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SSRL is a synchrotron facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University (Menlo Park, CA). DOE Office of Science user facility. Provides multiple structural biology beamlines for macromolecular crystallography and SAXS/WAXS. Also home to LCLS (Linac Coherent Light Source), the world’s first hard X-ray free-electron laser.
LCLS connection
LCLS and LCLS-II at SLAC enable serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX), a technique of growing importance for studying protein dynamics and time-resolved crystallography. This connects to DiffUSE’s interest in protein dynamics.
Key Relationships
- Co-located with LCLS/LCLS-II (XFEL, serial crystallography)
- DIALS being adapted for XFEL serial crystallography data (via LBNL collaboration)
- Stanford-SLAC cryo-EM facility also on campus
Funding
- DOE Office of Science (primary)
- NIH (structural biology beamlines)
Key Reference
SSRL website: https://www-ssrl.slac.stanford.edu