SNOLAB User Meeting 2026

Session

Poster Presentations

POSTER

May 26, 2026, 3:15 PM

Fraser Duncan Auditorium (SNOLAB)

Description

A session dedicated to audience engagement with poster presenters

10. Cleaning program for SNO+ internal calibration sources

Matt Depatie (Queen's University)

5/26/26, 3:25 PM

Poster

Internal calibration sources used in SNO+ have been deployed last year (2025). In order to maintain the quality of the liquid scintillator in the SNO+ Acrylic Vessel (AV), calibration sources must be cleaned and confirmed to be at the desired cleanliness level for SNO+ scintillator. A bespoke Source Cleaning Vessel (SCV) was developed for this task, recirculating a closed-loop volume of SNO+...

7. Human intestinal organoids for studying natural background radiation deprivation

Dr Rosette Tamaddon

5/27/26, 3:00 PM

Poster

Natural background radiation (NBR) has been a constant environmental force throughout the evolution of life, yet its contribution to normal human tissue function remains poorly understood. The REPAIR project, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, provides a unique ultra-low radiation environment where we can investigate how biological systems respond when this longstanding environmental signal...