NEXT Collaboration Meeting
On January 12 and 13, some 20 researchers belonging to the NEXT experiment collaboration met at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory facilities to hold one of the collaboration's annual meetings, during which the progress and status of the experiment are evaluated and new steps to be taken are defined. [...]
Workshop on the Operation of a “Highly Sensitive Monitoring and Analysis System for Rn-222 in the Air”
Users of the experiments and members of the LSC staff attended this workshop given by Grzegorz Zuzel, from the M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics in Poland, who discussed the features and operation of a High Sensitivity Analysis System capable of monitoring the content of Rn-222 in the air in [...]
DULIA-bio 2015 – Conference on Integrated Biology Activities in Underground Laboratories
On October 13 and 14, the LSC hosted the “DULIA-bio 2015” conference, dedicated to Integrated Biology Activities in Underground Laboratories. The objectives of the conference were to spread interest in this promising new field of research, to form a new community of scientists and technicians working in underground laboratories, [...]
11th Patras Workshop on AXIONS, WIMPS, and WISPs
The 11th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs, and WISPs was held in Zaragoza (organized by UNIZAR) from May 22 to 26, 2015. One of its sessions was held at the LSC facilities and included a visit to the underground facilities on the agenda. This workshop continued its rich series [...]
International Conference “Challenges for Agencies and Universities”
This International Meeting, organized by the quality agencies of Aragon (ACPUA) and the Basque Country (Unibasq), aimed to exchange opinions and carry out an initial assessment by agencies, universities, and experts on the content and scope of the main developments involved in the revision of the European Criteria and [...]
MIS3 International Workshop (Prokaryotic Molecular Biology) (June 12-17, 2015)
Fifty researchers from around the world traveled to Canfranc to participate in a conference where they exchanged highly specialized knowledge and also learned about some aspects of the art, cuisine, and landscape of Canfranc and the Jacetania region. The scientific debates revolved around prokaryotic molecular biology, which refers to [...]