual-energy excitation approach for measuring and correcting particle size effects in XRF analysis - Molly Kirkpatrick
• Fusion for X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS – New Application Developments for raw materials, sulfidic ores, volatile components and peroxide fusion for ICP - Rainer Schramm
• Improving XRF analysis of rare earth elements through the characterisation of satellite contributions in X-ray emission spectra - Fenglin Zhuo
• Smarter than hardware: signal processing innovations in modern WD-XRF - Neil Hughes
• XRD and XRF technology developed for Real-time Monitoring of Slurry Mineralogy and Elemental Content - Khushi Daga
• X-ray multimodal imaging from speckle-based to dual-sample imaging - Marie-Christine Zdora

• Visualising Cooperative Framework Motion through Variable-Temperature and In Situ Diffraction - Lauren K Macreadie

Awardee:

Ian Madsen

• In situ Powder Diffraction Studies - Ian C. Madsen

Join us for the Conference Social, an enjoyable evening bringing delegates together to celebrate the conference. Connect with colleagues, enjoy a delicious dinner and continue conversations in a relaxed and vibrant atmosphere. It’s the perfect opportunity to strengthen connections, share ideas and unwind after a day of scientific discussion and discovery.

Location: Grunthal Brew

Shuttle transport will be available from Adelaide Hill Convention Centre. First departing 6:30pm, Last departing 7:00pm.