RapiData
Satellite Serial Femtosecond Crystallography (SFX) Workshop
May 09, 2026

Linac Coherent Light Source
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Participants attending the RapiData SFX Workshop will visit LCLS to learn batch crystallization, sample delivery, observe data collection at the MFX instrument, and process example datasets with established analysis tools. The workshop is designed to complement the synchrotron-focused training at SSRL by demonstrating how crystallographic experiments are conducted at an XFEL. Participants will work closely with LCLS scientists throughout the process, gaining practical insight into experimental design, data quality assessment, and opportunities for future XFEL-based research.

SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY

As one of 17 Department of Energy national labs, SLAC pushes the frontiers of human knowledge and drives discoveries that benefit humankind. We invent the tools that make those discoveries possible and share them with scientists all over the world.

LCLS produces ultrafast pulses of X-ray laser light a billion times brighter than any previous X-ray source, allowing researchers to freeze the motions of atoms and molecules and string those images together to make stop-motion movies.

LCLS features seven specialized instrument hutches, each with a dedicated team of scientists and support staff, to conduct pioneering research and assist users with experiments. 

SLAC is operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. 
The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States 
and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.