Week 33 set the record for cyclotron and beam delivery performance at TRIUMF. In total, the time off was only 2.45 hours, leaving beam on in Beam Line 1A for a record 165.55 hours.
The TRIUMF and UBC PET group is lending its expertise to a ground-breaking study of Alzheimer's disease, the results of which could significantly advance the study and management of the disease.
Dr. Paul Schaffer, newly appointed Deputy Head of the growing Nuclear Medicine Division, brings to TRIUMF a wealth of expertise in nuclear medicine imaging and therapy and radiochemistry.
I spent my final week at the lab exploring TRIUMF's nuclear medicine program. I learned about the TR-13 cyclotron, radioisotopes, and the PET Scanner at the UBC Hospital.
This year, 16 bright young summer students took part in the 9th Annual TRIUMF Summer Student Symposium where each gave presentations on the research they conducted at the lab this summer.
My fifth week at TRIUMF has come to an end, and what an insightful week it was. I learned how research, mechanical work, and public relations all come together to make TRIUMF the great place it is.
On Saturday, August 8, the TRIUMF site was buzzing with curiosity, energy, and enthusiasm, as 1300 people visited the laboratory for its 40th Anniversary Open House celebration.
This week I got a real taste for the sincere passion that motivates scientists, both in the students who presented their research findings and in the scientists I worked closely with on the TIGRESS experiment.
More than 40 students from around the world gathered at TRIUMF from July 20 - 31 for the 21st Annual TRIUMF Summer Institute where they engaged with world-class experts on LHC Collider physics.
It's 40 years since four Canadian universities pooled their resources to create a facility that no single university could provide, and I've been privileged to play a small part in the activity of TRIUMF...