1. Owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of Canadian universities via a contribution through the National Research Council Canada Propriété d’un consortium d’universités canadiennes, géré en co-entreprise à partir d’une contribution administrée par le Conseil national de recherches Canada Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire et en physique des particules Accelerating Science for Canada Un accélérateur de la démarche scientifique canadienne Canadian Subatomic Physics & TRIUMF InterAction Collaboration Meeting | 9-11 May 2012 | Vancouver T.I. Meyer | Head, Strategic Planning & Communication | TRIUMF

2. Canadian Subatomic Physics 11 May 2012 2

3. Particle & nuclear physics called “subatomic physics” –Many Canadian physicists think this is clear and enlightening Subatomic-physics research is supported by –NSERC (Canadian NSF) –CFI (relatively new agency aimed at medium to large-scale infrastructure) –Assorted provincial governments Subatomic-physics research is performed by –NRC (perhaps similar to U.S. DOE) –TRIUMF –SNOLAB –Perimeter Institute –Universities Primer on Canada 11 May 2012 3

4. The Canadian subatomic physics community will face key decisions in the 2011-2016 period that will determine the physics priorities beyond 2016. –What project at the energy frontier will become our next priority when the definitive results from ATLAS are published? –How will Canada exploit the physics potential of TRIUMF’s Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory (ARIEL) to maintain our leadership in radioactive beam physics? –Could an upgrade to T2K provide insight into the dominance of matter over antimatter in our universe? –Will the Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) adopt Canadian technology and look to be situated at SNOLAB? –Will the subatomic physics community have the resources at its disposal to perform the R&D required for any/all of these opportunities? What’s on our minds? 11 May 2012 4

5. TRIUMF 11 May 2012 5

6. TRIUMF is owned & operated by a consortium of 17 universities Founded 43 years ago in Vancouver Members University of Alberta University of BC Carleton University University of Guelph University of Manitoba Université de Montréal Queen’s University Simon Fraser University University of Toronto University of Victoria York University TRIUMF: A National Science Laboratory 26 March 2012 6 Associate Members University of Calgary McMaster University University of Northern BC University of Regina Saint Mary’s University University of Winnipeg Research focus: Advancing isotopes for science & medicine Probing the structure & origins of matter

7. TRIUMF’s core activities are supported through five-year operating grants from Govm’t of Canada –Annual core operating budget ~ $45M –Associated funding from tri-council agencies and CFI adds another ~ $25M per year Province of British Columbia provides funding for capital initiatives such as buildings Small stream of commercial revenue Federal & Provincial Support 11 May 2012 7

8. Isotopes for Medicine 11 May 2012 8

9. Many unstable isotopes occur naturally –Decay products from other isotopes made in stars, supernovae, etc. These can be extracted from ore, sea water, air… Two problems: –Finding and separating isotopes can be difficult –Most naturally occurring radioisotopes are long-lived Isotopes are therefore often made-to-order Where do isotopes come from? 21 March 2012 9

10. Building them up from bare neutrons and protons is not feasible Instead, we rely on nuclear reactions to modify existing nuclei –Bombard target materials with other particles –Neutrons, protons, electrons/photons –Or even heavy ions (e.g., other isotopes) How do you make isotopes to order? 21 March 2012 10

11. “Medical isotope” is a misleading term –What is actually used are radiotracers / radiopharmaceuticals that incorporate a radioactive form of an atom (i.e., radioisotope) These isotopes lend themselves to medical use –They’re short-lived so they decay within the body –The decay either emits a signal detector outside the body OR can be used to deliver targeted radiation dose –They have “chemistry” that enables them to be connected to biological molecules and then used to track those molecules within the body What are medical isotopes? 11 May 2012 11

12. Many applications (including therapy) 11 May 2012 12 Diagnosing brain disorders Molybdenum-99** Diagnosing heart attacks and disease Molybdenum-99 Scanning bones for infection Molybdenum-99 Treating thyroid cancer Iodine-131 Exposing the spread of cancer Molybdenum-99 Imaging lungs for blood clots Xenon-133

13. 11 May 2012 13 Baseline24 hours1 week2 months5.5 months Dana Farber Cancer Institute Isotopes for Oncology Imaging with isotopes is a very powerful indicator of cancer metabolism. Response to therapy can be seen within 24 hours.

