![NIF experiment](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-05/nif_xray_experiment_illustration_final.jpg?h=38add5d8&itok=JZMpvzfI)
SLAC Experts
Areas of research: Science of life; cryo-EM; bioimaging; RNA structure; cryo-ET of neuronal cells; atomic-resolution cryo-EM; pandemic-related structures
![Photo of Professor Wah Chui with a cryo-electron micrcoscope](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2017_0810_2017_0811_CryoEM_Wah_Chiu-96.jpg?h=35719fea&itok=mStGtdDa)
SLAC EXPERTS
Areas of research: S3DF (SLAC Shared Science Data Facility); evaluating technologies for massive scale analytics; forming partnerships with technology providers; developing and recruiting computing...
![Portrait of Adeyemi Adesanya](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-08/2023_0629_Adeyemi_Adesanya_Portraits_Orrell-2_1.jpg?h=06a096ee&itok=BCPlp9SZ)
SLAC Experts
Areas of research: New technologies; machine learning; deep learning; artificial intelligence; accelerator physics; physics and machine learning
![Physicist Daniel Ratner.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020_0831_Daniel_Ratner_Portrait_Collection-03.jpg?h=ada05aa9&itok=3nhkP3i2)
SLAC experts
Areas of research: X-ray and ultrafast science; Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS); LCLS-II; molecular movies; chemical sciences; chemical dynamics; X-ray imaging; ultrafast electron diffraction...
![Michael Minitti](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/2018_1016_2018_1016_Michael_Minitti_Portrait-18.jpg?h=3fcb8752&itok=yyXMnyDZ)
Photograph
SLAC staff gather in the accelerator control room to celebrate first light produced by the LCLS-II project’s pioneering superconducting accelerator.
![First light celebration](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/2023_0914_LCLS_II_First_Light_Celebration_Boyes-1-1180x726.jpg?h=2f3e7035&itok=GtVa1TtM)
Photograph
The original LCLS undulator system was removed and replaced with two totally new systems that offer dramatic new capabilities.
![New undulator hall](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020_0306_Empty_Undulator_Hall_Gamazo-7843.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=imB3yCp_)
![A schematic of a building with various pieces of cooling equipment.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lclsII_2k_cooldown_sv_cryoplant_final.jpg?h=930a9827&itok=Zww49N9o)
![Cryomodule installation in the LCLS tunnel](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-09/2020_1119_Cryomodule_J1.3_20_Installation_Orrell-5.jpg?h=2fde8ad1&itok=83NR0RcQ)