BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news537@dbe.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260807T084951 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260813T163000 SUMMARY:Seeing Structure\, Measuring Function: Biomaterials at DIAD DESCRIPTION:Abstract\\r\\nUnderstanding biomaterials requires more than res olving their three-dimensional architecture: function also depends on loca l crystallography\, phase composition\, texture and strain\, which can evo lve during loading\, degradation and interaction with physiological enviro nments. The Dual Imaging and Diffraction beamline\, DIAD\, at Diamond Ligh t Source combines full-field X-ray tomography with spatially resolved X-ra y diffraction. Complex processes such as load transfer across the soft-cal cified interface of the intervertebral disc\, biomimetic remineralisation of human dental enamel\, and dissolution of drug-loaded three-dimensionall y printed materials can be characterized correlating micromorphology\, mec hanical properties and crystalline states. Together\, these examples show how imaging-led diffraction can connect structure and function across leng th scales under realistic mechanical and chemical conditions.\\r\\n\\r\\nB iosketch\\r\\nDr Sharif Ahmed is the Principal Beamline Scientist for DIAD at Diamond Light Source\, the UK’s national synchrotron. His work focus es on developing and applying correlative X-ray imaging and diffraction me thods to understand complex materials under realistic in situ conditions\, with particular interests in biomaterials\, multimodal experimentation an d data analysis. X-ALT-DESC:

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Understanding biomaterials requires more than resolving their three-dimensional architecture: functio n also depends on local crystallography\, phase composition\, texture and strain\, which can evolve during loading\, degradation and interaction wit h physiological environments. The Dual Imaging and Diffraction beamline\, DIAD\, at Diamond Light Source combines full-field X-ray tomography with s patially resolved X-ray diffraction. Complex processes such as load transf er across the soft-calcified interface of the intervertebral disc\, biomim etic remineralisation of human dental enamel\, and dissolution of drug-loa ded three-dimensionally printed materials can be characterized correlating micromorphology\, mechanical properties and crystalline states. Together\ , these examples show how imaging-led diffraction can connect structure an d function across length scales under realistic mechanical and chemical co nditions.

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Dr Sharif Ahmed is the Principal Beamline Scientist for DIAD at Diamond Light Source\, the UK ’s national synchrotron. His work focuses on developing and applying cor relative X-ray imaging and diffraction methods to understand complex mater ials under realistic in situ conditions\, with particular interests in bio materials\, multimodal experimentation and data analysis.

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