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New virtual visits program

The ALBA Synchrotron is launching a program of virtual visits to continue its outreach work and to show what a synchrotron is and what it is used for. The visits can already be booked through the ALBA website and are addressed to high schools, universities, associations and research centers, among others.  
 

€5.7 million pan-european project to provide insight into the cellular origins of disease

Scientists at leading European virology research organisations, including ALBA, aim to demonstrate how imaging the whole internal structure of intact biological cells provides valuable information to understand the disease pathways of viruses and to aid the development of novel therapeutics.

NOTOS sees its first light

The 10th beamline of the ALBA Synchrotron received the first photons. The first hours of the commissioning ran very smoothly, achieving the goal of conditioning the first mirror with 250mA. The project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

ALBA and Eurecat to cooperate and promote research in materials science

Through this agreement, both institutions will collaborate on research and innovation projects based on the use of synchrotron light to develop applications of industrial interest.  

HIGHLIGHTS

Control of texture formation in perovskite-based materials for more efficient solar cells  
BL11-NCD-SWEET  
 
A team of scientists has shown that Br incorporation in polycrystalline CsPbI3 thin films, modifies the crystal structure by changing the symmetry of the lattice. This change, in turn, governs the formation of the different, energetically favored textures within the thin film.

Identified a drug target that could inhibit the transport of viruses in cells  
BL13-XALOC  
 
A CSIC project reveals a new pharmacological site of the protein that is part of the roads that carry viruses and spread them in infected cells.  Its discovery, thanks to the use of a new natural compound from cyanobacteria, opens the door to new drugs against viral infections or cancer.
Cadmium contamination in rice crops: new insights on the mobility processes of this pollutant   
BL22-CLAESS 
 
Cadmium is a heavy metal considered one of the most toxic elements to which humans can be exposed. The present study identifies the processes that control the mobility of cadmium in soil-rice system.


Creation and observation of hopfions in magnetic multilayer systems   
BL09-MISTRAL 
 
The combination of magnetic images from surface sensitive PEEM and bulk sensitive transmission X-ray microscopy supported by micromagnetic simulations, provided experimental evidence of the existence of the stabilization magnetic hopfion quasiparticles in magnetic multilayers.

AGENDA

ALBA II Colloquium

ALBA II Colloquium
The ALBA II Colloquium series is an open discussion forum in which our user community, ALBA staff, world experts in synchrotron research, and potential future users exchange experiences in their research, show the current frontier in synchrotron-based characterization, and discuss methods to understand the functionality of complex systems. 

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IN THE MEDIA

WE ARE HIRING!

 Deadline  Position 
18/04/2021
Engineering - Vacuum Engineer
25/04/2021
Engineering - Project Engineer
 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALBA 

ALBA: 10 YEARS ILLUMINATING THE UNKNOWN
Check out the materials developed for the 10thanniversary celebration of ALBA. 


BROCHURE


VIDEO What is the ALBA Synchrotron?

INFOGRAPHICS


VIDEO Brief history of the ALBA Synchrotron


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ALBA is the only synchrotron light source in Spain. It is a complex of electron accelerators to produce synchrotron light, which allows visualization and analysis of matter and its properties at atomic and molecular levels. In operation since 2012, ALBA has eight beamlines and four more under construction. It generates about 6,000 hours of beamtime and hosts more than 1,800 academic and industrial researchers every year.   

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