Closing conference for the SREss3 project

On May 11, 2023, ESS hosted the closing conference for the Spatial Research Excellence by ESS (SREss3) project. The event was a culmination of years of hard work by the project team, and it was attended by representatives from Tillväxtverket, the Swedish Research Council, and the evaluators from Ramböll. The closing conference served as a platform for showcasing the results achieved throughout the project, and most of the people involved in the project were in attendance.

The conference's agenda was packed with presentations that highlighted the project's achievements in various areas. First and foremost, the construction of the Test Beamline, which is well under way on the ESS site and the Ymir instrument, which was co-funded by the ERDF Swedish program. The project also included ten different sub-projects within sample environments that brought back many descoped work packages on track.

One of the most significant achievements, which was presented at the conference, was the enabling of state-of-the-art in-situ deformation experiments through the use of deuteration strategies. Additionally, a new electrochemical cell for simultaneous diffraction to lipid nanoparticles under shear stress requiring novel flow SANS sample environment was developed.

The results of the SREss3 project have demonstrated the importance of collaboration and the need to invest in cutting-edge research to drive innovation. The results presented at the conference provide a glimpse into a bright and promising future for ESS.