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  • BioXFEL Graduate Student Position Available

    The graduate research will involve the preparation of protein samples, characterization through light-scattering and X-ray techniques, and the development of a series of initial projects aimed at using X-ray lasers to study nanocrystals, concentrated solution of proteins, and eventually single particles.

  • 2015 IUCr Crystal Growing Competition for Schoolchildren

    Following the great success of the IYCr2014 competition, the IUCr announces the 2015 edition of a worldwide competition, open to all schoolchildren, to introduce students to the exciting, challenging and sometimes frustrating world of growing crystals. The winners will be those who most successfully convey their experiences to the panel of judges in a video report.

  • Towards time-resolved serial crystallography in a microfluidic device.

    Serial methods for crystallography have the potential to enable dynamic structural studies of protein targets that have been resistant to single-crystal strategies. The use of serial data-collection strategies can circumvent challenges associated with radiation damage and repeated reaction initiation. This work utilizes a microfluidic crystallization platform for the serial time-resolved Laue diffraction analysis of macroscopic crystals of photoactive yellow protein (PYP).

  • PSI Structural Biology Knowledgebase Features Article Describing the Promise of XFELs in Structural Biology

    The Structural Biology Knowledgebase (SBKB) is a comprehensive web-based resource providing a wealth of knowledge on current state-of-the-art advances and discoveries in structural biology. The SBKB now features an brand-new article describing the promise of the X-ray free electron laser as a new tool for structural biology and detailing the progress made since its first experiments in 2009, including the establishment of BioXFEL.

  • BioXFEL scientists capture first-ever snapshots of photosynthesis in action

    An international team, led by BioXFEL scientists, has published today in Nature a groundbreaking study that shows the first snapshots of photosynthesis in action as it splits water into protons, electrons and oxygen – the process that maintains Earth’s oxygen atmosphere.