CEMENT SCIENCE LABS, XRPD LAB & ADA BYRON RESEARCH CENTRE – UMA
21st – 24th September 2026
From the 21st to 24th September 2026, XSeeO₂ hosted the XRPD Training Course at the University of Málaga (UMA). The training activities were held at the Faculty of Science, and included practical sessions at the SCAI-UMA – X-ray Diffraction Laboratory, with the experienced technicians there.
Sessions were also held at the excellent conference facilities in the Ada Byron Research Building – home of the EIC-Pathfinder Challenge X-SeeO2 project.
Main photograph: Participants at the XSeeO₂ XRPD Training Session Ada Byron Research Centre – UMA – Malaga, Spain.
Postdoctoral researchers Ilda Tole and John Morley from the University of Bath, one of the X-SeeO₂ consortium partners, took part in the training. The sessions provided an excellent opportunity to establish and consolidate X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) methodologies, covering sample preparation, data collection using both laboratory and synchrotron X-ray diffraction facilities, and subsequent data analysis.
The training also contributed to harmonising experimental and analytical procedures among X-SeeO₂ partners and strengthening collaboration within the consortium.
Participants during a theoretical session of the X-SeeO₂ XRPD Training Session at the Ada Byron Research Centre University of Málaga, September 2026
