The APS-U involves replacement of the existing ring with new superconducting magnets that will create a multi-bend achromat. During the month of May, workers at the APS are removing both the old ring and the components which will need to be upgraded for the new lattice. Today, as part of the deconstruction process, the front end table for 24-ID was removed.
Installation of the new ring is scheduled to begin in June.
Iam Campton of FMB Oxford was here in April to install the channel cut crystal for the new monochromator. The crystal is surrounded by a cage and then both items are installed inside the steel vaccuum chamber.
Learn about the NE-CAT Bag program, crystallography workshop and other plans during the 'dark' period.
In order to repair one of the redundant 13.2 keV lines from Building 450, all conventional power to the entire APS will be shut off from January 4-12, 2023. This includes NE-CAT and our computing infrastructure. In preparation for the power shutdown, NE-CAT will be powering down RAPD and REMOTE on December 22. To obtain your images and processed data, between December 22 and January 12, you may use Globus (see instructions).
In 2019 and 2020, the Kranzusch Lab of Harvard Medical School’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute observed the behavior of poxviruses in studies of a molecule (cGAMP) commonly produced by mammalian cells when they evade viral infection. The researchers had isolated a gene from a poxvirus that seemed designed to degrade that protective molecule and thus help the virus avoid signaling an immune response.
Some benefits of the NE-CAT BAG Program:
