A Message from the Director Steven

A Message from the Director Steven Ealick Welcome to the latest edition of NE-CAT Communications, our biannual newsletter. NE-CAT concludes 2009 very successfully with excellent scientific productivity and improvements in all areas. The installation of an improved ALS-style sample automounter on the 24-ID-E monochromatic beamline is complete and the improvements have received rave reviews from users. We have also retrofit the 24-ID-C variable energy beamline with a second generation automounter in order to take advantage of the many improvements that will be detailed later in this newsletter.