
European Single Crystal User Meeting 2025
We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our annual two-day user meeting at our Rigaku Europe HQ in Neu Isenburg near Frankfurt Airport.
The meeting will start at noon on Tuesday, October 7, running until Wednesday, October 8 at 5 p.m.
Please join us to discover the latest developments at Rigaku in single crystal diffraction and to chat about your research, experiences, and issues.
We will assemble the program and speaker list closer to the time and post it on this page. Please register below to stay updated.
Please note that this is an in-person-only meeting, so places will be limited. Please register early to save your seat.
Program
Print Program
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Arrival and lunch
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Introduction

Fraser White, PhD
Product Marketing Manager SMX
Rigaku Oxford Diffraction
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Synergy in X-rays and electrons. New trends

Mathias Meyer
Software Manager, R&D
Rigaku Oxford Diffraction
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Crystal Modulations: A Game of Hide and Peak
Olivier Perez
Research Director at CNRS
CRISMAT, CNRS Caen
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Data Infrastructure for High-throughput Measurements

Thomas Fellowes
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Liverpool
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Welcome and Introduction to Advanced Data Visualization
Development of a high-throughput in situ X-ray diffraction workflow in-house using the Rigaku XtalCheck-S

Alexandra Longcake
Research Technical Professional in Advanced Diffraction Methods
University of Liverpool
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Coffee
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Welcome and Introduction to Advanced Data Visualization
Recent and upcoming features for high-throughput electron diffraction in the XtaLAB Synergy-ED

Robert Bücker, PhD
Product Manager Electron Diffraction
Rigaku
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CIF Checker: Publishing 3D ED (and other) crystal structure data

Daniel Rainer
Specialist Technician for Electron Diffraction
National Electron Diffraction Facility (NEDF)
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Microcrystals, Macro Impact: 100+ Publications from the XtaLAB Synergy-ED

Emilia Buchsteiner
Application Scientist for Single Crystal XRD/ED
Rigaku Europe SE
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Recent ECCL "Adventures" in X-ray, Electron, and Synchrotron Diffraction

Matic Lozinšek
Senior Research Associate
ECCL, Jožef Stefan Institute
Session 3
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What's new in Olex2

Horst Puschmann
Olexsys Ltd.
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Welcome and Introduction to Advanced Data Visualization
Coffee
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Lab tour
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Lunch
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Determining Spin-states and Following Spin-Crossover on the XtaLAB Synergy-R

Florian Kleemiß
Assistant Professor
RWTH Aachen University
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Curse or Blessing: Smooth Sailing or Careening with the Rotating Anode Synergy DW?

Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani
Scientist, X-Ray Diffraction and Surface Analytics Platform
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Could we solve more crystal structures?

Josefina Perles Hernáez
Senior Crystallographer
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Coffee
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Tips & Tricks in CrysAlisPro

Christian Schürmann, PhD
Applications Specialist
Rigaku
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What can you do better with a PhotonJetMAX-S?

Jakub Wojciechowski, PhD
Sr. Application Specialist Sales (SCX)
Rigaku Europe SE (RESE)
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Smaller, Stronger, Safer - How new gadgets can improve everyday‘s routine

Khai-Nghi Truong, PhD
Application Scientist - Single Crystal XRD/ED
Rigaku Europe SE
Contact: Fraser White
Rigaku Oxford Diffraction
Fraser.White@rigaku.com