Summer school postponed

Due to external circumstances Sylinda summer school has unfortunately been postponed to October 2022. The new dates of the school are 17.10.2022 – 21.10.2022. The programme of the school is expected to remain unchanged. We apologize the prospective participants for inconvienience and will be providing more updates soon.

SOLARIS News Magazine – first issue

We are happy to announce that the very first issue of the SOLARIS News Magazine has been published! It describes the industry cooperation programme at the National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS and available beamlines and techniques. A special emphasis is put on the SOLABS beamline and the cryoEM Centre. Download the magazine here: SOLARIS News…

Summer school – deadline extented!

We would like to announce that the deadline for the summer school application has been extended until January 10th ! This gives you a few more days to brush up your CVs and apply to gain an opportunity to spend a week in sunny Barcelona at the beginning of April, learning about innovation management, modern…

Science management summer school – applications are open!

We are glad to announce, that the applications for the Science Management summer school at Alba synchrotron in Barcelona are now open! The school will cover a broad range of topics, including: innovation management, science-industry cooperation, research funding opportunities, intellectual property and legal aspects, innovation transfer. Lectures and open discussions will be complemented by practical…

First EXAFS spectrum measured at Solaris

The first EXAFS spectrum of a titanium foil has been succesfully measured at Solaris, marking an important step in the development of the SOLABS beamline. The spectrum is measured around the K edge of Ti in two measurement modes: transmission and total electron yield (TEY). For comparison, an analogical spectrum measured at the Synchrotron Light…

First light at the SOLABS beamline

After installing the monochromator a few days earlier, SOLARIS team, supported by the partners from the Sylinda project, has observed first light on the beamline, on the YAG crystal on Friday, September 24th. This confirms the succesfull installation of the monochromator and moves us one step closer to opening the beamline for both academic and…

Project Sylinda kicked off

Project Sylinda kicked off

On Jan 18th a kick-off meeting of the Sylinda project took place. Fourteen representatives of the project partners were joined by Marta Muter, a Project Officer from the European Comission and Ioana Petre, a Policy Officer at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting took place remotely via the Zoom platform.