TOMCAT - X02DA: Tomographic Microscopy

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Operated by the X-ray Tomography Group.

TOMCAT is temporarily out of operation due to upgrades.

The TOMCAT beamline is temporarily out of operation for synchrotron tomographic microscopy experiments while the Swiss Light Source (SLS) undergoes a modernisation programme from September 2023 to January 2025 (SLS 2.0 upgrade project). In parallel with the works on the SLS machine, TOMCAT also gets an upgrade. The future TOMCAT 2.0 will consist of two beamlines: I-TOMCAT, a brand-new instrument based on an insertion device of the latest generation, and S-TOMCAT, powered by a new high-field superconducting bending magnet. The first scientific experiments are planned for August 2025.

 

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S-TOMCAT beamline receives first X-ray light

On June 25th 2025, S-TOMCAT beamline shutters were opened to receive first X-ray light from the new SLS 2.0 storage ring. 

 

Jisoo Kim receives PSI Thesis Medal 2023

Jisoo Kim receives PSI Thesis Medal 2023

Jisoo Kim receives the PSI Thesis Medal 2023. With this award, PSI recognises outstanding PhD theses, achieving  a high degree of innovation and potentially leading to scientific breakthroughs. Jisoo holds a Master of Science from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science &Technology and defended his thesis entitled “Towards time-resolved X-ray scattering tensor tomography” at ETH Zürich.

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Jisoo Kim bags the 2022 Werner Meyer-Ilse Award

Jisoo Kim was awarded the 2022 Werner Meyer-Ilse Memorial Award. The WMI Award is given to young scientists for exceptional contributions to the advancement of X-ray microscopy through either outstanding technical developments or applications, as evidenced by their presentation at the International Conference on X-ray Microscopy and supporting publications.  Jisoo was awarded for his development of the method "Time-resolved x-ray scattering tomography for rheological studies", and is co-recipient of the award with Yanqi Luo from the Advanced Photons Source for her work on applications. The award was presented during the 15th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy XRM2022 hosted by the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) in Hsinchu, Taiwan on 19 - 24 June, 2022.

TOMCAT welcomes on board two scientists

The X-ray Tomography group welcomes on board Mariana Verezhak and Goran Lovric as members of the TOMCAT beamline crew. They will both contribute to the further development and realization of TOMCAT 2.0 (S- and I-TOMCAT branches on SLS2.0).