Science Highlights
Structural Mechanisms of Histone Recognition by Histone Chaperones
– Contacts: Christopher Warren (Albert Einstein College of
Medicine) and Tsutomu Matsui (SSRL)
In eukaryotic cells, including human, DNA is kept tidy by wrapping around
histone proteins into nucleosome structures. Composed of eight histone
proteins, histone assembly requires chaperone proteins, including nucleoplasmin
(Npm) specific to histone proteins H2A and H2B and important to early embryonic
development. Read more...
Insights into the Molecular Scale Structure of Electrolyte-Metal
Oxide Interface – Contacts: Hans-Georg Steinrück and Michael
F. Toney (SSRL)
Since the commercialization of the first rechargeable Li-ion battery (LIB)
in 1991, LIBs have become key components in everyday life. However, their
energy storage capacity, lifetime, safety, and fast charging/discharging
capability still need to be improved in order to meet the increasing demand of
key markets, such as the need for long-distance transportation via electric
vehicles. Read more...
More SSRL Science
SLAC Scientists Investigate How Metal 3-D Printing Can Avoid
Producing Flawed Parts
Excerpt from January 30, 2018 SLAC News Article by Kimber Price
Scientists at SSRL are using x-ray light to observe and understand how the
process of making metal parts using three-dimensional (3-D) printing can leave
flaws in the finished product - and discover how those flaws can be prevented.
The studies aim to help manufacturers build more reliable parts on the spot -
whether in a factory, on a ship or plane, or even remotely in space - and do it
more efficiently, without needing to store thousands of extra parts.
Read more...
Honors and Awards
Bienenstock Recognized for Contributions to the Advancement of
Science
Excerpt from February 12, 2018 Stanford News Article by Taylor Kubota
Arthur Bienenstock, SSRL's second Director and Professor Emeritus at
Stanford University, is the winner of the 2018 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize,
given by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The
prize, which consists of a commemorative medallion and an honorarium of $5,000,
recognizes individuals who have “made signal contributions to the
advancement of science in the United States.” Congratulations
Artie! Read more…
SSRL User, Professor Matteo Cargnello, Named as 2018 Sloan Research
Fellow
February 15, 2018 Stanford University Communications
Matteo Cargnello, together with four other faculty members from Stanford,
has been named a 2018 Sloan Research Fellow. The fellowships, awarded yearly
since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose achievements mark them as among
the very best scientific minds working today, according to the press release
issued by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Read more…
Upcoming Events
Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI 2018), June 10-15, 2018,
Taiwan
Save the date for the 13th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation
Instrumentation (SRI 2018) hosted by the National Synchrotron Radiation
Research Center (NSRRC), at the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC),
June 10-15, 2018. The Call for Abstracts will remain open until April 15.
Conference website
Ultrafast X-ray Summer Seminar (UXSS), June 24-28, 2018 Menlo Park,
CA
The UXSS 2018 website is now online with more information.
50 Years of Synchrotron Radiation in the UK and Its Global Impact
(UKSR50), June 26-29, 2018, Liverpool, UK
Save the date for UKSR50 - a conference hosted by the University of
Liverpool to celebrate SR-related achievements over the past 50 years and
explore the future of the light sources (Synchrotrons and FELs) and their
applications in the coming decades. Early Bird registration for the conference
ends 12/31/2017. Conference website
Save the Date – SSRL X-ray Scattering Workshop – July
16-18, 2018, Menlo Park, CA
Save the Date – SSRL EXAFS Summer School – August 13-17,
2018, Menlo Park, CA
Save the Date – SSRL/LCLS Annual Users' Meeting and
Workshops, September 26-28, 2018, Menlo Park, CA
See Meeting
website for updates
User Research Administration
SSRL user operations will be shut down during these scheduled
breaks:
- May 29 - June 4, 2018
- July 4, 2018
- July 23, 2018 through mid-October 2018 for facility upgrades and
maintenance before the FY2019 user run resumes
SSRL Beam Time Request Deadlines
- April 18, 2018 – Macromolecular Crystallography requests for
June – July 2018
SSRL Proposal Deadlines – NOTE
NEW DEADLINES for X-ray / VUV proposals!
- April 1, 2018 – Macromolecular Crystallography (for beam time
eligibility beginning June 2018)
- May 1, 2018 – X-ray / VUV (for beam time eligibility
beginning fall 2018)
**With our user operations resuming in October instead of November, we need
to move up our call for SSRL X-ray and VUV proposals. Submit new proposals through the user portal by these
new deadlines: May 1, August 1, November 1. See SSRL Proposal & Scheduling Guidelines
Submit proposals and beam time requests for both facilities through the
User
Portal.
The Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) is a third-generation
light source producing extremely bright x-rays for basic and applied
research. SSRL attracts and supports scientists from around the world who
use its state-of-the-art capabilities to make discoveries that benefit society.
SSRL, a U.S. DOE Office of Science national user facility, is a Directorate of
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, operated by Stanford University for the
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. The SSRL Structural
Molecular Biology Program is supported by the DOE Office of Biological and
Environmental Research, and by the National Institutes of Health, National
Institute of General Medical Sciences. For more information about SSRL science,
operations and schedules, visit http://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu.
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