Last week Afsar Muhammad presented his work on the core structure of lightweight gypsum materials during the Workshop on Advanced X-ray characterization technologies in Earth Sciences hosted by @ZAG_Slovenia in collaboration with @unict_it, @cnr_igag and @elettrasincro

Last week Prof. Dr. Tom Bultreys and Sharon Ellman were invited to teach about micro-CT imaging and image analysis at the winter school on Digital Environmental Geosciences @Univ_Orleans on 16 and 17 January.

Two new PhD students joined our group last week! Hanne will study how to improve the durability of (weathered) building stones and Afsar will work on the multi-scale characterization of the core structure of lightweight gypsum materials. Good luck and welcome to the team!

Last week we had one of the last beam times at the TOMCAT beamline before the major upgrade of the Swiss Light Source @psich_en will start this fall. Thanks to @c_schlepuetz for the great support as usual, and to our team from @ugent. Lots of data to analyze now!

It was a real pleasure to host CrysPom VIII last week! Thank you everyone for sharing this lovely experience with us 🙌. Our thanks also go to our sponsors @FWOVlaanderen @tescan_micro @EXCITE_network and partners @InterPoreTweets @kikirpabe @UAntwerpen. See you next time!

Are you interested in crystal nucleation, growth and transport in #PorousMedia? Join on the biannual international workshop: cryspom8.ugent.be. Only 6 days before the end of abstract submission! 📅13/02/23 Image: ESEM-EDX images of a salt mixture (Sebastiaan Godts).

Only 10 days before the end of abstract submission! cryspom8.ugent.be. Are you joining as well? 🙌 Image: Slice through a 4D X-ray micro-CT dataset of a 5 mm diameter Bentheim sandstone core, subject to in situ salt crystallization (white). Courtesy of @BenCallow26.

Only two weeks before the end of early bird registration. cryspom8.ugent.be/ Looking forward to meet you all in person! 🙌👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Image: Coloured SEM image of Na2SO4 crystals in a lime-cement matrix. Courtesy of Dulce Valdez Madrid.

Laurenz Schröer and Ellie Buena recently presented their work on respectively the impact of biofouling on water transport and the fluid-rock-microbial interactions in natural building stones using µCT at ECBSM in Rome (ecbsm.u-cergy.fr/). @EXCITE_network @VICI_BugControl

Last week we had our PProGRess Picture Poll Party, where we were challenged to present our best academic image or video. Congratulations to the winners!!