CHESS eNewsletter - January 2024 | Issue No. 115

National Science Data Fabric and CHESS Collaborate to Democratize Data-Driven Scientific Discovery

In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at democratizing data-driven scientific discovery, the National Science Data Fabric (NSDF) and the CHESS have collaborated in establishing a trans-disciplinary approach for integrated data delivery and access to research data visualization, shared storage, networking, and computing resources.

Wilson West Update - January 2024

We are happy to report that Cornell Facilities & Campus Services Project Manager Alex Chevallard has asked contractor Streeter and their subcontractors to provide all the finishing touches and polish to the new Wilson West building by the end of January 2024. At that time, work will begin on installation of the Sector 5 X-ray beamline

CHESS proposal submission is open!

We are pleased to announce CHESS is now accepting Proposals and Beam Time Requests (BTR) for the Spring 2024_2 run cycle. This is your chance to access the cutting-edge CHEXS, MacCHESS, and MSN-C beamlines from May 1 - July 2, 2024

Proposal submissions are open until February 21, 2024.

Recent CHESS publications

• Oxygen-selective regulation of cyclic di-GMP synthesis by a globin coupled sensor with a shortened linking domain modulates Shewanella sp. ANA-3 biofilm

• Sugar-binding and split domain combinations in repeats-in-toxin adhesins from Vibrio cholerae and Aeromonas veronii mediate cell-surface recognition and hemolytic activities

• The asymmetric evolution of grain-scale stresses in notched specimens under cyclic loads

• Subdomain dynamics enable chemical chain reactions in non-ribosomal peptide synthetases

• Modulating Narrow Bandgap in a Diacetylene Functionalized Woven Covalent Organic Framework as a Visible Light Responsive Photocatalyst

• The phase transformation behavior of Mn-Al rare-earth-free permanent magnets