14. Disassembling biology 21 March 2012 14

15. Isotopes for Science 11 May 2012 15

16. In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. The earth and every living thing are made of star stuff. --Carl Sagan We are all made of star dust 11 May 2012 16

17. The origin of the elements 11 May 2012 17 Stellar burning (  Carbon, Oxygen,…, Silicon,…, Iron) Stellar explosions (Novae, Supernovae) (  Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, …) Big Bang (  Hydrogen, Helium, ~Lithium)

18. Nuclear Astrophysics Exotic nuclear isotopes formed in stars drive –Pathways to create the chemical elements –Tremendous release of energy in supernovae Observations Modeling Laboratory Experiments 11 May 2012 18 Astronomy Astrophysics Nuclear Physics

19. 11 May 2012 19 ARIEL The primary mission of ARIEL is to deliver unprecedented intensities of rare, short-lived exotic isotopes, and in particular those with extreme neutron excess, to simultaneous and multiple experiments, at the existing and world-leading ISAC accelerator complex. A secondary mission of ARIEL is to anticipate future uses of e- linac technologies such as free electron lasers, and including commercial uses such as the production of medical isotopes by photo-fission.

20. ARIEL Project – Master Plan 11 May 2012 20  expand RIB program with: three simultaneous beams increased number of hours delivered per year new beam species enable long beam times (nucl. astro, fund. symm.) increased beam development capabilities  New electron linac driver for photo-fission  New proton beamline  New target stations and front end  staged installation Cyclotron ISAC II ISAC I New Targets New Mass Separators New Front End New Accelerators Low Energy Medium Energy High Energy e-linac

21. Communications @ TRIUMF 11 May 2012 21

22. “Strategic Planning & Communication Office” –Communications, education & outreach, scientific conferences (logistics & proceedings), media relations, web & social media, community relations, external/international relations, some A/V services, government relations, and strategic planning –That is, we (are lucky to) serve at the “left hand” of the lab director Staff –4.75 FTEs + 2 rotating undergraduate students –Good will of all our colleagues Our team 11 May 2012 22

23. World’s most popular medical isotope is technetium-99m (Tc-99m) –30 million medical procedures per year, world-wide –80% produced at two reactors (Canada, Netherlands) Ageing Rely on highly-enriched uranium for target material Canada, and other govm’ts, interested in alternatives –TRIUMF led team to develop “upgrade kit” for existing medical cyclotrons –Announced in Feb 2012 at AAAS, we have successfully demonstrated production at two sites on two different types of machines Big question…now what? Progress 11 May 2012 23

24. Many ideas, little time/people/resources Many partners, many chiefs Keeping comms relevant/related to lab community Staying abreast of the science –What happened and when Government relations –Elevated profile = elevated scrutiny Metrics, performance measures –Five-Year Plan 2015-2020 due in…late 2013 Good espresso What keeps us up at night 11 May 2012 24

25. Enhanced partnership with local science centre, Science World for “K to gray” outreach programs TEDxTRIUMF event Artist in Residence programs –Partnership with Emily Carr University of Art + Design –“Raw Data” project with Emily Carr, Goethe Institut, DESY Survey of Use of PET for Clinical Cancer Care in Cancer Cartoons to illustrate web content Defining an “international strategy” CERN associate membership? “Photographer of record” for ARIEL construction We love the lab, we love the work What gets us up in the morning 11 May 2012 25

26. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1c45_2Brbw 99 Things… 11 May 2012 26

27. Owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of Canadian universities via a contribution through the National Research Council Canada Propriété d’un consortium d’universités canadiennes, géré en co-entreprise à partir d’une contribution administrée par le Conseil national de recherches Canada Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire et en physique des particules Accelerating Science for Canada Un accélérateur de la démarche scientifique canadienne Merci Thank You TRIUMF: Alberta | British Columbia | Calgary | Carleton | Guelph | Manitoba | McMaster | Montréal | Northern British Columbia | Queen’s | Regina | Saint Mary’s | Simon Fraser | Toronto | Victoria | Winnipeg | York