The Israeli BAG

The Israeli BAG plans to increase its usage of ESRF in the coming year. We are having more projects that utilize the ESRF single crystal capabilities as well as the continuous increase in SAXS time. As mentioned last year It is not trivial to provide a summary that covers all research topics encompassed by the BAG. We expect some BAG members to resume using ESRF after utilizing other facilities. As much as we appreciate the immense capacities of ESRF, the majority of BAG members are discontent (to say the least) regarding the post-shutdown/Covid-19 travel regulations imposed by the management. It seems that bureaucracy rather than common sense is prevailing and an accompanying letter will be submitted adjoined to the proposal/report. I have not included any requests for ID29 as the BAG members have to become more familiarized with the facility. As for some of the BAG projects, a detailed description is provided in the Global Summary below.