University students' internships 2020-2021 
Till the 21st of June, undergraduate students interested in carrying out an internship at ALBA can submit a proposal for covering one of the 14 available positions.
 
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Check out the 2019 Activity Report!

 The ALBA Synchrotron has published its annual report. This document covers the most remarkable activities of 2019, a selection of scientific highlights, technology reviews and facts & figures of the facility last year  
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The computing power of ALBA at the service of  SARS-CoV-2

 The IT Systems Section of the Computing & Controls Division of ALBA has started up a virtual server to process data for the folding@home international project, which is joining researchers around the world working to better understand the 2019 Coronavirus.  

HIGHLIGHTS

Towards green energies: new materials for biobutanol separation  
BL11-NCD-SWEET / BL-13 XALOC
 
Researchers have discovered a MOF that allows for the separation of butanol from acetone-butanol-ethanol mixtures that are extracted from the fermentation process of biomass feedstock, as part of the standard industrial process to produce biofuels.


Nanoneedles to increase the capacity and robustness of digital memories  
BL24-CIRCE
 
Researchers have developed a new technique to locally modify the properties of a metamagnetic material. The method consists in applying local pressure to the surface of the material using nanometric needles and allows a much easier and local modification than current methods. The research allows to improve the architecture and capacity of magnetic digital memories. 
Taxanes antitumoral drugs modulate cell microtubules   
BL11-NCD-SWEET
 
Researchers have found that addition of paclitaxel to microtubules alters their structure. This compound modulates the material properties of microtubules by converting destabilized growing microtubule ends into regions resistant to depolymerisation, eventually leading to cell death.

New non-invasive cell imaging method reveals lipid droplet structure   
BL09-MISTRAL 
 
A research team has developed a new multimodal imaging method that combines different microscopy techniques. This method was used to gather complementary information about the composition and structure of lipid droplets in yeast cells. One of its advantages is that it does not employ any chemical markers or fixing agents, which can potentially damage cells.  

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