The Pittsburgh Diffraction Society

$The Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference$

The 2008 Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference will be held on October 30th - November 1st in Pittsburgh.

The Sidhu Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Fields of Crystallography or Diffraction by a Scientist within Six Years of Her / His Ph.D.

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The Pittsburgh Diffraction Society (PDS) is a not-for-profit organization which promotes fundamental and applied diffraction and crystallographic research and the exchange of ideas and information concerning such research. The PDS was founded by Professor Surain S. Sidhu who organized the first Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference in 1943. Since that time the PDS has sponsored an annual conference which is held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania every other year. Professor Sidhu is remembered and honored through the Sidhu Award, given to an outstanding scientist who is within six years of having earned the Ph.D. or its equivalent. Other awards sponsored by the PDS to support and encourage young scientists include the George Jeffrey Award, which provides travel assistance for students attending the triennial Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, and the Chung Soo Yoo Award given to the best student presenter at the annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference.

The 66^th Annual Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference is a three day event featuring lecture and poster presentations covering a wide range of subject matter of interest to researchers in chemistry, physics and structural biology and will be held October 30th - November 1st, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA. The conference will be preceded by a workshop ‘Crystallography Made Easy through Automation’ on October 29th. Conference social events include a reception on October 30th and a banquet on October 31st. Everyone interested in diffraction related research is encouraged to attend.