Environment, health, food, cultural heritage ... Users coming from universities and research centres explain how they have taken advantage of the synchrotron light and how can benefit for their research.

The third of these videos shows the experience of the research group led by Manel Sabés, professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). When enlightening skin samples of melanoma with synchrotron light, researchers are able to identify the arrangement of collagen fibres. The disorder of collagen indicates the presence of tumours; so this method can become a diagnostic tool in the early stages. In addition, synchrotron light also shows the morphology of cells and how a drug is distributed within it or can damage it. This is why it can be helpful to analyse the effectiveness of treatments for skin cancer.

Please follow our Youtube channel to see the complete video series. Videos are filmed in Spanish and Catalan, although subtitles are available in English, Catalan and Spanish.

These videos are part of the project FCT-15-9828 "Bringing science to society – Outreach science program of the ALBA Synchrotron", funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) - Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Foundation Obra Social "la Caixa".