Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)

Facilities at SLAC with SPEAR3 at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) to the left and Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) hutch to the right. 

By detecting minute traces of original pigments in fossils, X-ray imaging at synchrotrons has given scientists the chemical evidence needed to discover the actual colors of ancient life forms. 

SSRL’s X-rays  uncovered a 6th century translation of a book by the Greek-Roman doctor Galen, allowing the hidden text to be read for the first time in a thousand years.

Cryo-EM and SSRL training workshop at SLAC.

Roberto Alonso Mori (right) and Dimosthenis Sokaras work on a spectrometer at SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource.

Cryo-EM image processing workshop at SSRL

Jeney Wierman stands in the control room of SSRL. She, along with other members of the Structural Molecular Biology team, returned onsite when SLAC reopened for Covid-19 related research. They support three beamlines, 12-1, 12-2 and 9-2, which are dedicated...