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Commissioning of a catalytic cell for the soft X-ray chamber.
We are going to test a catalytic cell for the tender X-ray chamber at ID26. The experiment will be conducted without a beam. The cell will be heated to 700 °C (5 °C / min) with... -
HERCULES practicals - Introduction to XAS
In this lecture we will give to participants an introduction to the XAS technique. THe sample preparation will be shown and data on a model compound will be collected.... -
Phase mapping of historical pigments and mortars
X-ray diffraction and fluorescence mapping of certain historical pigment and mortar samples found in Pompeii for investigation of their constituent phases and the distribution... -
HERCULES practicals day 2 - Forbidden reflections in a Germanium single crystal
We will measure forbidden reflections of single crystal of pure Germanium at the Ge K edge (11.1 keV) at room temperature. Energy and azimuthal scans at fixed HKL will be... -
HERCULES practicals: Crystallography in a diamond anvil cell
HERCULES practicals: Crystallography in a diamond anvil cell -
X-ray crystallography of protein targets
Within the proposed experiment, we aim to collect monochromatic and anomalous crystallographic data on ligand-free and ligand-bound protein targets. First, we will focus on... -
HERCULES practicals day 1 - forbidden reflections in a germanium single crystal
We will measure forbidden reflections of single crystal of pure Germanium at the Ge K edge (11.1 keV) at room temperature. Energy and azimuthal scans at fixed HKL will be... -
Structural Biology at EMBL Grenoble, IBS-CIBB and IAB
This proposal clusters crystallography and bioSAXS projects at the EMBL Grenoble, IBS-CIBB and IAB. It combines groups working on different topics with a major focus on cell... -
HERCULES practicals
HERCULES practicals -
Phase mapping of historical pigments and mortars
X-ray diffraction and fluorescence mapping of certain historical pigment and mortar samples found in Pompeii for investigation of their constituent phases and the distribution... -
HERCULES practicals - Wavefront reconstruction and Bragg coherent diffraction...
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Hercules practicals
Hard X-ray XMCD. During this practical, we will measure the XMCD at the Pd L3,2-edges in NiPd bulk alloy and apply the sum-rules to determine the induced magnetic moment carried... -
HERCULES practicals - scanning 3DXRD
HERCULES practicals - scanning 3DXRD with two groups of students -
Scientific projects of the IBS synchrotron group
We study the structures of a broad diversity of macromolecules from fluorescent to metabolic proteins. One of our primary focus is on solving the 3D structures of enzymes within... -
CryoEM-BAG France: Structural biology using cryoEM in France
This proposal gathers Principal Investigators from Institutes across France that use cryoEM to unravel the molecular mechanisms associated with different fundamental biological... -
Multi-scale structural evolution of a thermoelectric selenide upon densification
Thermoelectric (TE) materials, which allow the conversion of heat into electricity, are promising candidates for sustainable energy conversion technologies. Layered compounds... -
Nanosecond-scale in situ measurements of damage evolution for engineering mat...
We propose to develop a new approach to quantitatively probe at ns timescales, the evolution of dynamic tensile damage and failure through combination of a novel target geometry... -
Development of novel small molecules to target cellular pathways
Small molecules represent powerful tools to dissect physiological and pathological states of signaling pathways, yet require characterization through X-ray crystallography. This... -
PROTEINS RELATED TO PATHOGENESIS OF DISEASES, VIRAL PROTEINS, CELL DIVISION, ...
The outstanding research questions of our BAG (now expanded to 9 PIs) focus on proteins and their complexes involved in a variety of processes, ranging from cell homeostasis... -
Swiss consortium in macromolecular X-ray crystallography structure determinat...
This proposal builds upon the foundation established in BAG MX 2521 and represents a collaborative effort among prominent Swiss academic institutions, including EPFL, UNIL,...