Announcements

Our second 2025 newsletter is now live! Catch up on Beamline 10-2 progress, summer visitors and interns, a new staff welcome, and end-of-run stats. 👉 Browse all newsletters here

  We're thrilled to host Operando VIII: The 8th International Congress on Operando Spectroscopy at the scenic Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, in May 10-14, 2026. This global gathering will bring together researchers advancing operando methodologies—the characterization of functional materials in working conditions. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, collaborate, and explore the forefront of in-situ and operando science. Learn more at Operando...

Our recent publication in Science, “Selective chemical looping combustion of acetylene in ethylene-rich streams”, which is a collaboration with Bhan group of University of Minnesota, has been featured on SLAC Story.    Click to read the SLAC Story article  

  Happy New Year! It's the new year and it means our first semi-annual newsletter has arrived. Please take a read to learn about the XAS bootcamp we have hosted in Fall of 2024, updates from BL 10-2, news from the Co-ACCESS members, and the key recent publications. The newsletter can be found in our newsletter page.   

  Simon was a guest speaker for the most recent episode of PodCAT, which is a catalysis-centric podcast hosted by professors Thomas Senftle (Rice University), Marc Porosoff (University of Rochester) and Ezra Clark (Penn State University).  You can listen to the PodCAT episode in Spotify or in Apple Podcasts. Click the links below! Listen in Spotify    Listen in Apple Podcasts 

  It is July already, which means our semi-annual newsletter is here. Please take a read to learn about our most recent updates on BL 10-2, as well as news on upcoming conference trips and stories on the interns at Co-ACCESS.   The newsletter can be found in our newsletter page. 

We are excited to announce that our first video tutorial is finally live for our collaborators!  Jorge has put a great amount of time and effort in directing and recording this instructional video for our collaborators. With this video, we hope the users have enhanced learning experience in packing and assembling a 1-mm capillary cell for in-situ/operando XAS experiments. Please click the video below to watch.  The video can also be found under "Education & Outreach" page.

Co-ACCESS team had a fun and meaningful time volunteering at the 2024  SLAC Regional DOE Science Bowl event in February. On the day of the event, members of the Co-ACCESS team and Bare Group participated as a moderator, timekeeper, and scorekeeper.        Regional Science Bowl is a fast-paced question and answer competition among local Bay Area teams who are tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, energy and math. The...

  We are pleased to share our January 2024 newsletter with you. Please take a read to learn about the latest news from Co-ACCESS! The newsletter can be found in Semi-Annual Newsletter page (click).