As part of DESY’s open day on 4th November 2017 members of X-probe held a hands-on demonstration of how to make protein microcrystals for X-ray free-electron laser crystallography experiments.

The demonstration was a great success.

Each participant made crystals through rapid nucleation, then inspected them under a microscope, and took home a log-book of their results.

The picture above shows the long line of children, many ready with lab coats and gloves, who participated at the station at the left.

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Zum diesjährigen DESYDAY kamen mehr als 20 000 Neugierige.

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Hamburgs Wissenschaftssenatorin Katharina Fegebank am Steuer des ‘Frassek Space Collectors’ im Gespräch mit DESY-Direktor Helmut Dosch (Mitte) und Künstler Jan Köchermann (rechts), der den Nachbau für die Kunstausstellung ‘Dark Matter’ schuf.

Foto: DESY, Axel Heimken