We make the invisible visible
Today we welcome our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). 14 distinguished scientists from around the world are coming to MAX IV in order to look, listen, and advise. Ten of the members are new and we particularly welcome them. The SAC has an important role because it sense checks what we do and plan. If
David Kroon, Van-Thai Pham, Jörgen Larsson, Amélie Jarnac, Henrik Enquist, Andrius Jurgilaitis The studied sample is an indium antimonide (InSb) coated with 60 nanometres of gold. This type of structure is called photo-acoustic transducer which is a device that can convert the energy in light to a sound wave. The sample is illuminated with
– It is very fascinating to carry out experiments as one of the first users at BioMAX, says Emil Tykesson, postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, LTH and the Department of Experimental Medical Science, Medical Faculty, Lund University. The high-end instrumentation in combination with the great support from the excellent MAX IV staff under leadership of
Credit: P. Uvdal and A. Nyberg. Researchers at Lund University have used MAX IV to produce images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease. The unique images appear to contradict a previously unchallenged consensus. Instead of attempting to eliminate beta-amyloid, or so-called
Today, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada presided over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Swedish and Canadian national synchrotron light sources. In a ceremony in Lund Christoph Quitmann, Director of MAX IV Laboratory and Robert Lamb, CEO of Canadian
Some of the world’s leading researchers in material research gathered in Odense, Denmark in January 2017 to agree on the final details of DanMAX – the future Danish beamline at MAX IV. MAX IV will be one of the world’s leading X-ray sources when it is in full operation in a few years. At MAX IV
The results are discussed and interpreted in the NanoMAX control room. Just before Christmas the first Danish researchers led by professor Jens Wenzel Andreasen from DTU Energy received data from experiments at MAX IV. The results will help to develop the next generation of solar cells. “We applied for beamtime at the NanoMAX beamline during
The first user experiment on FabG-NADP complex at BioMAX was carried out by Peter Vella, Robert Schnell, Gunter Schneider at the Division of Molecular Structural Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. The crystal structure of FabG from Acinetobacter baumannii was determined to 1.8 Å resolution from x-ray diffraction data collected at the
At the department of plant breeding, Swedish University of Agriculture, Ramune and her research group have developed bio based material from potato starch and wheat gluten. In order to develop a flexible and strong material nanostructure research was very important. Therefore they conducted experiments at MAX IV Laboratory. Learn more about these in the interview
NanoMAX have had their first successful user experiment. They achieved full ptychographic reconstruction and a resolution <50nm. Everything looks very promising – the machine and beamline are performing well and stable. Interview with Ulrich Vogt, KTH, Applied Physics and one of the first external users at MAX IV.