Structural Dynamics of Aqueous Solutions#
@Physics department, @Stockholm University
Our mission is to revolutionize the understanding of water and its influence on biochemical processes through advanced coherent X-ray scattering methods and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Beamtime at the European XFEL
Hydrated proteins
In-house experiments using dynamic light scattering
Fullerenols in supercooled water
Beamtime at SACLA XFEL
Beamtime at LCLS
Recent highlights#
Supercritical density fluctuations and structural heterogeneity in supercooled water-glycerol microdroplets
Berkowicz, Andronis et al.
Nat. Commun., 15, 10610 (2024)
Nanocrystallites Modulate Intermolecular Interactions in Cryoprotected Protein Solutions.
Filianina et al.
J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 6197–6204 (2023)
Melting Domain Size and Recrystallization Dynamics of Ice Revealed by Time-Resolved X-ray Scattering.
Yang et al.
Nat. Commun., 14, 3313 (2023)
Coherent X-ray Scattering Reveals Nanoscale Fluctuations in Hydrated Proteins.
Bin et al.
J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 4922–4930 (2023)
Liquid-liquid phase separation in supercooled water from ultrafast heating of low-density amorphous ice. Amann-Winkel et al.
Nat. Commun., 14, 442 (2023)
Resolving molecular diffusion and aggregation of antibody proteins with megahertz X-ray free-electron laser pulses. Reiser et al.
Nat. Commun., 13, 1-10 (2022)
Nanofocused x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy. Berkowicz et al.
Phys. Rev. Res., 4, L032012 (2022)
Funding#
We acknowledge financial support by the following sources:
Physics Department, Stockholm University
Research support and funding (2019 - present)
Wallenberg Academy Fellowship (WAF)
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (2024)
MSCA-PF, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Comission
Postdoc fellowship: A. Girelli, project: CRYSTAL-X [ID: 101149230] (2024)
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet
Project Grant within natural and engineering sciences [2023-05339] (2023)
MSCA-COFUND, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Comission
PRISMAS PhD programme [ID: 101081419] (2022)
Wenner-Gren Foundations
International postdoc fellowship [host group] (2021)
Carl Trygger Foundation
International postdoc fellowship [host group] (2021)
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet
Starting Grant within natural and engineering sciences [2019-05542] (2020)
Swedish Research Council - Vetenskapsrådet
Röntgen-Ångström Cluster grant [2019-06075] (2020)
Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
Postdoc fellowship [host group] (2019)
Max-Water, Max Planck Institute initiative
Postdoc fellowship [host group] (2019)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship [P2ZHP2-148666] (2014)
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