A joint research study team composed of the Max-Planck-Institut, Tohoku University, Kyoto University, Hiroshima University, Riken SPring-8 center, and Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute succeeded in the detection of the anomalous signal of the naturally occurring sulfur atoms in a protein, utilizing SACLA, an X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) at RIKEN Harima. This research using the XFEL is hoped to lead to the unraveling of the presently unknown structure of protein molecules.

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Professor Kiyoshi Ueda
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
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