December 18, 2023, 14:00–17:00

Sample Delivery Methods

For In-Situ Studies and Serial Crystallography

Organized by: Tuncay Alan
Venue: Collegium Helveticum

⇒ Virtual participation via this link
⇒ This is a public event. Participation is free of charge and registration is not required.
⇒ The workshop is followed by a small reception with drinks and snacks.

X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFEL) can generate extremely bright and ultrafast X-ray pulses to determine structural properties of complex biomolecules at an atomic scale, and, create ‘molecular movies’ capturing rapid chemical processes with unprecedented temporal resolution. The high intensity of the X-rays destroys the studied samples immediately after detailed information is extracted. Consequently, fresh samples need to be delivered continuously, in sync with incoming X-ray pulses. This constitutes a key challenge for XFEL data collection.

This workshop will bring together chemists, structural biologists, beamline scientists, and engineers to explore the latest advancements in sample delivery techniques for X-ray sources, with a specific focus on in-situ monitoring of bio-chemical reactions and serial crystallography.

Download the full program.

List of confirmed speakers 

Andrew DeMello, Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, CH
Thomas Huthwelker, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH
Emma Victoria Beale, SwissFEL, CH
Joachim Schulz, European XFEL, DE
Allen Orville, Diamond Light Source, UK (virtual participation)
Michal Wawrzyniec Kepa, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH
Daniela Rupp, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich