Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies Awarded Multiple Contracts for State-of-the-Art Accelerator & Synchrotron Instrumentation
September 08 2009 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc. (BEST) today
announced that its subsidiary Bruker ASC GmbH in Bergisch Gladbach,
Germany, has been awarded several significant contracts for
state-of-the-art synchrotron instrumentation from leading research
institutions worldwide. Separate major contracts were signed with
the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory, the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory in Korea, and the
University of Lund in Sweden for Bruker ultra-precise X-ray mirror
systems, double-crystal monochromators, and a complete synchrotron
experimental station, with a total order value of approximately
$3.7 million.
Dr. Hans-Udo Klein, Vice President for Business Development of
BEST, and Managing Director of Bruker ASC GmbH, commented: “We are
very pleased that leading global large-scale research facilities
have selected Bruker for their cutting-edge, critical research
instrumentation in order to advance the life and material
sciences.”
SLAC, located in Stanford, CA (USA), ordered two
state-of-the-art Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror systems to be integrated
into its Coherent X-Ray Imaging instrument (CXI) at the Linac
Coherent Light Source (LCLS). The CXI instrument aims to image
individual biomolecules which can not be crystallized, hydrated
living cells or nanoparticles. CXI scientist Dr. Sebastian Boutet
said: "The CXI instrument could have huge medical and technological
consequences. In medicine, it is common for researchers to figure
out how diseases work by looking at the structure of the molecules
involved. From there, they can figure out how to best attack
diseases. Soon, we'll be able to look at the structures of samples
never before seen. LCLS is the ultimate microscope."
Pohang Accelerator Laboratory placed a contract for two complete
cryo-cooled double-crystal monochromators for an upgrade of the
Pohang Light Source. Cryo-cooled monochromators are essential
instruments to make use of more intense light sources for
scientific investigation in a variety of research fields. The
Pohang researchers apply Ultra-Small Angle X-ray Scattering
(U-SAXS) to investigate proteins and protein folding, as well as
polymer blends. The second unit is for X-Ray Absorption
Spectroscopy (XAS), an essential technique for many applications in
materials science.
The University of Lund ordered a complete new experimental
station to upgrade the existing structural biology facility at
MAX-Lab, the Swedish synchrotron radiation facility. This new
set-up provides the necessary stability and precision to perform
state-of-the-art macromolecular crystallography even with very
small crystals on the order of a few micrometers. Protein or
macromolecular crystallography at synchrotron light sources
contributes significantly to protein structure determination,
essential for many applications including molecular biology,
rational drug design and proteomics.
Wolfgang Diete, Director of Bruker’s Synchrotron, Beamline &
X-Ray Optics business, explained: “These contracts are important
milestones for our plans to further grow the synchrotron
instrumentation business after our recent acquisition by Bruker.
Based on our technological experience, we look forward to bringing
these critical instruments into operation to support our
international customers in achieving their scientific goals and
perhaps even new breakthroughs.”
About Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies, Inc.
Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST), Inc. is a
subsidiary of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR). Together with its
majority-owned Research Instruments GmbH subsidiary, BEST is a
world leader in the development and manufacturing of
superconducting and normal conducting rf cavities, superconducting
devices and magnet systems, low and high temperature
superconducting wires, vacuum and X-ray systems, as well as
particle accelerators and beamlines. For more information on BEST,
please visit: www.bruker-est.com
In synchrotron instrumentation, BEST is a world leading supplier
with expertise and a product range from complete turn-key beamlines
for synchrotron light sources to individual beamline components,
including insertion devices, different kind of monochromators,
mirror systems, beam monitors and other beamline components, as
well as complete instruments for synchrotron protein
crystallography and X-ray microscopy. For more information on
Bruker synchrotron instrumentation, please visit:
www.bruker-asc.com
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