News & Scientific Highlights Titel - Select -20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008 Year - Select -JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember Month 04.09.2023 •Large research facilities •6 min Thank You SLS Further information aboutSLS 2.0 Further information aboutSLS Our beamline scientists look back on 22 years of brilliant science made possible by the Swiss Light Source SLS. 13.06.2023 Progress of the X06DA-PXIII beamline upgrade: First light in the optics hutch On June 7, 2023, the PXIII project team successfully shone the first light into the optics hutch at the upgraded X06DA-PXIII beamline. It is an essential first step for testing new hardware and software solutions that will be implemented at SLS2.0. 06.04.2023 SDU: Software for high throughput automated data collection at SLS MX The Smart Digital User (SDU) software for unattended data collection has been deployed at the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the Swiss Light Source. 15.02.2022 Lighting up the appealing world of hybrid perovskites Researchers from Italy, in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut, successfully used the macromolecular crystallography beamline X06DA-PXIII at the Swiss Light Source to characterize promising perovkites materials used in solar cells and other photodetector devices. 28.09.2021 •Health Innovation •7 min Protein distancing Further information aboutBiology PSI researchers have developed a new method to attach proteins to the surface of virus-like particles. 02.07.2021 •8 min How ethane-consuming archaea pick up their favorite dish Scientists decode the structure of the enzyme responsible for the ethane fixation by – beside others – using the SLS. 03.06.2021 Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 Orf9b in complex with human TOM70 suggests unusual virus-host interactions In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the NHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens in Beijing, China, in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut characterize the interactions of SARS-CoV-2 orf9b and human TOM70 biochemically, and they determine the 2.2 Å crystal structure of the TOM70 cytosolic domain with a bound SARS-CoV-2 orf9b peptide. 11.05.2021 •Health Innovation •5 min How remdesivir works against the coronavirus Further information aboutMedical Science Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt, in cooperation with the PSI have probably discovered another, previously unknown mechanism of action of the antiviral remdesivir. 10.05.2021 Combating antimicrobial resistance In a study addressing the global health threat of drug resistance, researchers at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, have revealed how a new antibiotic, Darobactin, binds to the external membrane of gram-negative bacteria. 15.05.2020 First MX results of the priority COVID-19 call The Dikic group at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany has published the first results following the opening of the "PRIORITY COVID-19 Call” at SLS. 31.03.2020 SLS MX beamtime update Update of the SLS MX beamline operation during the COVID-19 period 01.04.2019 HERCULES school 2019 at SLS In the week of April 1-5 PSI welcomes 20 PhD students and postdocs taking part in the European HERCULES 2019 school on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation. They will attend lectures and perform two days of practical courses at several beam lines of the Swiss Light Source.
04.09.2023 •Large research facilities •6 min Thank You SLS Further information aboutSLS 2.0 Further information aboutSLS Our beamline scientists look back on 22 years of brilliant science made possible by the Swiss Light Source SLS.
13.06.2023 Progress of the X06DA-PXIII beamline upgrade: First light in the optics hutch On June 7, 2023, the PXIII project team successfully shone the first light into the optics hutch at the upgraded X06DA-PXIII beamline. It is an essential first step for testing new hardware and software solutions that will be implemented at SLS2.0.
06.04.2023 SDU: Software for high throughput automated data collection at SLS MX The Smart Digital User (SDU) software for unattended data collection has been deployed at the macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the Swiss Light Source.
15.02.2022 Lighting up the appealing world of hybrid perovskites Researchers from Italy, in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut, successfully used the macromolecular crystallography beamline X06DA-PXIII at the Swiss Light Source to characterize promising perovkites materials used in solar cells and other photodetector devices.
28.09.2021 •Health Innovation •7 min Protein distancing Further information aboutBiology PSI researchers have developed a new method to attach proteins to the surface of virus-like particles.
02.07.2021 •8 min How ethane-consuming archaea pick up their favorite dish Scientists decode the structure of the enzyme responsible for the ethane fixation by – beside others – using the SLS.
03.06.2021 Crystal structure of SARS-CoV-2 Orf9b in complex with human TOM70 suggests unusual virus-host interactions In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the NHC Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens in Beijing, China, in collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institut characterize the interactions of SARS-CoV-2 orf9b and human TOM70 biochemically, and they determine the 2.2 Å crystal structure of the TOM70 cytosolic domain with a bound SARS-CoV-2 orf9b peptide.
11.05.2021 •Health Innovation •5 min How remdesivir works against the coronavirus Further information aboutMedical Science Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt, in cooperation with the PSI have probably discovered another, previously unknown mechanism of action of the antiviral remdesivir.
10.05.2021 Combating antimicrobial resistance In a study addressing the global health threat of drug resistance, researchers at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, have revealed how a new antibiotic, Darobactin, binds to the external membrane of gram-negative bacteria.
15.05.2020 First MX results of the priority COVID-19 call The Dikic group at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany has published the first results following the opening of the "PRIORITY COVID-19 Call” at SLS.
01.04.2019 HERCULES school 2019 at SLS In the week of April 1-5 PSI welcomes 20 PhD students and postdocs taking part in the European HERCULES 2019 school on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation. They will attend lectures and perform two days of practical courses at several beam lines of the Swiss Light Source.
