Blaine Mooers wins 2022 Lytle Award for decades of synchrotron leadership and RNA research
His work has led to new treatments for advanced lung cancer and a better understanding of dangerous parasites.
‘Real-world impact’: Stanford Board of Trustees learns how SLAC can change the future
Trustees toured the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory as part of their first meeting of the 2022–23 academic year.
Molecular cage protects precious metals in catalytic converters
Encapsulating precious-metal catalysts in a web-like alumina framework could reduce the amount needed in catalytic converters – and our dependency on these scarce metals.
Saket Bagde wins 2022 Spicer Young Investigator Award for deciphering how nature produces some antibiotics
Bagde is being recognized for his successful efforts to describe the structures and mechanisms of several biologically important enzymes.
Mysterious soil virus gene seen for first time
The protein could play a key role in soil carbon cycling and soil decomposition.
Chengcheng Fan wins 2022 Klein Award for coronavirus vaccine and protein transporter research
Fan’s X-ray crystallography work at SLAC’s synchrotron moves us closer to a more protective coronavirus vaccine and a better understanding of how vital materials flow in and out of cells.
SARS-CoV-2 protein caught severing critical immunity pathway
Powerful X-rays from SLAC’s synchrotron reveal that our immune system’s primary wiring seems to be no match for a brutal SARS-CoV-2 protein.