{"id":234,"date":"2020-08-04T07:53:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T07:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtechlab.co\/?p=234"},"modified":"2022-03-01T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:22:17","slug":"the-future-is-crystalline-for-benin-an-interview-with-thierry-dalmeida-un-article-de-iucr-newsletter-2018-volume-26-number2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtechlab.co\/en\/interview\/the-future-is-crystalline-for-benin-an-interview-with-thierry-dalmeida-un-article-de-iucr-newsletter-2018-volume-26-number2\/","title":{"rendered":"The future is crystalline for Benin: An interview with Thierry d\u2019Almeida (Un article de IUCr Newsletter (2018) Volume 26, Number2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"234\" class=\"elementor elementor-234\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb81337 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb81337\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d9c928\" data-id=\"8d9c928\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b4b36b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79b4b36b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We had a chance for an informal chat with Dr Thierry d\u2019Almeida at the end of one of the numerous meetings of the\u00a0<em>LAAAMP<\/em>\u00a0Executive Committee, when Thierry was invited to discuss the strategies and plan future activities for the development of crystallography and synchrotron-related disciplines in Benin and neighbouring countries. 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He immediately impressed us with his enthusiasm and dedication to the cause of improving scientific education and research in Africa as a way for achieving socioeconomic progress, and was eventually selected to deliver a series of presentations as part of the Colloquium Programme of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/laaamp.iucr.org\/\">LAAAMP<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Lightsources for Africa, the Americas, Asia and Middle-East Project), a joint IUPAP-IUCr project funded under the 2016-2019 ICSU Grants Programme.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Read more : <strong>https:\/\/urlz.fr\/aVQL<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a chance for an informal chat with Dr Thierry d\u2019Almeida at the end of one of the numerous meetings of the\u00a0LAAAMP\u00a0Executive Committee.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6,7],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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