User Training and Outreach

University Of California, San Francisco, San Francisco CA

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Project Summary/Abstract This core performs two functions critical to the operation of a mature synchrotron User Facility. First, our Training component ensures Users are capable of working independently, productively, and safely. User training begins with web-based training before Users come on site to work. The NCXT website includes documents and instructional manuals and videos. All on-site Users must also complete mandatory institutional (ALS/LBNL) safety training courses, many of which can be completed online. Once they arrive on site, Users receive NCXT-speci?c, 'hands-on' training from an experienced staff member. The NCXT training program is split into task-speci?c modules, with Users receiving modules according to their experimental plan's scope. Second, our Outreach component is designed to make the scienti?c community aware of the capabilities, technologies, and research opportunities available at the NCXT. We do this by staff actively participating in workshops and meetings. We also make the NCXT technologies known to a broader audience by regularly publishing technical and facility updates in specialist and general journals. Our outreach work is also aimed at always attracting new Users. We do this by hosting workshops and making direct contact with investigators whose research may bene?t from soft x-ray tomographic imaging.