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Chairman: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Wurth / Vice Chairman: Prof. Dr. Christian Schroer
The KFS consists of the representatives of synchrotron radiation users, synchrotron radiation sources and funding
institutions. It represents the synchrotron radiation users and gives advice for the future of research with
synchrotron radiation.
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An international team of scientists led by the Fresnel Institute (CNRS/University of Central Aix-Marseille/Ecole Marseille) and the ESRF has developed a new technique to make visible nanometre-sized structures in crystalline materials. This technique combines two pioneering approaches in nanocharacterisation: lensless microscopy and scanning X-ray diffraction microscopy. The image of the nano-structured object is quantitative, three-dimensional and of high-resolution. The technique could revolutionise research in various disciplines where complex crystal structures are studied, such as the life sciences and microelectronics.
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On 29 November 2011, a ground-breaking ceremony in Grenoble, France, marked the start of the civil construction works for several major building extensions of the ESRF. Thanks to these new buildings to be inaugurated in June 2013, the ESRF will be able to operate eight new beamlines with performances unique in the world.
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Knowledge of the structure of biomolecules such as proteins is key for scientists who want to understand how these biocatalysts work or to develop new medicines. 19 institutions led by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have now joined forces in the new EU-funded project BioStruct-X. One goal of the new consortium is to make crystallographic data from X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) interpretable in a similar way as synchrotron based data. The pulses from XFELs are up to a billion times brighter than X-ray beams from synchrotrons, allowing patterns to be collected from biological samples that were thought to be simply too small for structure analysis. This protein ‘nanocrystallography’ potentially saves years of effort by avoiding the need to prepare large crystals, and opens up the study of a large proportion of biomolecules in cell membranes, which are important drug targets.
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The German synchrotron radiation users have elected their new representatives. The constituent meeting of the new KFS is planned for April. 8 candidates out of 23 were elected (Eisebitt, Müller-Buschbaum, Rühl, Schneider, Schroer, Schreyer, Sinning, Wurt). To complete the KFS it needs: one representative of each synchrotron centre, maximum 4 members who are coopted by the elected members to cover important scientific fields, and a representative of the BMBF, DFG and the Project Management Organisation as guests. Here, we present the election result.
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