Research projects

…e.g. mobilization of Fe and OC is enhanced under mature spruce forests. This may link to the fungal community, where brown-rot fungi dominate wood decomposition in coniferous forests. Many brown-rot…

MAX IV involvement in European projects

…institutions and develop jointly techniques and equipment resulted in a number of successful projects funded by European funding bodies. These projects have the common goal of optimising services and guaranteeing…

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…and inhibitors. Understanding these mechanisms is important for manipulating ChAT’s function and its involvement in various diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMF). ChAT is also…

Safety requirements for contractors

…Akuta skador uppstår vid höga stråldoser (över 1000 mSv) under en kort exponeringstid (veckor) vilket resulterar i cellskada eller celldöd. Detta kan leda till att ett organs funktion försämras eller…

Projects funded by Swedish funding bodies

Swedish funding agencies have significantly supported MAX IV development since its establishment through various paths and engaging different actors. This page shows an overview of externally funded projects, not providing…

Safety requirements for employees

…radiation safety team constitute the Radiation Protection Expert Function, as required and approved by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. Radiation safety related procedures, plans, instructions etc. are part of the…

Mapping the genetic tools of fungi for fuel production

“Our work mapped the taxonomic distribution of protein sequences in the AA7 family and revealed a striking high proportion of sequences encoded by major plant pathogenic fungi and Oomycetes,” said…

Beamline development collaborations

…Nõmmiste from the University of Tartu, obtained funding from the European Union (through the European Regional Development Fund) for the project “Estonian beamline to MAX-IV synchrotron”. Marko Huttula from the…

MicroMAX

…biological molecules with the goal to understand how biology works on a molecular level. The function of these molecules is determined by their structure, and since most functions in for…

MAX IV’s role in the Government’s Research Bill

…infrastructures and establish a long-term, stable funding system. This is described as fundamental for Sweden to reach the Government’s overarching research policy goals and enable research of the highest quality…