From September 3rd to 6th, more than a hundred researchers are meeting at ALBA Synchrotron to attend the VI National Meeting of the Spanish Synchrotron User Association (AUSE) and the 1st ALBA User Meeting. During the week, researchers will have the opportunity to showcase their results and discuss about the different applications of synchrotron light.
Professors Julio Bacarizo and Ana Cámara-Artigas, from the University of Almería, have resolved at atomic resolution crystal structures of the Thr98Asp c-Src SH3 domains mutant in complex with the high affinity peptide APP12. These protein structures are the first solved at atomic resolution in Alba. Information obtained at XALOC beamline could have implications in pathologies such as cancer, AIDS or osteoporosis.
From October 1st, Joan Casas will be the new Head of the Engineering Division at ALBA Synchrotron.
The American Crystallographic Association (ACA) has selected professor John R. Helliwell, chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of ALBA, to receive the 2014 ACA Patterson Award for his pioneering contributions to the development of the instrumentation, methods and applications of synchrotron radiation in macromolecular crystallography.
Accelerator science and technology has considerably grown in Spain in the last years, resulting in the development of national facilities, like the ALBA synchrotron, and in key contributions to the main international collaborations, like CERN, ILC, IFMIF, or XFEL. ALBA has hosted the first meeting of Spanish experts on accelerators.
