Synchrotron Radiation

The Synchrotron Radiation Source (link opens in a new window) (SRS) closed in 2008.

 

The Science and Technology Facilities Council Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) at Daresbury Laboratory is a world class facility dedicated to the exploitation of Synchrotron Radiation (SR) for fundamental and applied research. The SRS offers a large mix of experimental facilities which deliver radiation with wavelengths extending from the infrared to hard X-rays. Find out more... 

 

Beamline MAD 10 - a world-leading facility at Science and Technology Facilities Council Daresbury Laboratory which is designed to understand how genes make proteins. The £3 million facility will use powerful X-rays from Daresbury Laboratory's Synchrotron Radiation Source and advanced automation techniques to solve complex protein structures. The facility is a collaboration between the Laboratory and Liverpool John Moores, Liverpool and Manchester Universities, Astra Zeneca and Astex Technology. 
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© Science and Technology Facilities  Infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and X-ray flourescence at the SRS have been used to examine the corrosion products on the surface of a 2700 year old Greek bronze helmet from The Manchester Museum. The results will help the museum conserve the helmet for future generations. 

 

Structure of Anthrax, determined using the SRS 
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A researcher working at one of the SRS experimental stations. 
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DL93-75/2  Research at one of the SRS experimental stations 

 

Human 'Forkhead-associated' domain/phosphopeptide complex involved in signal transmission in cells 
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© CCLRC  Understanding collagen / muscle structure 

 

A researcher at one of the SRS experimental stations. 
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An electron accelerator (booster ring) at the SRS (tbc). 
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© Science and Technology Facilities Council . Diffraction pattern from a protein found in peas. 

 

An engineer at work on the SRS. 
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© Science and Technology Facilities Council . The light harvesting protein from the bacterium Rhodopseudomonas Acidophilla, determined by protein crystallography on the SRS 

Highly complex ribosomal subunit, determined using protein crystallography at the SRS 
Courtesy of Venki Ramakrishnan, MRC 

 

© Science and Technology Facilities Council . Array of tartaric acid molecules 

 

Auto fluorescence of cultured melanoma, taken using SYCLOPS, combining UV synchrotron light from SRS with confocal microscopy
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© Science and Technology Facilities Council  The energy enzyme F1ATPase 

 

Wide angle diffraction pattern of polypropylene
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© Science and Technology Facilities Council The foot and mouth virus, determined by protein crystallography on the SRS. The first animal virus structure determined. 

 

Two dimensional diffraction 'map' from a lithium niobate crystal, part of a laser frequency doubling device 
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© Science and Technology Facilities Council  A commonly held belief is that the way to guard against food poisoning is simply to cook it thoroughly as the heat will kill any bacteria present. In many cases, however, it is not the bacterium itself that causes us to become ill, but rather the toxins they leave behind as they grow.