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Philanthropic support accelerates infrastructure for the future of structural biology

Members of the project team that gathered at Astera Institute on June 24, 2025. Nozomi Ando is front row, second from the right; Stephen Meisburger is back row, third from the left.

A new $5 million initiative, funded by the Astera Institute, aims to make diffuse scattering – a signal in X-ray crystallography that reveals protein dynamics – accessible to the public and the broader scientific community.

Behind the Beams: Downtime? Not Exactly.

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“Excitement is building up for this new facility,” said Louise Debefve, lead scientist on the HMF beamline.

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Philanthropic support accelerates infrastructure for the future of structural biology

Members of the project team that gathered at Astera Institute on June 24, 2025. Nozomi Ando is front row, second from the right; Stephen Meisburger is back row, third from the left.

August 12, 2025

CHESS User Hector Abruña receives 2025 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences

Héctor D. Abruña

May 15, 2025

Don Hartill, longtime physics professor, CLASSE Director, & Lansing mayor, dies at 86

Don Hartill

April 29, 2025

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