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Spanish synchrotron users meet at ALBA
From September 3rd to 6th, more than a hundred researchers are meeting at ALBA Synchrotron to attend the VI National Meeting of the Spanish Synchrotron User Association (AUSE) and the 1st ALBA User Meeting. During the week, researchers will have the opportunity to showcase their results and discuss about the different applications of synchrotron light.
First atomic-resolution protein structures solved in ALBA
Professors Julio Bacarizo and Ana Cámara-Artigas, from the University of Almería, have resolved at atomic resolution crystal structures of the Thr98Asp c-Src SH3 domains mutant in complex with the high affinity peptide APP12. These protein structures are the first solved at atomic resolution in Alba. Information obtained at XALOC beamline could have implications in pathologies such as cancer, AIDS or osteoporosis.
ALBA Industrial PhD student to be funded by Almirall
The ALBA Synchrotron in collaboration with the company Almirall and with the support of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) have submitted a grant proposal to the Catalan Government to hire one researcher to study drugs with synchrotron light techniques.
El Sincrotró ALBA, obert per vacances
Durant el mes d’agost, el Sincrotró ALBA obre les seves portes al gran públic. Les visites guiades, d’una hora i 15 minuts aproximadament, són gratuïtes i permeten als visitants passejar pel recinte experimental i conèixer les diferents aplicacions que té en àmbits com la biologia, la ciència de materials, la física o el medi ambient, entre d’altres.
Joan Casas, new Head of the Engineering division
From October 1st, Joan Casas will be the new Head of the Engineering Division at ALBA Synchrotron.
John R. Helliwell, ALBA SAC Chair, awarded with the 2014 ACA Patterson Prize
The American Crystallographic Association (ACA) has selected professor John R. Helliwell, chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of ALBA, to receive the 2014 ACA Patterson Award for his pioneering contributions to the development of the instrumentation, methods and applications of synchrotron radiation in macromolecular crystallography.
Spanish experts on accelerators meet at ALBA
Accelerator science and technology has considerably grown in Spain in the last years, resulting in the development of national facilities, like the ALBA synchrotron, and in key contributions to the main international collaborations, like CERN, ILC, IFMIF, or XFEL. ALBA has hosted the first meeting of Spanish experts on accelerators.
The mayor of Barcelona visits ALBA
The mayor of Barcelona, Xavier Trias, has visited today ALBA’s facilities. During the visit, he has been accompanied by the chairman of the Executive Commission of ALBA, Ramon Pascual, the director of ALBA, Caterina Biscari, and the Scientific Director, Miguel Angel Garcia Aranda.
ALBA User Meeting 2013 and VI AUSE Conference
Registration for the ALBA User Meeting 2013 and VI AUSE Conference is open. Selected Talks Deadline: 21st June 2013. Registration and Posters Deadline: 12 th July 2013.
April Newsletter
The ALBA’s newsletter is a monthly publication containing the latest news, updates, and developments of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source.
New Head of Division
From May 1st David Fernandez is the new Division Head of the Computer and Controls Division.
Congratulations to Jorg Klora and Lluis Miralles
In these first months of 2013 ALBA is facing the reality that many representatives of our staff are changing affiliation, attracted by Laboratories around the world, at the front end of scientific and technological advances. This is a natural process once a project has finished its constructing phase.
First published paper with data collected at BL13-XALOC
The structures obtained at BL13-XALOC correspond to the complexes of LC8 homodimers (yellow and orange) with the phosphorylated (right, PDB ID 3ZKF) and non-phosphorylated (left PDB ID 3ZKE) versions of a Nek9 peptide.
The master on synchrotron radiation gets recognition
The excellence master in Generation and Applications of Synchrotron Radiation has been selected for awarding studentships by Catalunya Caixa Foundation and IBSS group Inc.
March Newsletter
The ALBA’s newsletter is a monthly publication containing the latest news, updates, and developments of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source.
Researchers from VHIR and ICMAB-CSIC obtain first images of human endothelial stem cells at ALBA Synchrotron
Dr. Anna Rosell from the Neurovascular Research group at VHIR, Dr. Anna Roig from the Group of Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) and Dr. Eva Pereiro, responsible of the ALBA synchrotron light source, have obtained the first images of human endothelial stem cells by Transmission Soft X-ray Microscopy at ALBA Synchrotron in Cerdanyola del Vallès.
PEEM station at CIRCE beamline on the flight
Magnetic (XMCD) imaging with a lateral resolution of 20 nm was demonstrated in the PEEM station at the CIRCE beamline.
ALBA Synchrotron and multinational company Henkel sign a R&D collaboration agreement
ALBA Synchrotron achieves with this agreement with Henkel one of his main targets: collaboration with industry based on research and development at the highest scientific and technological level. Henkel is the first company signing a R&D collaboration agreement with ALBA regarding industrial applications of synchrotron techniques. With this agreement Henkel reinforces its already proved capacity on R&D and decides to support the ALBA Synchrotron capacities.
January Newsletter
The ALBA’s newsletter is a monthly publication containing the latest news, updates, and developments of the ALBA Synchrotron Light Source.
