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This image shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus's main protease, Mpro, and two strands of a human protein, called NEMO.

This image shows how SARS-CoV-2 Mpro recognizes and cuts NEMO based on the crystal structure determined using a powerful X-ray beam at SSRL Beam Line 12-2. (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

SLAC is a world leader in X-ray and ultrafast science. We make our X-ray laser and synchrotron facilities available to researchers from around the world.

Person standing in the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Undulator Hall

Stanford’s Roger Kornberg received the 2006 chemistry Nobel for work on RNA transcriptase, shown on screens.

Research associate Megan Mayer and graduate student Patrick Mitchell load a sample into a cryogenic electron microscope at SLAC.

Linac towards SLAC campus.

Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET-II).

Kayla Ninh at LCLS’s ChemRIX Hutch 2.2 in Near Experimental Hall.

A look inside SLAC’s FACET-II test facility, where scientists use electron beams to advance revolutionary technologies that could make future particle accelerators much smaller and a lot more capable.