Projects per year
Projects 1998 2019
Finished
radiation damage
pulse duration
damage
biology
molecules
Nanopatterned Electron Beams for Coherent Radiation Emission
National Science Foundation (NSF)
8/15/16 → 7/31/19
Project: Research project
coherent radiation
electron beams
radiation
x rays
accelerators
ABI Innovation: New Algorithms for Biological X-ray Free Electron Laser Data
Zatsepin, N., Schmidt, K., Spence, J., Weierstall, U. & Kirian, R.
NSF-BIO: Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
8/1/16 → 7/31/19
Project: Research project
3D Nanoprinter
Spence, J., Weierstall, U., Fromme, P., Hogue, B., Kirian, R. & Ros, A.
HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
4/1/16 → 3/31/17
Project: Research project
Nozzles
Proteins
3D printers
Nanocrystals
X ray lasers
MRI: Acquisition of Cryo-EM for Southwest Regional Center
Spence, J., Westerhoff, P., Vermaas, W., Frasch, W., Roberson, R., Carpenter, R., Rez, P., Weierstall, U., Muthuswamy, J., Leket-Mor, T., Wachter, R., Fromme, P., Hogue, B., Stabenfeldt, S., Mason, H., Yan, H., Rittmann, B., Torres, C., Wiktor, P., Rege, K., Halden, R., Ros, R., Ros, A., LaBaer, J., Olive, M., Liu, J., Van Horn, W. & Liu, W.
NSF-BIO: Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI)
9/1/15 → 8/31/18
Project: Research project
Cryoelectron Microscopy
Electrons
Proteins
Electron Microscopy
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
Femtosecond nano-crystallography of membrane proteins
Fromme, P., Schmidt, K., Spence, J., Weierstall, U. & Ros, A.
HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
6/1/15 → 5/31/19
Project: Research project
Crystallography
Membrane Proteins
X rays
Free electron lasers
Nanocrystals
Tracking Conformational States in Enzyme Catalysts Using Correlated X-ray Scatter
HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
6/4/12 → 5/31/16
Project: Research project
viruses
diffraction patterns
genome
coherent light
marking
EAGER Renewal: Femtosecond Virus Structure
Weierstall, U., Schmidt, K., Spence, J. & Hogue, B.
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
8/1/11 → 7/31/14
Project: Research project
BioFEL Workshop at Lawrence Berekeley Laboratory on January 18-21, 2011
National Science Foundation (NSF)
3/1/11 → 2/29/12
Project: Research project
Femtosecond Nano-Crystallography of Membrane Proteins
Fromme, P., Schmidt, K., Spence, J., Weierstall, U. & Ros, A.
HHS-NIH: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
9/30/10 → 5/31/15
Project: Research project
Crystallography
Membrane Proteins
Microcrystals
X rays
Photosystem I Protein Complex
Dynamics of electron transfer-PSIFerredoxin
Spence, J., Schmidt, K., Weierstall, U. & Fromme, P.
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
9/1/10 → 8/31/14
Project: Research project
electron transfer
proteins
coherent light
light sources
proposals
transparence
glass
lasers
energy dissipation
silicates
Fluctuation X-ray diffraction of membrane proteins in solution
9/1/09 → 8/31/11
Project: Research project
EAGER: Femtosecond Virus Structure
Weierstall, U., Schmidt, K., Spence, J. & Hogue, B.
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
8/1/09 → 7/31/11
Project: Research project
viruses
x rays
diffraction patterns
free electron lasers
pulses
MRI: Acquisition of an aberration corrected high resolution analytical transmission electron micro for advanced materials research
Carpenter, R., Sharp, T., McCartney, M., Buseck, P. R., Spence, J., Smith, D., Rez, P., Crozier, P., Newman, N., Drucker, J. & Treacy, M.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
10/1/08 → 8/31/14
Project: Research project
Protein structure for new drugs
DOD-NAVY: Office of Naval Research (ONR)
7/1/08 → 3/31/09
Project: Research project
Laser Aligned Protein Beams
NSF-MPS: Division of Physics (PHY)
8/1/07 → 7/31/11
Project: Research project
Lasers
Proteins
Photosystem I Protein Complex
Crystallization
Crystallites
Protein Beam Diffraction
Spence, J., Schmidt, K. & Weierstall, U.
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
10/1/06 → 9/30/09
Project: Research project
Time-Resolved EELS of Photonic Crystals and Glasses
National Science Foundation (NSF)
7/15/06 → 6/30/11
Project: Research project
Protein Structure for Drugs
DOD-ARMY-ARL: Army Research Office (ARO)
4/1/05 → 6/30/08
Project: Research project
Serial Crystallography
Spence, J., Schmidt, K., Weierstall, U. & Fromme, P.
NSF: Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
8/1/04 → 7/31/06
Project: Research project
ORDERING/LITHOGRAPHY IN GLASSES/ALLOYS
National Science Foundation (NSF)
5/1/03 → 4/30/07
Project: Research project
EQUIPMENT FOR FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC MONOLAYERS
DOD-ARMY-ARL: Army Research Office (ARO)
4/1/01 → 9/30/02
Project: Research project
FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC MONOLAYERS
DOD-ARMY-ARL: Army Research Office (ARO)
9/1/00 → 10/31/05
Project: Research project
KINKS AND SURFACE POTENTIAL
National Science Foundation (NSF)
12/1/98 → 11/30/02
Project: Research project
Active
Center for Membrane Protein Drug Discovery (MEDD)
Fromme, P., Tao, N., Spence, J., Weierstall, U., Nannenga, B., Fromme, R., Wiktor, P., Kirian, R., Ros, A., Wang, S., LaBaer, J., Anderson, K., Qiu, J., Van Horn, W., Hansen, D., Sayres, S., Liu, W., Mills, J. & Graves, W.
National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM)
4/1/16 → 8/30/19
Project: Research project
Nanocrystals
Membrane Proteins
Peptides
Crystallization
Substrates
(Flinn-JL) Establishment of a high throughput protein production center to empower translational research in Arizona (ASUF 30005389)
LaBaer, J., Spence, J. & Fromme, P.
10/1/14 → 9/30/19
Project: Research project
proteins
proteomics
Biological Sciences
phenotype
drugs
Biology with X-ray Lasers
Spence, J., Weierstall, U., Fromme, P., Hogue, B., Kirian, R. & Greenes, C.
NSF-OD: Office of Integrative Activities (OIA)
8/1/13 → 9/30/19
Project: Research project
biology
coherent light
light sources
injectors
lasers