Scientific opportunities at ESRF
- Date: 14 April 2025, 10:15–15:00
- Location: Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Ångström Laboratory, BMC C8:305 (morning) and Ångström 90102 (afternoon)
- Type: Seminar
- Lecturer: Jean Daillant (Director General) and Michael Krisch (Director of Research for Life Sciences, Chemistry and Soft Matter Science)
- Organiser: Olle Björneholm
Five years ago, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) resumed operation after a major upgrade of its storage ring. The new Extremely Brilliant Source, or EBS, is two orders of magnitude more brilliant than the previous one, leading to a dramatic increase in coherence, spatial and time resolution, or sensitivity.
This talk will consist of two parts.
The presentation will be given at both BMC and Ångström:
April 14, 10:15 BMC C8:305
April 14, 13:15 Ångström 90102
In the first part, we will briefly discuss the present status of the ESRF and the improvements brought by the new source. We will also introduce the software developments made to assist the users in carrying out their experiments and fully exploit the unprecedented volume of data that we are now producing. We will finally present some figures regarding the use of the facility by the Swedish users, in particular Uppsala University.
In a second part, we will present new research opportunities, directly linked to the new source performance or the new beamlines built to fully take advantage of it. This will be illustrated by examples of experiments only possible with the new source. In life sciences, one can cite the hierarchical phase contrast imaging of full human organs, new insights in the functioning of neuron networks or the avenues opened by room temperature time-resolved serial crystallography. In physical sciences, dark field imaging, for example, allows to get insight into materials with an unprecedented level of details operando. We will finally describe the new access modes tailored to fulfill the emerging needs of scientific communities and the impact the facility can make to their projects, with examples in battery research, geological research or additive manufacturing.